Investigates how teachers' perceptions related to the reading process by examining their early recollections of learning to read. Uses comparative analysis between reported positive and negative recollections, yielding highly significant findings related to the variables of setting, age, most significant other, and locus of control. (SR)

Summarizes research findings that suggest that school superintendents support the need for professional teacher-librarians (TLs). Highlights include the influence of the TL and the resource center on teaching; teaching background and experience of the TL; expectations for media centers; superintendents' and TLs' perceptions of library practices;…

Discusses the growing trend for military retirees to become teachers. Such retirees (particularly officers) possess education, training, and experience that translate well into the classroom. Training is available to prepare them for teaching, and federal legislation is being considered to facilitate military second careers in education. (SM)

Presents a biographical sketch of Wanda Belgarde, a Native American (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) science teacher and mentor to minority teachers in Clark County School District, Nevada. Discusses her family, athletic and academic experiences in high school, exchange student experience to Norway during college, and multifaceted teaching experiences.…

Interviews were conducted with six individuals involved in the arts or in gifted/talented education. Interviewees responded to questions relating to their own educational backgrounds, their involvement with gifted/talented education, and their views of the future of the field. (Author/JDD)

Analysis of questionnaire responses of 473 secondary academic teachers indicated that most felt successful in teaching students with special needs. However, over one-third had received no preparation in this area. Perceptions were affected by education; participation in undergraduate, graduate, and inservice training on special needs students; and…

This article considers how the psychoanalytic concept of transference shapes relationships between teachers and students by integrating narrative case studies with a literature review. It provides an overview of transference concepts as they emerge in the context of clinical psychoanalysis and human development with implications for classroom…

Describes the author's book, which offers a day-in-the-life account of six art teachers, and its theoretical foundations. Presents background information and personal profiles of the six teachers. Includes quotes from the teachers pertaining to the most important thing they teach, their frustrations, and the most satisfying aspect of their jobs.…

This paper presents the major findings of a longitudinal study of teachers' professional identities in the early years of teaching. It analyzes key influences upon the ways in which new teachers' identities are shaped and reshaped over time. Through their own perceptions, analyses of the school cultures in which they work and their pupils' views…

The author suggests that the connection between teachers' early memories and the way they conceptualize their work is likely to be enormously important in the long run. Anne Lindbergh is one of the author's literary heroes. For years the author has been enchanted by Anne's ability to describe commonplace events in the most profound ways. In a way,…

Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are enrolled in post-secondary institutions. This study examined faculty attitudes and practices regarding students with disabilities in teacher education. Participants were 188 faculty in seven colleges, in Israel, who responded to a survey instrument about attitudes and practices. Faculty reported…

This document examines legal issues in the negligent hiring and retention of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction school employees. There are no statutes that relate specifically to negligent hiring or retention; it is a judicially created area of law. This document centers around employees who cause injury to school children, but the…

Between 1979 and 1981, in-depth interviews were conducted with 76 faculty and staff members at community colleges in New York, Massachusetts, and California. During a series of three interviews, participants were asked to talk openly about their lives before they were employed at the college; the nature and quality of their day-to-day work…

The educational systems of the European Community Member States vary considerably and comprise a wealth of information about innovations in these nations. Tables on the employment and status of teachers in state schools in the European Community were compiled at the request of the Commission of the European Communities. The information collected…