Results of the study suggest that teachers display a readiness to assume the exemplar role in smoking education. The author would call attention to the willingness of smoking teachers to modify their behavior if the student is to be the beneficiary. (Author/BY)

Describes the problems, procedures, findings, and implications for education of a study designed to identify the ideal teacher as related to classroom behavior traits. (GR)

The findings to date of a three year study conducted by the American Council on Education imply that some institutions attract, recruit, retain, and encourage faculty who are themselves activists or who approve of activism. Other possible causes of campus unrest are also being investigated. (Author/DB)

A study of junior high school faculty attributes of sex, age, and organizational status analyzed interpersonal choices concerning association. Men tended to be chosen most often for respect, but one's sex determines who one chooses for social association. Age was most influential in regard to choices for respect and liking. Status most often…

Findings suggest necessity for teachers to recognize atmosphere created by their reinforcing behavior, and that this atmosphere relates to student school anxiety level. Suggests initiation of inservice programs to modify teacher reinforcement behavior. (Author)

Proposes notes toward a theory in an effort to explain how and why people come to perceive certain other people as they do within the context of the school as an organization. (LN)

Points out that the pupil control ideology of student teachers, as a group, did become significantly more custodial during student teaching. Findings indicate that if a teacher feels threatened unless students are rigidly controlled, effective use of inquiry curricular materials is reduced. (LS)

The article describes a program which fosters the notion that normal children will learn if properly stimulated and taught; the pressure is therefore placed on the teacher to teach. In return the teacher is rewarded with more money and higher status. The author raises serious questions about the plan. (Author/BY)

Discusses limitations to the behaviorist approach to classroom management and suggests that schools must design strategies of prevention as well as remediation. (NH)

Discusses courses for training physics teachers designed in terms of major purposes, not immediate objectives. Emphasizes the training must be interwoven with the humanities. (LS)