This paper reports on two studies based on classroom use of episode materials developed by Sociological Resources for the Social Studies (SRSS). The 2-week episodes are intended to introduce a sociological perspective into existing social studies courses. The studies were designed to explore the relationship, if any, between the amount of formal…

This study was an attempt to measure the self-concept, dogmatism, and science teaching philosophy of students enrolled in special preservice education courses and to determine any changes in or effects of an early exploratory experience program on the development of attitudes toward teaching. It was also aimed at establishing baseline data for…

Reported is an investigation of formal operational thinking, measured by using four Piaget-related tasks, in adolescents. One hundred eight randomly selected eighth-grade students, enrolled in three Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) test center classrooms, participated. The students were interviewed using the tasks. A description of the…

This document describes the results of a survey of former student teacher and counselor participants in the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Job Corps Project, which developed laboratory experiences for preservice teachers. The survey instrument, which is appended, was a questionnaire based on responses of project directors;…

With the opening of new community colleges comes the problem of recruiting and selecting new faculty members. The consequences of an administrator's initial selection of faculty can have lasting significance for a new institution, but there has been no single set of guidelines to help administrators set up procedures. This report reviews the…

This questionnaire is used in the Educational Quality Assessment Program in the state of Pennsylvania. It includes checklists for the following kinds of information concerning teachers: locale, stability, college, mother's education, father's occupation, attitudes relating to professional recognition, career interests, salary, length of service,…

This paper reports on an empirical investigation of teacher and administrator attitudes toward negotiation issues and processes. The study sought to determine the relationship between selected demographic and attitudinal variables and teacher and administrator attitudes toward the scope of the negotiations process. A Collective Negotiations Index…

This volume details the results of a questionnaire, submitted to 883 primary school teachers in the six Australian states, on the teaching of listening skills. Questions involved 224 variables and tapped six areas: biographical details of the respondent, training background in the teaching of listening, teaching methods and materials used,…

Questions the policy of disqualifying holders of doctoral degrees (Ph.D.'s) from two-year college teaching, while exploring the reasons given for this reluctance. These are grounded in the fear that Ph.D.'s are over-specialized, insensitive to problems of effective instruction, disinterested in students, and opposed to the open-door philosophy.…

Discusses the pros and cons of requiring that journalism teachers have some minimum work experience in the field of journalism. (RL)

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a Washington court ruling that found homosexuality immoral and a gay teacher unfit to teach public school children. No evidence was presented that the gay teacher had committed a single illegal or immoral act. The teacher freely acknowledged his homosexuality. (SW)

Results of a survey concerning the state of kindergarten program offerings in the United States are discussed in terms of the similarities, differences, purposes and practices in the programs. A summary table of survey data is provided. (BB)

The article outlines the occupational socialization perspective of the physical education curriculum by exploring 11 primary assumptions which call attention to the relationship among teachers, teacher educators, curricula, and social structure. (Author/CB)

Considers the generation gap from the viewpoint of a 23-year-old teacher, who muses on her parents' generation and that of her young students. (NKA)

How beginning teachers organize instruction and the reasons for their decisions were explored. Four first-year teachers, two in science and two in reading, teaching sixth and eight grades, were observed and interviewed. Findings revealed substantial differences. Factors contributing to these differences are discussed. (Author/MT)