Discusses the cases for and against merit pay for teachers and concludes that the number of failures in using merit pay far outweigh the successes. (JC)

This article summarizes findings and implications of recent reports on education. The following three guidelines should influence future educational planning: (1) well-educated teachers and effective instruction are basic to good school systems; (2) administrators play a crucial role; and (3) actors in the educational establishment must recognize…

Provides an overview of the continuing education programs in library and information science available in Iran, and describes a survey that assessed the effectiveness of short courses conducted by the Iranian Documentation Center during 1982-1986. Recommendations for curriculum development and future programs are discussed. (2 references) (CLB)

Describes and evaluates the various strategies employed by the Microelectronics Education Programme to provide training in computer-based learning to teachers in the United Kingdom. Suggestions for future strategies that focus on the child, the teacher, and the class are presented. (14 references) (CLB)

Describes one leadership training program that prepared vocational teachers to develop public support for their programs as part of the "basics." (CH)

Offers advice to practicing teachers on how to get published and suggests 12 topics for articles. (SRT)

Discusses the origins, objectives, and benefits resulting from "State-of-the-Art-in-Biology" (SOTAB) Symposia for professional biologists and college professors. Provides examples of the topics addressed in the sessions and outlines the impacts of the program for education. (ML)

Knowledge bases for teaching ought to be reflected not only in teacher education but also in readily available resources, like teachers handbooks. Handbooks might be developed in such domains as curriculum; instructional strategies and techniques; student, classroom, and behavior management; instructional technology; developmental stages of…

Describes a pilot program designed to prepare models for health promotion and disease prevention through participation in a planned program for the expressed purpose of affecting improvement in the health and health promotion acuity of laboratory professionals, with a plan to expand the concept for use by other hospital employees, and the…

A New Jersey school district uses the following criteria to evaluate an administrator's performance: (1) performance of specific job functions; (2) progress toward attainment of goals; (3) personal traits and professional attributes; (4) indicators of pupil progress; and (5) a professional improvement plan to remedy previous "needs…

This article elaborates the various goal orientations currently characterizing continuing professional education and identifies their practical implications. A goal orientations model is presented that may prove useful in addressing both programmatic and policy considerations. (CT)

Explores education as a creative force affecting all aspects of life. The main emphasis is on developmental possibilities and personal achievements as continuing through the entire lifespan and into the later stages of old age. (CT)

Reviews the prevailing concept of "career," compares this perspective to a group of women elementary school teachers' concepts of their own careers, and shows how the traditional concept is inadequate for describing these teacher's "careers." Includes a discussion of a revised conceptualization of career that describes the patterns of women's…

Questionnaires and interviews were used to study the influence of mentors on the careers of Canadian women in elementary and secondary educational administration. Half the women surveyed had a mentor to assist them in career advancement. More than half the women had been a mentor to others. (JHZ)

Identifies problems judged by teachers to be crucial to their professionalism (e.g., lack of participation in the determination of their tasks, inadequate teaching in theory, lack of collaborative activities, inapplicability of positivistic research to teaching-learning situations, and political pressures). Recommends developing mutual respect and…