Explores certain consequences of recent legislation in England and Wales to reform education in schools and universities. The paper describes new professionalism, an emerging shift in teacher values and practice, exploring nine forms of change as its sources and suggesting that at the heart of the new philosophy is a synthetic relationship between…

A study of the processes of curriculum and instructional development in the first-year public administration program at Melchester Polytechnic (England) drew on interviews with faculty. It is concluded that curricular and instructional change is intensely political and dependent on the organizational climate for change. (Author/MSE)

Describes a service offered by the library at Oakton Community College (Illinois) to full-time college faculty and administrators. Faculty members register to receive the contents page from any periodical in the collection and are encouraged to borrow the periodical or request any desired articles. (DMM)

Using data from a teacher socialization study, the paper explores connections between workplace relations and teacher development. Conversations with 13 beginning Ontario teachers regarding psychosocial development, caring communities, and collegiality are the basis of discussions of formalized induction programs, institutionally imposed…

Provides ideas for ensuring that teachers in early childhood programs provide parents with information about their child's experiences in the program. (BB)

Examines the use of distance education for inservice teacher education worldwide. Although the United Kingdom (UK) has many colleges and no vast distances, distance education makes a significant contribution to teacher education in a period of rapid educational change. The UK Open University offers high-quality, multimedia inservice courses. (SM)

Dental schools' ability to fulfill their missions will depend on their investment in faculty, their most valuable resource, through faculty development. The institutional opportunity structure can contribute to high faculty aspirations, self-esteem, work commitment, and sense of organizational responsibility. Institutions and faculty must also…

Although much of what happens in church-related colleges is similar to that in other colleges, faculty in the former group can avoid secularizing trends and make denominational faith central to their tasks through faculty development, curriculum design, teaching content, and academic policies. (MSE)

Describes a project at Earlham College that provided faculty with free searches on DIALOG for one year to explore the effects of using new information technology. Changes in student assignments and on faculty attitudes are discussed; the impact on library reference services is considered; and students' use of online searching is examined. (two…

Represents a rethinking about professional staff who exhibit characteristics of being burnt out and offers an unusual approach to their renewal. The approach described requires that supervisors, administrators, or staff developes recognize that low self-esteem is at the core of the burned-out behaviors. (GLR)

Success in bringing a global perspective to undergraduate teacher education involves the commitment of faculty members to the cause. All faculty members should reassess their courses and seek ways to revamp curriculum along global lines. The article looks at incremental change, faculty commitment, rewards for participation, and visibility. (SM)

Describes 11 ideas related to staff development and center management that have been successfully developed and implemented in day care centers throughout the country. (BB)

A faculty survey suggests that college climate can help maximize faculty effectiveness. Institutions are making use of the intrinsic rewards of academic work to improve its quality, by helping faculty reach new levels of understanding and mutual learning with students, accomplish greater mastery of content, and find successful new teaching…

The University of New Mexico's nursing baccalaureate program via satellite required reexamination of curricular structure, objectives, sequence, teaching strategies, and library resources. Support services for both students and faculty had to be modified. (SK)

Maintains that teaching and faculty development (research as well as a broad range of other possible activities) are mutually beneficial and inseparable activities. (SR)