Three substitute teachers give six suggestions for making substitute teachers feel more welcome, more effective, and more useful. (MT)

Options are available to teachers for classroom intervention under a model of five authority levels. By selecting the least assertive coping skill necessary for each situation, the teacher can bring the disruptive student back into the mainstream of learning. (6 references) (CJH)

Any punishment in which the student is a passive recipient leaves all the responsibility in the hands of the teacher. The techniques of having students name behavior, choose alternative solutions, and plan and take relevant consequences actively involve them in their own disciplining and encourage self-discipline. (MT)

Discusses various assumptions about excellence in education: (1) excellence must be imposed on the educational establishment by those who are outside education; (2) test scores are the best indications of excellence; and (3) American education will become excellent only if we adopt a common core of academic subjects that all students must…

This article describes four possible conceptions of education, each with its own standards of excellence. These conceptions are called the technical, the rational, the personal, and the social. The authors argue for adoption of the social responsibility conception of educational excellence as a national goal. (MT)

Critiques the terminological, historical, prescriptive, and descriptive difficulties in the "great tradition" article (EA 519 521, this issue). It is important that schools teach the application of critical thinking to moral problems. (MD)

A three-year study of data on student discipline in one school supports a theory of a relationship between behavior and environmental factors.(MD)

Instead of being defensive about criticism of public education, educators must work to improve the quality of education. Two areas needing improvement are teacher and administrator apathy and student discipline. (MD)

Current trends in classroom management practices which emphasize academic achievement and time-on-task may have potentially harmful implications for gifted children. Responsible classroom management should focus on prevention, problem solving, and interpersonal relationships. Preservice and inservice teacher education should reflect the need for…

The core of geography consists of endeavors that touch base with five core elements: landscape, maps, hypotheses, processes, and models/generalizations. All geographers have common or shared interests whether they be geomorphologists or behavioralists; many of the divisions that characterize the discipline are dysfunctional and unnecessary.…

Examines whether physical punishment and consistency of discipline interact in their effect on delinquency. Distinguishes between "intermittent discipline" and "inconsistent demands." Finds that if parental demands are consistent, physical punishment may reduce delinquency but cautions that these findings do not constitute a…

Reorganization of a school and training of teachers have resulted in a program that has been effective in developing constructive, orderly, and acceptable behavior in students. (Author/IRT)

This paper focuses on scientists' views of scientific models and their use in authentic practice. Participants were 24 scientists, averaging 25 years research experience, representing four discipline areas. Views of scientific models were assessed through an open-ended questionnaire ("VNOS-Sci") and interviews. The scientists described models…