Notes that there are strong indications that for young children, play and creative work in the arts fill an essential role in the development of an understanding of identity, reversibility, and point of view which are essential to all cognitive growth. (Author/AM)

Attempts to determine significant differences between selected variables and attitudes toward participation in curriculum planning, curriculum use, adaptation of curriculum content, and curriculum role patterns and to verify significant relationships between the dependent variables and teaching experience, grade level, and education. Data were…

Weaknesses in the initial preparation of school mathematics teachers are proposed. Emphasis is on the underdevelopment of global understanding in lieu of the manipulation of symbols or the performing of complex algorithms. (MN)

Examines the preparation of one foreign language teacher and compares this preparation with some of the basic principles of bilingual education. It is argued that foreign language teachers would be better teachers if they had the same background and preparation as bilingual teachers. (CFM)

Relationships between teacher attitudes and teacher background variables (academic background, teaching experience, and in-service training) were examined through a survey of 1,478 elementary school teachers in the experimental Hawaii English Project. Results revealed few significant correlations but some indications associating more advanced…

Based on a microeconometric examination of Philadelphia school district data, analyzes the impact on student achievement of pupil-specific variation in students' genetic endowment and socioeconomic status, teacher quality, nonteacher school quality, and peer group characteristics. Single copies may be purchased from Secretary, C. Elton Hinshaw,…

Social studies teachers, either because of their preparation or their inappropriate in-service professional development, do not have much sensible understanding of the epistemological state of social studies knowledge. Because of this students will not grant their teachers de facto authority, and social studies is considered irrelevant and is very…

Suggests that colleges look to retired military personnel as sources of science, mathematics, technology, and occupational teachers. Looks at cooperative ventures between the Department of Defense and Department of Education. (DMM)

Presents excerpts from a conversation with four classroom teachers who use experiential approaches. Discussion covers drawbacks and advantages of experiential methods in school settings, reasons for choosing to teach experientially rather than traditionally, and practical advice for those considering careers as classroom teachers with an…

A nine-item questionnaire was used to obtain information from 229 preservice elementary teachers on secondary and college science courses completed, their conception of the purposes of elementary school science, and their concerns about teaching children science. Implications for preparing elementary teachers to teach science are addressed. (JN)

A Canadian system of faculty profiles of activities and accomplishments, used for performance evaluation, provides individualized lists from 45 or more items and is used in conjunction with student and peer evaluations. A sample dossier, containing such items as time devoted to various professional activities and descriptions of courses taught, is…

This study examines the perspectives that second career teachers with prior military career experience bring to the profession of teaching and specifically to the teaching of social studies. The study was organized around five questions relating to the life and career histories of second career teachers, the commonalities in the educational…

A study of the experiences of a literacy teacher in the prison classroom chronicled the daily routine events and experiences that make up the life world of a teacher in the prison classroom. The introduction of this study emerged through the technique called opportunistic surveillance. The researcher, a prison teacher, engaged in…

The present study compared the participation of men and women in the administration of schools of education, with reference to proportion, professional preparation, background experiences, current responsibilities, and orientation toward social interaction. (Author/RK)