The purpose of this research was to determine the professional training needed by English teachers in the service area of Livingston University (Alabama) in order to develop guidelines for a program of professional improvement. It focused on three interrelated dimensions of the professional development of English teachers: (1) initial or…

The status of one-teacher schools in 1959 is described in this nationwide study by the National Education Association. Information for the study was gathered from 2,376 one-teacher schools in the 48 states (Alaska and Hawaii were not included), and data obtained from a 52-item questionnaire are grouped into 6 sections: (1) number of one-teacher…

Project PROBE, supported by USOE, conducted in fall 1967 a survey of social studies teachers and teaching in cooperation with the Catskill Area School Study Council. In the Project's service area, including all or part of 5 counties in upstate New York, questionnaires were mailed to one-third of the elementary teachers and to all of the secondary…

This report is one in a series of needs assessment publications that comprise the initial phase for PROJECT DESIGN, an ESEA Title III project administered by the Fresno City Unified School District. The purpose of this study was to determine whether significant teacher staffing differences exist among schools of the district. The data used in this…

The purpose of this study was to (1) compile a list of English teaching objectives based upon a study of the literature, (2) discover teachers' attitudes toward these objectives, and (3) compare the attitudes of the teachers grouped according to age, sex, community composition, level of teaching, academic training, college major, longevity, and…

This report describes the first phase of a longitudinal study of the Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps program, focusing on the relationship between intern background characteristics, Teacher Corps Program characteristics, and intern exit characteristics. Data about all Sixth Cycle projects that prepared elementary school teachers were collected at each…

This survey examines current programs available for teaching English as a second language to prospective teachers who are already professionally qualified in their own countries but are not equipped to work in a classroom with English-speaking children. The areas concerned are: London, Bradford, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, and Wolverhampton;…

Analyzing high school English methods courses in institutions approved for teacher education, this study examined (1) the variations in course content and organization, and (2) the possible relationships between course content and such factors as professional background of the instructor, size and type of institution, and duration and sequence of…

A comparison was made of indirect and direct verbal interaction of science teachers in elementary, junior high, and senior high school levels. Also analyzed were the mean ratios of indirectness compared to teacher experience, knowledge of curricula, and self-perception of teaching method. Data were collected by means of Flanders' Interaction…

The study investigated the possible influence of selected personal and background demographic variables on job satisfaction among industrial arts teachers and the relationships between job satisfaction and a job content-context dichotomy for the job factors. Data were collected through mailed questionnaires to a 50 percent sample of industrial…

This study gathered information in regard to the extent to which public school districts maintaining a secondary school either operated or planned to develop an adult education program. Information was gathered from all 329 public school districts maintaining secondary schools. Of the 329 schools, 132 indicated that they had an adult education…

A theoretical model derived from symbolic interaction theory was tested by path analysis to determine whether variance in teaching effectiveness of community college faculty, as assessed by students, can be attributed to particular attitudes and/or socialization experiences of these faculty. (Author/RT)

Teachers' social origins influence their reactions to students. Low-status and minority students experience difficulties in the classrooms of high-status teachers. Outcomes of these relationships are that the students are seen as less mature and less is expected of them. A model of teacher-pupil background congruence is proposed. (Author/VM)

Who is teaching limited English proficiency students in English-as-second-language and bilingual programs? In general, the teachers studied were not qualified to provide students with appropriate language development class work because they themselves were cognitively and linguistically mediocre. (Author/LHW)

The Supreme Court ruling that public school officials can search a student is examined. Two upcoming Supreme Court cases regarding whether a school board can refuse to hire a homosexual teacher and the constitutionality of an Alabama law that allows for a minute of silence for voluntary prayer or meditation are also discussed. (RM)