Describes a program developed at Hagerstown Junior College to meet the professional development needs of part-time faculty at small institutions with limited resources. Examines recruitment, orientation, effective communications with administration, the provision of an instructional clinic and other support services, and program evaluation. (JP)

Concepts that are directly related to teaching are learned as such by education majors and play an integral part in students' development into teachers. Further research using other student populations or in other areas of teacher education is needed. (Author/CJ)

The article describes how to do an initial evaluation, establish rapport, set realistic goals, and establish an orientation training program with low-functioning deaf blind children. (PHR)

Tests the hypothesis that, while the difference in rate of smiling to O degree v non-O degree orientations will diminish with increasing age with silent and/or unfamiliar faces, infants over 14 weeks of age should continue to discriminate between a talking familiar 0 degree face, and all other combinations of orientation, familiarity, and silent…

The Orientation and Motivation Inventory was administered to a sample of high school boys and girls and factor analyzed. Eleven factors for boys and ten factors for girls were extracted, confirming 10 of 12 postulated dimensions. (Author/JKS)

Suggestions for a modified indoor tennis game, for activities to develop body reference in young children, and for a drill to aid students with depth and space perception difficulties are presented. (LH)

Personality, personal space, and attitudinal measures were administered to high school students. Comparisons of extreme sections of the classroom revealed a significant polarization of student traits on three categories of variables dominated by self-concept and class participation. Differential participation and physical isolation were closely…

Reports three experiments which investigate: whether familiar objects have standard graphic orientations (Experiment 1); the relationship between use of object orientations and more conventional methods in depicting familiar objects in motion (Experiment 2); and whether orientations are used differently in novel objects whose only defining feature…

Seven questionable types of college presidents are described: 1) "Do it yourself and get it done right," 2) the hip-shooter, 3) philosopher king, 4) everything in its place president, 5) "Let's take a vote" executive, 6) the timid soul, and 7) the bull in the china shop. The eighth type, the reasonable adventurer, is seen as the effective…

The study explored the concept of space through the tactual discrimination of household objects in 48 4-to-7-year-old blind, partially sighted, and sighted children. (PHR)

Examines some suggestions for the supervision of student teachers especially on the secondary school level. (Author/RK)

This article describes a program to train student teachers to work in inner-city schools and the conflicts that arose when student teachers, attempting new innovations with their pupils, met strong resistance from the established conservatism of the school principal and older teachers. (JD)

Examines the effects of goal setting and feedback applied to teacher behavior as a means of producing desired changes in students' behavior during consultation. Results indicate that the intervention was effective at increasing appropriate student behavior and was judged by the teacher to be acceptable. Implications of results are discussed. (RJM)

Examines the socialization of seven promoted and seven aspiring vice-principal candidates in a large Ontario school district. Certain socialization experiences were highly valued in the selection process: having systems-level administrative experience; being focused toward preparation; practicing instructional leadership; developing a strong…

Seventy-one successful adults with learning disabilities were studied to identify success strategies that could be used in teaching children with learning disabilities to boost their achievement. Identified strategies included preparation, desire to succeed, goal orientation, persistence, and learned creativity. For each strategy, specific…