Systematic observation of teacher behavior in several classrooms of an informal British infant schools was undertaken in order to determine typical patterns of interaction between teacher and child. Among the major findings reported are the following: 1) a typical pattern of teacher behavior in which extended substantive discussions with one or a…

The aggregate level of teaching effectiveness in a school division can be improved over a 5-year period if attention is paid to the administrative decisions of teacher selection, assignment, development, and retention/release. A model has been constructed with four behavioral dimensions: warmth, indirectness, cognitive development, and enthusiasm.…

This is a trainer's manual for the fourth of six components of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program. Where the previous components focused on a teacher-directed inquiry, the manual describes the goal of this component as the creation of an environment in which students can use self-directed inquiry. The manual notes a great deal of…

This trainer's manual for the fifth of six components of the Instructional Staff Development (ISD) program is designed to prepare teachers to develop a model for use in Pupil Centered Inquiry teaching (PCI). This component is said to build on the teacher's knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained in the first four components; the entire program is…

This book contains the text with annotations of the most recent (1961) Code of Professional Ethics from the National Education Association (NEA). Enumerated in the code are four principles of commitment--commitment to the students, the public, the profession, and Professional Employment Practices. Also included in this book are 53 Opinions of the…

A study of student-perceived teacher roles was attempted at four different school levels: elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. In each case, students were asked to give three qualities which characterized the "good" teacher and three qualities which characterized the "bad" teacher. Written responses were then postcoded and…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between a laboratory-content-oriented secondary science methods course and the development of selected teaching competencies by pre-service secondary science student teachers. A sample of five student teachers were selected for study during their student teaching experience. Several…

This is one of a series of proxemic studies made in laboratory, natural, or academic settings by the researcher with the Dennis Infracommunication Analysis Device to observe, classify, record, and analyze dyadic infracommunication, including verbal and nonverbal modes. The focus was on communicative behavior of teacher and pupil, student teacher…

The form used to record observations of teacher and pupil behavior dealing with the content of telelessons 30 and 31 of the ITV series is presented. For each item to be observed, space is given to check "teacher gives,""teacher asks," or "pupil(s) responds." A materials checklist for each of four observations of the classroom is also provided.…

This document presents the development of instructional specification (IS), a strategy designed to assist in moving systematically from the statement of desired outcomes to the point that sufficient cues are available to initiate the development of instructional materials and procedures. Five sections which can serve as a blueprint for developing…

In order to determine the relationship between economic concerns and teachers' reasons for leaving a position, this study investigated several economic concerns, postulated to be related to teacher withdrawal. The rationale for study assumed that withdrawal from a teaching position is determined by four economic, or wage criteria including cost of…

This study dealt with a group of teachers in one particular untraditional school, Bright Meadows (fictitious name), and surveyed their responses, feelings, reactions to ideology, the environment and the events which constitute the school as a social institution. Data were gathered by means of a series of interviews based on peoples' memories; no…

This report evaluates changes in teacher behavior resulting from a one-week orientation program. Teachers at School A attended an orientation program which stressed the problems of working with inner-city children and the resource personnel available to help them. Teachers from School B, a second inner-city school without an in-service program…

This study was based on the hypothesis that involvement in the dialogue of a lesson may increase students' opportunities to understand the concepts being discussed and may enlarge the teacher's opportunities to diagnose and respond to students' learning problems. Sixty teachers from the Stanford University Secondary Teacher Education Program…

This study examines the relationship between organizational demands and secondary school teachers' behavior. Teachers develop various techniques to compensate for the dictates of the organization; survival techniques are ways to tolerate the organization without leaving it. This study was carried out in two New England secondary schools in a…