Microteaching is an effective teacher education technique because of its: (1) precision; (2) simplicity; (3) low pressures; (4) low threats; (5) potential for experimentation; (6) adaptability; (7) replicability; and (8) ability to be controlled. (CMJ)

This article considers some of the major trends and factors influencing the role of Local Education Authority (LEA) advisers. Included are: studies of advisers' role perceptions, discussion of the dichotomy between their two major roles (inspector and teacher adviser), and issues in the size and structure of advisory teams. (SJL)

A study of the consequences of medical student involvement in health care examines patient perception of the student role. Approximately one-third of the community health center patients surveyed viewed the student doctors as subordinate to faculty physicians and these persons were less likely to evaluate their interaction with the students in a…

Discussed are the effects of discrimination and bias caused by conformity to sex roles. Strategies including classroom organization, system-wide response, and students activities are suggested for combating sex-role stereotyping within science and math classes. (Author/DS)

The construct of occupational maturity can be extended to create a concept of readiness to retire--retirement maturity. Two significant factors affecting retirement maturity are retirement work plans and retirement residence plans. The Career Development Inventory, Adult seems to be a valuable tool for preretirement counselors. (Author)

Judgments about the effectiveness of community mental health center (CMHC) directors are affected by the roles the judges have in relation to the centers. CMHC executives were similar to clinical colleagues and different from governing board members in the importance they placed on things that characterize the effective CMHC administrator. (Author)

It is proposed that more important than physical elements in the strain within the pharmacy profession are the perceptual elements: the consciousness of basic scientists with regard to clinical practitioners and vice versa. (MSE)

The relationship between legal right and educational opportunity has produced unexpected complexity and tension. How lawyers and educators have brought their different perspectives to bear on these issues since the Morrill Act is examined. (Journal availability: Wm. W. Gaunt & Sons, 3011 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, FL 33510, $5.00.) (MSE)

Stresses increasing need for educators to evaluate and modify their attitudes and behavior as sex role models, in order to avoid negative influences for students, in terms of achievement, career, marriage, and general psychological well-being. (JD)

A review of research literature in the area of male roles and middle age suggests that adherence to the traditional male role may be deleterious to readjustment during middle-age transitions. Traditional roles require men to have characteristics that are questioned during the middle years. (Author)

Examines the development of social relations in kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade children through an assessment of the children's role-taking skills and classification abilities. (CM)

This study identified the process by which sex-typing occurs within the field of medicine. It concludes that acceptance within a profession depends upon establishing a role identity and occupying an organizational space that leads to acquisition of skills, attitudes, and knowledge necessary for professional role occupancy. (Author/KC)

The school letter has a unique focus, tone. It differs from recommendation letters written by teachers, coaches, or employers because it represents the consensus of the school community, not the point of view of the writer alone. (Author)

Without any comprehensive, conceptual scheme to analyze practice, social work has little hope of becoming a profession in a contemporary community. This study used the actual-ideal scale to ask how the actual task differs from the ideal task. (Author)

Of the significant differences observed between role conception, behaviors, perceptions, and expectations, the most striking finding was the magnitude of the discrepancies between principals' reported actual behavior and the expectations expressed by teachers. (Author/IRT)