Responsible administrators are obligated to confront poor teacher performance. Guides principals through 12 steps to take in the confrontation process that include the following: gathering information, waiting for a specific incident, developing a file, meeting with the teacher, helping the teacher to improve, and working with the teacher union.…

A survey of 197 regular education teachers who had students with mild handicaps in their classrooms gathered data about structural arrangements, adapted instruction, use of adult aides, and size of groups. Results showed little indication that teachers change their instructional methods for such students. (JDD)

Describes the metaphors three student teachers use to describe their own teaching styles. Combines these metaphors into a "student-teacher" metaphor which preserves the complexity of teaching and suggests that teachers are guides and referees as well as learners and friends. (RS)

Teachers with strict standards more frequently refer students with low levels of aggression to special education than do teachers with lax standards. The opposite is true for students with high levels of aggressive behavior. Teacher gender also correlates with decisions on special education referrals. (IAH)

Asserts that White teachers need to develop sensitivity and skills in teaching minority students. Examines how one teacher interacts effectively with minority teenagers. Observes that in ethnically and culturally desegregated schools, teachers can bridge cultural differences by keeping a sense of humor, and by viewing students as individuals. (MM)

Discussion of computer anxiety among students focuses on two case studies of college students that were used to evaluate the usefulness of teaching methods and expectations for computer use in the classroom. Teacher behavior and attitudes required for successfully implementing computer technology in classroom settings are also discussed. (24…

Provides a humorous 1920 description of the characteristics and development of the ideal nursery school teacher. (BB)

Affective responses of two year olds to their day care teachers' affectionate and caregiving behaviors were observed during free play times. Teacher behaviors were affectionate and caregiving physical contact, affectionate words, smiling, and use of questions and instructions. Smiling was the behavior most likely to elicit positive responses from…

Explores the nature and meaning of the dilemmas teachers encounter in the classroom as they respond to and interpret the tasks of learning. Reveals how teachers' perspectives toward knowledge and their view of themselves and their students as knowers enter their work. Illuminates features of the teacher-student relationship through discussion of…

Analyzes the arguments against including competitive sports in the compulsory curriculum. Considers the adverse effects of selfishness and the emphasis upon winning and discusses the role of the teacher in competitive sports. Concludes that teachers can avoid miseducation by altering the value orientation, appealing to rationality, and becoming…

Investigated the intentions underlying practice in the classes of 24 nursery teachers. Many of the teachers valued cognitive growth and saw children's developing social competence as supporting that growth. (RJC)

Ninety-three elementary school minority-group children in triads of a low-achieving student, an average achiever, and a learning-disabled (LD) student were observed in regular education classes. Findings indicated that the low achievers were treated differently than average achievers and mainstreamed LD children. Teachers' instructional behaviors…

Second-language teaching styles are defined as specific configurations of student and teacher behaviors during the teaching episode that are further described by certain dimensions of teaching. Teaching styles are seen as useful conceptual tools, and their nature and complexity are considered at three levels: foundation, structure, and…

Examined the roles assumed by an early childhood teacher. Results indicated that there was an approximate balance in the teacher's roles as curriculum designer, organizer of instruction, and counselor/advisor. (DE)

A Dutch study compared two first grade classes with regard to teacher treatment of students and student behavior (dependent variables). One class participated in a national initiative to reduce or eliminate educational inequities. The independent variables included socioeconomic background, sex, scholastic identity attributed by the teacher, and…