To help children use valuing processes, a teacher uses strategies of value clarification. The Flanders' Interaction Analysis Behaviors can be used as a model to construct an instrument for use with value-clarifying responses by teachers. The instrument entitled, "Interaction Analysis of Value-Clarification Behvaiors" (IAVCB) is constructed on this…

This study investigates the suitability of a particular conceptual framework for preparing secondary teachers. The program was aimed at developing five basic teaching behaviors--planning, motivating, verbalizing, controlling-disciplining, and evaluating. Three major tasks were identified: 1) to redesign the structure of the existing program, 2) to…

The role of the school psychologist is conceptualized as demanding general expertise in classroom management, curriculum, and factors affecting the learning of children. The psychologist's client is the classroom teacher, but his success depends on whether or not his consulting efforts with teachers make a difference with children. The author…

This paper makes an informational analysis of teachers' verbal discourse. A behavioral analysis is also made in terms of "tacts" and "mands," as defined by Skinner. These behavioral components of a message may be quantified in terms of "originality,""redundancy," and "complexity." But the most…

Procedures for training undergraduates in basic teaching skills were developed over 7 semesters. The training involved six individual experimental programs of a semester's duration and a follow-up study of the students in the Spring of 1970 program. The training has been given to 438 elementary education majors. The purpose of the program was to…

The rationale for the study of relationships between teacher-professed control ideology and their leader behavior, as observed by their pupils, was constructed from findings and conceptual assertions of Halpin, Winer, and Willower. Student discipline referral sheets were content-analyzed according to misbehavior categories. Significant ideological…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether any relationship exists between (1) the leader behavior of biology teachers and the present biology curriculum practices and (2) the leader behavior of principals and the present biology curriculum practices. The study was conducted in 30 secondary schools in Oklahoma. The Leader Behavior…

The relationship of the hierarchy of teacher concerns to classroom verbal behavior was investigated. Participants were 66 elementary school teachers with 3 to 8 years teaching experience and 26 beginning teachers in two large public school systems in the southeast. The Teacher Concerns Statement (TCS) was administered to all 92 subjects. Four…

The rights of a teacher in relation to insubordination are discussed in this document. Emphasis is placed on the definition and examples of insubordination. The conclusion summarizes the procedures of insubordination and a teacher's rights when charged with insubordination: procedures include a preliminary investigation, establishment of probable…

This project investigated the relationship of classroom behavior to students' personality traits, students' perceptions of teachers' traits, teachers' self-described traits, and the discrepancies between students' preferences for teacher traits and their observation of them. Teachers were graduate assistants conducting discussion sections in…

Author stressed the need for a new moral consciousness and the leadership of educators willing to first seek it in themselves. (Author/RK)

Discusses moral development in elementary school children and offers some suggestions for helping children reach mature morality conceptions. (ED)

Information in the literature stresses the use of more humane approaches to education. The number of titles for the last 10 years was counted in the Education Index. The results indicated that there is a significant trend toward an increasing number of titles published. (Author)

This study systematically examined the relationship between two categories of teacher behavior (congruence and positive regard) and student willingness to self-disclose. These variables were investigated because they have been related to self-disclosure in other situations, and were defined operationally in keeping with the special characteristics…

This article addresses the possible causes of discipline problems in the classroom. (MM)