The author answers some of the central questions--legal and pedagogical--relating to the use of corporal punishment by teachers. He presents guidelines on corporal punishment which can reduce the likelihood of liability, but suggests, given the potential for lawsuits, that teachers adopt alternative forms of discipline. (Author/SJL)

Discusses specific ways in which agricultural mechanics instructors can improve safety awareness and instill safe-working attitudes in their students. (SK)

Lists 12 performance standards, each with defining behavior indicators, that constitute competencies for instructors at the Bell System Center for Technical Education and that support goals and objectives of the Center's training program. Included is the Instructor Effectiveness Feedback Checklist used by training managers during observations of…

The relationship between teacher-perceived brightness/dullness and classroom interactions was investigated with 96 intermediate-grade children. Positive interactions were distributed unevenly between "bright" and "dull" children; no differences were indicated in the distributions of negative and neutral interactions.…

Laments the misguided teaching practices used in the teaching of language and literature, practices reflecting unsatisfactory, superficial, and mechanical educational standards. (RL)

The author asserts that students can get "hooked" on praise to the point that they limit their creativity and manipulate others in search of it. He notes that teachers too may use praise manipulatively. He suggests ways for kicking this habit, primarily through more objective reinforcement messages. Three educators respond. (SJL)

This essay identifies several things teachers can learn from students or from the sheer act of teaching: about their own personalities; about ways to improve their teaching; and about subject matter, through simplifying and organizing it for presentation, through student questions, and through the natural flow of ideas. (Author/SJL)

This article discusses epilepsy, its treatment, and its effects for teachers who have epileptic students in their classes. Epileptic students must be made to feel that they can participate in all facets of school life. (CJ)

Contrary to conclusions made from previous research findings, teachers can accurately report their own behaviors under certain conditions. Continued research into conditions that influence accuracy in teacher self-reports is needed. (CJ)

Shows that teachers' written responses to student writing are usually concerned with form and that two kinds of responses are most often used: (1) evaluation--usually of a general nature (a grade or "well written") and (2) instruction--usually focusing on specific language structures by correcting mechanical errors. (HOD)

The functioning of a new instrument for measuring behaviors in physical education classes is explained. (JD)

Presents a computer program developed at the University of Cincinnati to transpose and compute sets of raw data from the Flanders' Interaction Analysis, used in investigating classroom teaching behavior. The program is included and its use with student teachers is discussed. (RAO)

A survey of principals and teachers in one school district's elementary school indicated strong agreement between the two groups concerning what constitutes desirable and undesirable teaching behaviors and the practicability of using such behaviors in determining teacher evaluation criteria. (SB)

The relationship between player's perceptions of ideal and actual leadership behavior, team performance outcome, skill level, and educational level is examined. (JD)