Results of this naturalistic study indicate that feelings and reactions of pupils to a classmate's death may be facilitated or hindered by behavior of adults involved. The most powerful hindrance is the teacher's denial of the child's capacity to deal with death. (Author)

In the present study, candidate behavior was conceived as a function of the richness of the interpersonal repertoire brought to the situation of candidacy and of contextual properties of the situation itself. (Author/IRT)

Reports on findings that suggest that both the teaching and learning of reading are theoretically based and that it is more productive to look at reading instruction in terms of theoretical orientation than in terms of reading approaches. (GW)

This study examines the relationship between teachers' and students' priorities regarding instructional practices and the actual occurrence of these practices in the classroom. A Likert-type inventory provided the data. Levels of agreement varied. The validity of the results and their implications for curriculum evaluation and instruction are…

Protocol materials are being used effectively as a teacher training device with preservice interns at numerous institutions. Here two suggestions for use of protocols at the inservice level are discussed. (Author/RK)

This exploratory study was designed to investigate the relationship between specific classroom behaviors and critical thinking. Student participation, encouragement, and peer-to-peer interaction consistently emerged as being significantly and positively related to critical thinking. (Author/MV)

Methods used to attract students in a secondary school foreign language department in which the enrollment represents 66 percent of the student body are described. The quality and personality of the teacher are emphasized. (RM)

This article reports on studies on the phenomena of teaching at the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University. (JD)

The humanistic view of the individual as a unique personality regards education as a process of self actualization, a tool for developing inner potential and creativity, and a means for equipping the student to deal with and to improve the world in which he lives. (JD)

The unrealized power of education lies in the ability of the imaginative teacher to understand the vital role imagination and dreams play in cognitive growth and to transmit this awareness to students. (JD)

A number of descriptive-analytic instruments for use in training preservice and inservice physical education teachers are described, and suggestions for their use are offered. (MJB)

Argues that there are many sources of information about schools other than standardized tests and questionnaires, and stresses the value of careful, unobtrusive observations that are well focused and intelligently interpreted. Lists numerous unobtrusive criteria for possible use in evaluating students, school programs, and school personnel. (JG)

Article describes how counseling helped a former Peace Corpsman who had taught in the Ivory Coast adjust to an American, middle-class, suburban school. (RW)

Investigates the kind of person attracted to the elementary teaching role, and the type of individual who will maintain particular standards regarded as necessary by the community. (Author/RK)

Evaluation of concerns data collected from elementary school physical education teachers during implementation of an innovation revealed three participation styles among the teachers: actualizers, conceptualizers, and resisters. (Author/CB)