An informal research study was done of faculty men's perspectives concerning the Graduate Core Program in the Graduate School of Professional Studies at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. The purpose of the investigation was to determine how teaching gender-related studies affected the male faculty; what they learned about gender issues…

This paper discusses several interrelated processes aimed at helping teachers to use an experimental approach to improve their teaching. In making a diagnosis, the teacher generates a hypothesis about the relationship between his/her potential behavior and its effect upon the students. Following the formulation of such a hypothesis, the teacher…

This paper presents an innovative approach to finding an appropriate setting for preservice teachers to practice teaching methods and skills. Microteaching to peers is most common in teacher preparation, but it has obvious flaws in gaining realistic responses to questions and genuine discussion of topics presented. Teaching to actual students is…

Teacher educators should get back to the world of students and find out what works and what doesn't in the classroom to ensure that they don't teach from an "ivory tower." Continuous teaching experience is particularly needed by teacher educators in the areas of discipline, classroom management, teaching effectiveness, misbehavior, and punishment.…

A report is given of findings from a study of beginning teachers' development of "knowledge-in-action," Schon's (1983) term for knowledge that is apparent in a professional's day-to-day actions. Participants were observed and interviewed frequently during their practice teaching placements. Transcripts of lessons and interviews were prepared for…

Providing a complex representation of a beginning writing tutor's role, this monograph, written as a journal, was drawn from a tutor's own perceptions and those of her students. While refinement of composition skills frames the entire narrative, the day-by-day record of the tutor's first quarter also emphasizes such skills as goal setting,…

This review of some of the economical and educational dilemmas touching teacher education deals with the meaning of knowledge and the psychological requirements for the development of a knowledge base for teachers. Before teachers can play an innovating and flexible role in education they must first accept their roles themselves. The imbalances of…

This survey gathered data on the salaries, characteristics, locations, and assignments of individual teachers, making it possible to present three kinds of information on salaries and salary structures of United States teachers: (1) average salaries for public school teachers by selected teacher background characteristics, qualifications,…

This paper describes the preliminary findings of a national survey of state requirements for cooperating classroom teachers serving as supervisors of student teaching. It represents a 90 percent national response, with data from all but five states (i.e., Kansas, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Texas, and Utah). Reported information includes: (1)…

Many state certification recommendations in reading education do not clearly define "certification." This produces a number of questions, among them the following: (1) Do reading teachers who are likely to teach reading at either the secondary or elementary level need a developmental course at both levels? (2) Should there be discrete courses in…

Three samples (N=474; N=389; N=417) of special education and mainstream teachers were asked to complete the Teacher Stress Survey (TSS). Developed for the study, the TSS consisted of questions on personal and professional characteristics and on perceived teacher stress in terms of six factors: (1) professional distress, (2) discipline and…

This paper describes an exploratory study of conceptual change in 91 students enrolled in an introductory course at Michigan State University designed to help beginning teacher education students examine critically their preconceptions. The data consist of essay responses written at the beginning and end of the term. The authors were interested in…

A pilot study focused on differences between novice and expert teachers, including the structure of teachers' thought processes and knowledge and teaching behavior during lessons. Study data were collected from seven secondary school mathematics teachers (three experts and four novices) through clinical interviews and lesson observation. Interview…

The study examined whether significant differences existed in the expressed attitudes of elementary, middle, and secondary level regular education teachers and support staff (N=92) toward mainstreaming and what variables impacted these attitudes. The "Mainstreaming Questionnaire" was used and inferential statistics applied to analyze differences…

This paper examines the area of teachers' practical arguments (arugments consisting in the search for a plan of action), considering questions such as: How does rationality manifest itself in practice, and in specific human practices like teaching? Is practical reasoning in teaching moral? Do values of theoretical reasoning, such as universality,…