This study examined the ratings by female and male athletic administrators and coaches of the importance of various job attainment factors. Results indicated that previous work experience was the most critical factor, followed by appropriate training, personal traits, and professionally recognized qualifications. (SM)

Observes the meanings that pre-service teachers attribute to pupil errors and how these meanings evolved over the course of a 15-week course in mathematics education. Identifies preservice teachers' analyses of pupil errors as well as the interventions they suggested to rectify these errors. Discusses epistemological positioning that creates…

Notes that in teacher education, stories can be used to help teachers focus on professional practices and beliefs. Contends that this instructional tool acknowledges the influence that lived experiences have in teachers' current and future educational decision-making. Explores how pre- and inservice teachers' understanding of university course…

Discusses how to motivate teachers to read. Proposes that teachers who exhibit the characteristics of engaged readers will help create students who exhibit the same characteristics. Suggests that in order to engage teachers in reading, teachers' social interaction with books and teachers' access to books should increase; existing practices should…

Provides a humorous 1920 description of the characteristics and development of the ideal nursery school teacher. (BB)

A study examined career and professional development activities of 250 postsecondary and adult instructors who did not have education degrees and who had been teaching five years. Information on age, prior education, vocational field membership, occupational mobility, teaching experience, attrition, and development of teaching competence and…

Relative importance of factors influencing content selection in parenting education was explored. Questionnaires were answered by 262 home economics teachers providing information on (1) classroom demographics; (2) influence of selected factors on selection of 28 representative concepts in parenting/child development classes; and (3) personal…

Eighty-five elementary and secondary teachers completed a questionnaire about the characteristics of gifted students. The perceptual differences identified were related to grade level taught and whether teachers had taken courses or workshops on gifted education. The paper concludes that teachers of the gifted need more grade-specific course work…

A profile of Edward M. (Ted) Holmes--Maine storyteller, writer, teacher, and professor. Most of his stories and characters come from Maine fishermen, whom he once helped to organize cooperatives. Holmes credits his success to his ability to listen. Some examples and insights into his teaching and writing styles are given. (TD)

Recommends that inservice teacher education challenge the intellectual development of teachers. Discusses the learning process of teachers, and profiles activities in specific elementary and secondary schools intended to benefit students' learning. Suggests that teachers should teach sound habits of mind with intellectual humility, expertise in…

Interviews with and classroom observations of six secondary school teachers of U.S. history examined factors that influenced their approach to teaching history. These influences included teachers' personal beliefs about religion and morality, long-term effects of their college history professors, and teachers' social class and family background.…

Interviews and observations of three student teachers in a British further education college were intended to discover how they coped with the transition to a new professional role. Key constraints were inadequate resources, isolation, powerlessness, and problems with students. Their coping strategies were derived from personal resources and…

Investigated the effect of having a tutoring experience on Israeli elementary student teachers' attitudes toward economically disadvantaged students, noting the influence of student teacher background on attitude. Surveys of student teachers participating in tutoring and nontutoring groups indicated that tutoring students had more positive…

This article includes a conversation with four environmental education classroom teachers. The author introduces the four classroom teachers, Marie Marrs, Barb Pietrucha, Vicki Newberry, and Dara Lukonen. In the interview, the four environmental education classroom teachers describe the environmental education in their classrooms. Three of these…

Like any good story, the Sufi tale places the listener squarely in the midst of life; that is, precisely where learning takes place. The tale pointed out that learning can be both exhilarating and painful. In college classrooms, teachers (and their students) are spared neither of these emotions when they engage in the learning process. In this…