This manual incorporates the Clinical Teacher Education Guidelines which grew out of a program of research studies conducted by the Research in Teacher Education (RITE) program from 1980 through 1985. Three major studies covering preservice, induction, and inservice contributed to a better understanding of the nature and effects of clinical…

Research on elementary teaching practices has provided a list of effective teacher behaviors. This list can be used as a menu from which administrators and teachers can select objectives that will serve the teachers as goals for improvement and the administrators as criteria for teacher evaluation. The behaviors listed in this paper have been…

This paper discusses ways that teachers can better manage their time and succeed in ther instructional goals. Ways to prevent five major types of compulsive time behavior are addressed. The behavior roles include: (1) "hurry up" role; (2) "be perfect" role; (3) "please me" role; (4) "try hard" role; and (5) "be strong" role. Emphasis is placed on…

Athletic trainers teach in a variety of situations. These situations might include: (1) teaching an athlete a rehabilitation routine; (2) teaching a group of athletes a preventive procedure; (3) teaching one or more athletic training students in a practicum or internship situation; (4) teaching a formal theory athletic training class; or (5)…

The amount of time students are engaged in the subject matter in physical education has been found to have a high correlation with student achievement. Academic Learning Time-Physical Education Motor [ALT-PS(M)] is defined as the amount of time a student spends in physical education content doing a motor skill with a low error rate. A report is…

This study compares classroom management behaviors of two groups: beginning teachers and teachers with one year of teaching experience. It also examines differences in the ability of beginning teachers and second-year teachers to incorporate classroom management training in the establishment and maintenance of learning environments. The analysis…

The right of privacy, a personal right protecting the most traditional concepts of privacy and the most tangible qualities of private life, is discussed in relation to many cases, including three involving teachers in secondary schools. (Author/PG)

A good discussion is a product of well-chosen questions. (JH)

Author focused on interest in fads, such as ecology and psychedelics, as a method of illustrating the lack of change that takes place in education and discussed what he would like to see happen. (RK)

This study of secondary inservice teachers was designed to measure the possible relationship between the consistency with which they logically relate philosophical views (theory) to educational ideas (practice) and their teaching flexibility (as demonstrated in actual teaching practice). (Author)

Two hypotheses were tested investigating the relationship between beliefs and behaviors of teachers in controlling students and student perceptions of classroom excitement. It was hypothesized that direct relationships would exist between teacher strictness in beliefs and behaviors toward student control and the students' opinions concerning the…

The problem undertaken by this study was to determine what, if any, relationships exist between the organizational climates of selected schools, as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ), and the scores of teachers on Form E of the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale. The study was conducted in eight Hawaii public elementary…

The first part of this paper deals with teacher suspension and dismissal as tools for correcting teacher behavior. Three cases involving teacher discipline are examined, one leading to resignation, a second to improved teacher behavior, and a third to a tenure hearing and dismissal. Part 2 of this paper examines the need to reduce staff when…

Results suggest that knowledge of student learning outcomes and reduction of intent action discrepancy have minimal impact on teacher decisions to modify classroom procedures. (Author/BJG)

Presents a description and analysis of group glee (joyful screaming, laughing and intense physical acts occurring in simultaneous bursts or in a contagious fashion), studied by means of videotapes of 596 formal lessons in a preschool. Information collected concerned occurrence, location, frequency and duration, teachers' responses, incidence of…