Indian teachers are critical to the realization of quality education for the Indian population. Indians would be effective teachers of Indian identity, traditions, language, and psychology in addition to the usual subjects. Home-school and community-school relationships would likely improve if Native Indian staff were a significant presence in the…

Discusses a study which examined the interpretive process used by high school chemistry teachers in translating curriculum materials into classroom practice. Results indicate that differences exist among teachers but that commonalities are greater. Explains the functional paradigm concept and its value for the interpretation of curriculum…

Surveyed elementary school teachers (N=162) to examine the relations between teacher perceptions of discipline, teacher education, teacher experience, student social class, student ethnicity, and student grade level. In general, more experienced and educated teachers preferred confronting students about misbehavior, while less educated teachers…

This paper examines the status and role of teaching faculty at research-intensive universities. After agreeing that research was the dominant element in the university's reward system, a case study format was used to examine the attitudes of 11 active and 18 less-active researchers at a large public research institution regarding their own…

A survey of faculty at seven schools, colleges, and departments of education in different parts of the United States was taken to clarify the academic role of education faculty. Results indicate that education faculty have rich and varied teaching experiences, characteristics, and scholarly achievements. (PP)

Issues in the question of a college or university hiring its own graduates as faculty are considered: productivity, inbreeding as a way of building specialty, occupational mobility, and overall contribution to institutional vitality. (MSE)

It is suggested that teachers take this test designed for boys from rural eastern North Carolina. The test should highlight the problem confronting typical classroom teachers as they attempt to deal effectively with a wide variety of backgrounds. (CM)

The problem facing Nigeria's teacher trainers is how to produce the right type of mathematics teachers from available resources. The mastery learning approach is seen as the solution to this problem. Bloom's Mastery Learning Approach and Carroll's Model of School Learning are discussed. (MLW)

Suggests that a holistic approach to teaching prospective teachers should encompass a knowledge base drawn from three paradigms: (1) instrument/technical; (2) interpretive/constructivist; and (3) emancipative/social reconstruction. Argues that use of such an approach will result in professional maturation and an expansion in influence in the…

Presents a biographical account of the educator, Amy M. Hostler: this account includes a discussion of her early years; her education and training as a teacher; her work in early childhood education; professional achievement--including the establishment kindergartens in Puerto Rico; tenure at Mills College; and international contributions. (BB)

Curricular expertise is reflected in teachers' abilities to select and convey content appropriate to the learner within a particular contextual setting and situation. The article describes traditional conceptualizations of knowledge and beliefs, focusing on relationships between the two concepts that promote a greater understanding of curricular…

This paper examines approaches used to define essential knowledge and skills for teachers entering special education practice. The paper proposes alternative models for conceptualizing essential knowledge and skills in special education, focusing on meaningfulness of teachers' knowledge, sources of knowledge, and acquisition of knowledge.…

Surveyed inservice physical educators to examine their backgrounds and understanding of multicultural education. Results indicated a need for: improved multicultural knowledge and experience, multicultural education training, attention to diversity in preservice education, and more opportunities to implement multicultural education information in…

This study focuses on the relationship between teacher-student interpersonal behaviour and students' attitudes toward science. To investigate this relationship, student perception data have been gathered with 1021 secondary science students, located in 31 classes in Kashmir, India. Teacher interpersonal behaviour was conceptualised in terms of two…

This study was undertaken to investigate how individual teachers' opinions and beliefs serve as a basis for classroom practice and curriculum decision making. United States history teachers are not passive transmitters of knowledge; they bring their own experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and ways of looking at the world to the classroom. The…