A year-long study focused on how the teacher-librarian partnership was enacted within different elementary school contexts where there is a literature-based approach for instruction. Teachers and librarians at two schools were observed for a total of 392 hours. Purposeful conversations to gather information or interviews were employed in…

This study explored differences in disciplinary approaches of male and female teachers toward male and female children, examining the connection between educator's gender and method of disciplining urban, elementary school aged children. Participants were 20 New York State certified and licensed teachers in two elementary schools. Teacher surveys…

The purpose of this study was to compare students' perceptions of teacher-student interactions with those of their teachers by administering the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) to teachers and students in 80 lower secondary school classes in Tasmania and Western Australia. There are three possible versions of the QTI. Students completed…

Part of a series offering focused, authoritative treatments of subjects of current interest to educators and other readers, this fastback focuses on the topic of humor, particularly its usefulness in instruction. The fastback asserts that humor can increase attention and retention across curricular areas, create a more positive school climate,…

Through a continuous examination of your nonverbal teaching behavior along the lines described in the article you can provide yourself with the basis for an improved and constantly growing nonverbal self. (Author)

This study was conducted to determine if secondary school science teachers differed in personality factors from secondary non-science teachers. Scores of 80 science and 35 randomly selected non-science teachers were collected on the 16 PF Questionnaire. (PS)

Teacher training in Portugal is outlined in terms of its past and its future development. (RK)

Several suggestions concerning affective teaching methods are made based on Hesse's novel, Siddartha.'' (MM)

The purpose of the present study was to investigate relationships between college students' ratings of classroom behavior and variables concerning student perceptions and teachers' personality traits. (Author/RK)

Discussion of Teacher Behavior in a Modular-Flexible Scheduled School: A Comparative Study,'' Ph.D Dissertation by Owen Paul Halleeen, University of Minnesota, 1972. (CB)

Examines direct observation procedures which can be used to measure classroom behavior variables. (Author)

Psychologists and psychiatrists have brought on themselves the infallible expert status.'' It is no longer functional. It reinforces other people's poor self image, their inferiority feelings, and their guilt feelings. Instead they should practice accurate empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness.'' (The editor suggests substituting the…

Differential teacher behavior toward different students was studied in relation to the attitudes teachers held toward those students. (Authors)

Reports on an evaluation project conducted by the National Education Association, Minnesota Education Association, and the Rochester (Minnesota) Education Association in which students, supervisors, peers, outside groups, or a combination of these can engage in formal evaluation of teachers. (DS)