Tests indicate that females have innately less ability to perceive spatial relationships than males, but that proper training can improve spatial performance and reduce this natural disparity. (JD)

Reports on seven findings of a study concerning the factors in maintaining a dynamic teaching career. Compares a study concerning successful business executives and concludes that success is attributed to attitudes rather than skills. (JK)

Summarizes the pilot stage of a project that investigated the child-school incorporation process in Great Britain by using action based methodology, and specifically examining four-year-old children in reception classrooms. States that children's adjustment to school is a dynamic process involving considerable stress and argues that policy and…

A comparative study of effective school principals in Japan and the US outlines the differences and similarities in career goals, values, roles and responsibilities, and qualities of educational leadership.

Four suggestions are offered for making teachers' first year on the job more than just a test of endurance: provide adequate supplies, make assignments carefully, do not overload them, and provide a support system. (TE)

Career clients at a university counseling center were placed in self-directed or interactional career workshops. Changes in levels of career maturity and career exploration behavior were tested. People with high goal instability performed better in interactional than in self-directed workshops. Participant preference for interactional workshops…

Offers tips and techniques for avoiding job burnout and managing stress in child care centers. (HOD)

Telephone and letter contacts extending the summer orientation relationship into the fall semester improved students' perceptions of the college. On the Environmental Satisfaction Inventory derived from Astin's Inventory of College Activities, institutional perception and community factors showed the effects of contacts by orientation staff.…

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)

A model of how the human cognitive system operates in its natural social context is presented. The model focuses on both input and output variables that have been ignored in the development of most other cognitive theories. Unique predictions of the model and empirical evidence bearing on them are discussed. (Author/LMO)

Briefly reviews the history, for sociology graduate teaching assistants in the United States, of training for college teaching. Describes the Michigan State University program, which has evolved over a 14-year period and includes workshop goals and objectives, the agenda, and evaluations by participants. (JDH)

Presents a multifaceted staff development model for newly hired and rehired continuing education teachers. Describes elements for new hires such as interviews and hiring, orientation, meeting other teachers, mentors, and individual learning plans. Discusses elements for rehired teachers, including formal learning opportunities, communication,…

The effects of involving adolescents with conduct problems in the setting of individual counseling goals were examined. Direct involvement in goal setting was associated with the highest degrees of pupil satisfaction with counseling. These findings have important implications for public school educators who are developing student counseling…

Analyses in this study revealed trends that bear some similarity to other coorientation research on the variables of agreement, accuracy, and congruency between individual members and their group, but the small amount of variance accounted for by time spent communicating suggests a need for measurement revisions in further research. (PD)