The results of this study indicate that an increase in "good" behaviors by the teacher does not alter bottom reading group pupil performance. The results also suggest that investigators of the mediation of Pygmalion effect are considering behaviors which may have little effect on pupil performance. (RC)

This study investigated discipline problems as perceived and dealt with by student teachers. (RC)

Common grading practices are parodied. (JH)

Suggests that teachers need practice in differentiating their responses to student behavior in order that they may enhance the effectiveness of their responses. The author gives some alternatives to the use of praise and also examines four types of praise. (Author/HMV)

The socializing effects of the institutional culture of public schools may be the most powerful single influence in the development of teachers, yet the teacher education profession has largely ignored what happens to its students after they leave college. (DS)

The program of research summarized in this paper attempts to shed new light on the viability of the protocol concept for teacher education. (DS)

A vocational agriculture teacher discusses characteristics of professional and unprofessional teachers in terms of attitudes toward students and other staff members, job responsibilities and extra duties, and philosophy of a student-centered or teacher-centered school. (JH)

Examines recent California court cases that deal with the problem of public and private morality, and with homosexuality. (Author/IRT)

Nine paradoxes in teacher renewal may make the evaluation of renewal programs seem to be a useless activity, but evaluators must continue because any attempt to improve the quality of instruction is better than none at all. (MM)

Briefly discusses violence and vandalism in the nation's schools. Specific suggestions are offered for teachers on how to handle various types of attacks. Several methods of discouraging vandalism are also described. (JMB)

Factors influencing a teacher's decision to join the profession are operant throughout the teacher's pre-professional life. Both good and poor teachers affect one's decision to join the profession, and these motivating factors manifest themselves in the new teacher's classroom behavior as well. (MJB)

A group of student teachers and their subgroups were categorized on the basis of priorities assigned to expectations arrayed in a 60-item Q sort. Highest priority was attached to items reflecting direct and positive interaction with pupils. Based on lower level priorities, three types of student teachers were distinguished. (JC)

This experiment explored the applicability of naturalistic methods of ecological psychology to the study of teacher behavior. Some differences were found between teachers who had been identified as effective or ineffective. The ecological methodology is thought to be a fruitful one for the study of teacher effectiveness. (Author/JKS)

The principal should recommend that the teacher regularly and consciously apply the self-fulfilling prophecy--the idea that one person's expectation for another's behavior can come to serve as a mechanism to help that expectation be fulfilled. (Author/IRT)