Results of the American Bar Association's first major study of law teachers are presented. The majority of these professors are graduates of a small group of elite law schools, and possession of a degree from one of these schools appears to be highly determinative of who become law teachers and of the nature of these careers. (MSE)

Examines how Chicana teachers connected their experiences as minorities with their current teacher role. It explores use of a "bridging identity" to explain how the Chicana teachers appropriated and validated their own experiences as minorities and their family values that played a central role in constructing their teacher role…

Presents findings from observations of 11th- and 12th-grade mathematics classes in Goa, India. Discusses classroom environment, senior-year curriculum, teacher background in India, and sources of student motivation. Includes sample questions from the comprehensive year 12 high school mathematics examination. (KHR)

Examined black-white disparities in 4th, 8th, and 12th grade mathematics achievement and instruction, using data from the 1990, 1996, and 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Results identified substantial black-white achievement gaps. Socioeconomic status failed to account for much of the gap. Several instruction-related factors…

A survey examined attitudes of teachers toward children with visual impairment and implications for inclusion. Teachers with direct or indirect experience with students with either low vision or blindness held a more positive attitude toward inclusion than randomly selected teachers, but only toward students with low vision. Teachers demonstrated…

A survey examined attitudes of teachers toward children with visual impairment and implications for inclusion. Teachers with direct or indirect experience with students with either low vision or blindness held a more positive attitude toward inclusion than randomly selected teachers, but only toward students with low vision. Teachers demonstrated…

Reflects on memories of the author as a first grader, and compares her experiences with the way she teaches first grade. (MG)

The author discusses the changing definition of computer literacy for teachers and uses of computers in education. Factors that affect computer use (time, money, appropriateness, and quality control) are considered and related technologies are reviewed. The author concludes with a discussion of challenges facing users of computers in education.…

Maintains that early formative experiences have a strong impact on the way beginning teachers think about teaching and about becoming professionals, and that teacher training institutions must accommodate and deal with the autobiographies of preservice teachers; otherwise, future beginning teachers will teach as they were taught. (SR)

Examines time spent on comprehension instruction by award-winning teachers, teachers with master's degrees, and a control group of teachers with bachelor's degrees. Finds that award-winning teachers spend more time in making assignments and giving individual help, but notes no differences in time spent on prereading activities or direct…

Presents a list of tenured black law school professors at the nation's 20 highest-ranked law schools. Background information and specialty or current work areas are provided, as is a breakdown of black tenured professors as a percentage of the total faculty in each school. (GLR)

Addresses the notion of story as a framework to help organize teachers' personal understandings of their craft, first describing one teacher educator's experiences with handling preconceptions in learning to teach and with using well-remembered events as a bridge between personal understandings and the world of classrooms and educational…

Includes "Supporting Diversity" (Moore); "Reflections on the Need for Diversity" (Bowen); "Understanding Impediments to Diversity in Agricultural Education" (Whent); "Mentoring Diverse Populations" (Jones); "Supporting Diversity: An Unfinished Agenda" (Moore); "Professorial Roles in Supporting Diversity in Teaching, Research, and University…

This study examined differences and similarities between traditional aged and nontraditional aged beginning secondary teachers. Analysis of personal and professional characteristics and teacher career development concern stages indicated there were differences in both personal and professional characteristics. Nontraditional aged students had…

Montana high school coaches were surveyed regarding coaching, playing and teaching experience, education, current knowledge, and situation. Only half had physical education degrees, few had current coursework, most had more playing than coaching experience, only 31 percent taught physical education, and most coached because they loved it. (SM)