Reviews research on the effects of classroom observers upon both teachers and pupils. Discusses strategies used by researchers to obtain credibility in the eyes of the teachers being observed and those used by teachers to cope with the researchers in the classroom. (NRJ)

Retirement can be a time of creativity and service to others. The Music Educators National Conference (MENC) is making it possible for retired members to continue their service to music, music education, and MENC. (Author/AM)

Presents 52 questions for art educators concerned with nonsexist art education. (AM)

Offers considerations that can guide teachers in the examination of their own attitudes and behaviors regarding discipline problems. Presents a model to help teachers deal with discipline problems, including an analysis of sources of misbehavior, prevention techniques, phases of discipline, and behavior adjustment. (Author/JM)

Discusses how teachers' values influence their feelings about students, themselves, and other teachers and cause the development of stress. Suggests ways to overcome stress. (CT)

Describes a National Education Association workshop designed to help teachers manage day-to-day stress and stay in teaching. The program has four objectives: to identify sources of stress; to determine present stress level; to explore ways to manage stress; and to explore ways to minimize distress. (CT)

Appropriate educational experiences for handicapped children in the mainstream of education will only occur if regular educators are willing to accept some new professional roles. The article describes some of these new roles and presents a rationale for relying on the regular educator to provide meaningful experiences for handicapped children in…

Views the reading resource teacher as a change agent in a school who must instruct the content area teacher through a series of levels of conscious behavior related to reading, termed the hierarchy of reading consciousness. (FL)

Accounts for the conditions determining speech behavior in general and that of German and English teachers of English. It is meant to contribute to the understanding of specific aspects of speech behavior through analysis of teaching notes and to lead to conclusions regarding the improvement of instructional language. (IFS/WGA)

Presents two hypothetical dialogues, one intended to illustrate some of the problems parents encounter when they confer with teachers, the other to illustrate a successful parent teacher conference. (Author/SJL)

Lists, in alphabetical order, 26 techniques and interpersonal strategies that a teacher can use to prevent, reduce, and eliminate classroom discipline problems. (Author/SJL)

A review of the literature does not support the hypothesis that creativity can be taught in the schools. (LH)

Discusses the causes and symptoms of stress and its effect on people in child-care programs. Ways of coping with stress are outlined. (CM)

The author briefly analyzes three classes of teacher behavior--skills, strategies, and style--for their effects on teaching as it is learned, practiced, and studied. (CL)