This article examines ways in which attempts to establish objective standards in teacher education can prohibit the development of open-mindedness, a quality that enables teachers to be creative, spontaneous, and flexible enough to respond to needed changes. Possibilities for reconciling the need for standards with open-mindedness are explored.…

Curriculum guides can effectively guide practice if the guide writer pays attention to the context in which teachers work and to the language that teachers use in that context. Problems encountered by a curriculum project illustrate what happens in practice when guide writers fail to appreciate teachers' objectives. (RM)

The relationship between sociopsychological climate structures and teacher-bias expectancy for groups of students differentiated on the basis of race and ability was assessed by The Classroom Environment Scale. Results indicated an overall pattern that teachers expect different students to need different sociopsychological climates. (PN)

Retreating is a behavior which occurs when a teacher issues a directive intended to influence student behavior, and the students ignore the teacher in such a way as to let it be known that she/he has not influenced their behavior. Discusses this behavior and offers six rules useful in avoiding retreating. (Author/JN)

Defines a moral stance and considers whether teachers should adopt a publicly approved moral stance or allow their teaching to be guided by their personal ethical opinions. Modern educational theories imply that teachers should not try to transmit a moral stance, but lead pupils to a search for personal autonomy. (RM)

The overall picture of high school teaching since 1900 is striking in its uniformity. In this summary of his research findings, the author suggests measures for teacher improvement that might be taken in schools of education and in district inservice training. (Author/MLF)

A conceptual framework for identifying stress variables includes: (1) systematically identifying causes of job stress; (2) identifying factors mitigating stress; and (3) identifying possible consequences of job stress. (JN)

Suggested ideas for the effective use of the student teacher in the early stages of the assignment include: allowing the student teacher to work with small groups of students; team teaching at least one unit; and having the student teacher prepare a special activity related to one of the subject areas. (JN)

Two groups of junior high teachers were identified as being more or less effective in their classroom management practices. Observational data collected from these teachers in the first three weeks of the year indicate that the beginning of the year is a crucial time for establishing effective classroom management. (Author/BW)

The importance of talk in the drama classroom is described. Students view talk as either development of vocal skills or preexperience for various kinds of social situations. Teacher talk was dominant, however, and emerged in the form of verbal control through closed questions and instructions to students. (JN)

Analyzed are university instructor behaviors in introductory and advanced level laboratories of botany, chemistry, geology, physics and zoology. Science Laboratory Interaction Categories--Teacher (SLIC) was used to assess 15 individual categories of teacher behaviors in the areas of questioning, giving directions, transmitting information,…

Observational data were collected on 10 industrial education student teachers in laboratory settings. Successful classroom management practices were judged as those in which a maximum amount of time is spent with students actively working on the tasks set by teacher. (SK)

A study examined the effect of teacher transitions and lesson content on lesson effectiveness as perceived by high school English students. A lesson was presented involving parallel sentence structure, and students were tested on comprehension of the material. Results indicate that teacher transitions significantly affected achievement but…

"On the Level," a classroom video series developed for 14- to 17-year-olds, is being broadcast by many public television stations. The series was designed to promote personal and social growth among adolescents. Suggestions given for the effective use of the series by teachers include: (1) selecting appropriate questions and activities; and (2)…

By applying group dynamic techniques, the health educator can encourage interactive classroom processes instead of the usual pattern of classroom behaviors. The teacher's role should be to facilitate communication and personal expression among all students. (JN)