Emergency certification of teachers is the practice of issuing certificates to individuals who are employed to teach but who have not fulfilled all the requirements for a regular teaching certificate. A report is given on current practices of emergency certification, and dilemmas caused by the practice are described. Alternative options to…

This article reports on the education, demographic statistics, length of study and length of teaching experience of teachers of Bahasa Indonesia in Victoria. Recommendations are made for inservice training in teaching methods and the language itself. (CHK)

This study used an ethnographic approach to analyze data on the teacher as self in the high school social studies classroom, examining patterns in social studies pedagogy and how the teacher's self is manifested in global education classrooms. Data came from observation reports, interviews, and document analyses at three high schools. Teacher…

This report examines teachers' educational background and students' overall performance on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R). Data analyses show that there are 17 Delaware classrooms performing above the average U.S. student score of 502. The majority of teachers in the top 10 higher performing classrooms had…

This article details a brief historical description of teachers from colonial days to the early 1900's. Included are discussions fo the development of the role and of public opinions of the teacher, types of early American teachers, and the introduction of women into teaching. (JA)

Discusses and defines performance certification, its concept and the strengths and weaknesses of existing systems. (RB)

Reports on the relationship of research activities, teaching effectiveness and rank of faculty members in seventeen academic departments at Carnegie-Mellon University. Results indicate teaching quality is unrelated to assignment and promotion and that research activity is strongly related to promotion. (JM)

Study found that mature women were viewed as highly effective by their employing principals, but their potential effectiveness could not be predicted accurately from judgments of supervising teachers or major professors, or from measures of academic achievement. (RT)

The results of a nation-wide survey focusing on the needs, major problems, and characteristics of junior college psychology instructors and the courses they teach. (MB)

Describes an intervention program to reduce behavioral problems and promote early reading skills among primary grade children identified as high risks. The study employed high status teachers with long experience and proven effectiveness. Results indicate reduced levels of antisocial behavior and slightly better reading performance. (Author/KC)

Describes six common weaknesses of student publications advisers and suggests ways of overcoming them. (GT)

Addresses why some teachers are more committed than others to environmental education. Offers a theoretical perspective that links teachers' commitments to environmental education to significant life experiences and to beliefs and attitudes about teaching environmental concepts. Theoretical development led to a Model of Environmental Education…

Reports on a qualitative study which shows that teachers' environmental beliefs, knowledge, skills, and environmental programs provide evidence of the way they view environmental education, including possible difficulties within their programs. Findings indicate that researchers need to consider more carefully the limits of the teaching practice…