Data from a content analysis of 59 professional codes and a national survey of 239 colleges indicate that with the exception of sexual harassment policies, professions and institutions offer few formal policies or guidelines related to faculty-student relationships. Some are addressing the issue with conflict of interest guidelines. Discusses the…

Notes the existence of gender bias in early childhood education. Provides a list of "Do's" and "Don'ts" for teachers and administrators to eliminate bias. Claims that by reviewing this list and supporting information, teachers can become more knowledgeable about hidden bias and learn how to change their behavior to provide the…

Discusses effective use of teacher language in guiding children to interact verbally. Presents technique of repeating the last three words of a child utterance, followed by the word "and," which encourages children to continue talking. Suggests that coupled with positive body language and genuine interest, this technique supports verbal…

This study investigated the within-classroom uniformity of elementary students' perceptions of teachers' differential behavior, examining students at different achievement levels. Surveys indicated that achievement groups differed in perceptions of learning climate, negative reactions to teachers, and perceptions of teachers' differential behavior…

This article describes a tense situation in which two middle school teachers had a fight in a public area on parent conference day. Another teacher and an educational psychologist present their views on how to handle such a situation, support teachers, and foster collegiality. (SM)

Examined variables associated with differences in students' perceptions of interpersonal teacher behavior in seven secondary schools. Focuses on seven variables in a multilevel analysis: student and teacher gender; student and teacher ethnic background; student age and grade; class size; grade level; subject taught; and teacher experience.…

Examined teacher risk taking during the development of a school-within-a-school program in a Professional Development School, targeting sophomores at high risk for dropping out. Findings indicated that a psychology of risk-taking behavior provided a useful lens for understanding teacher risk-taking in this context and that the three essential…

Compares Native American and Caucasian students' perceptions of teacher good will and delivery communication competence as well as attitude toward school. Finds that Native American students perceived teachers to have less good will and delivery competence and had more negative attitudes toward school compared to Caucasian students. (SR)

Reports a study that examined secondary physical education teacher and student behavior, comparing more- and less- effective teachers. Videotapes of teachers teaching a new gymnastic skill indicated that more-effective teachers had more active learning time and less instruction time, and they spent significantly more time observing students.…

A survey of 39 business faculty at one university investigated perceptions of their role as lecturer and the purpose of lectures, tutorials, and assessment. Most saw their role as imparting knowledge, supporting students, motivating students, facilitating learning, or some combination, but their expressed attitudes and beliefs about teaching were…

The major characteristics of expert physical education teachers include thorough planning, focus on individual student performance, heightened perceptual abilities, automaticity of behavior, creative feedback responses, command of subject matter, and use of reflective practices. Suggestions for developing teaching expertise in all of the areas are…

This study explored relative contributions of variables underlying 30 elementary teachers' referral judgments. Best predictors of referral were teachers' judgments about presence of behavioral problems and students' academic competence, while demography, off-task behavior, and teachers' stress failed to contribute significantly. (Contains…

Results are reported from a study which examined the two-year residual effects of the Stallings Effective Use of Time (EUOT) Program, an in-service program designed to produce significant changes in teachers' in-class behavior patterns. Ten teachers were observed again and interviewed to determine the extent to which they had maintained the…

Shares 16 insights about reading instruction which two professors gained from first-grade students when they left the university setting and returned to teach in public schools. (MG)

Measures preferences students express for communicator styles of their instructors. Finds the most preferred styles were friendly and attentive, followed by relaxed, impression leaving, animated, dramatic, open, precise, dominant, and contentious. Finds that other variables such as IQ, demographics, and students' learning style preference were…