Student discipline problems can often be reduced or prevented through the development of set procedures for routine tasks and behavior management plans. Teachers need to understand the basic principles of teaching in order to remain in control of situations. (DF)

One junior high school's discipline policies and guidelines for establishing similar regulations are offered in the first article. The second recommends transfers as a constructive solution to problems associated with an aging teaching staff and suggests procedures for a smooth change of assignment. (MJL)

This paper explores how states have addressed the issue of judging teachers' off-duty behavior through statute and what the courts have said about this issue. The statutory schemes of the 50 states and the courts' analysis of the same indicate that educators are held to a higher standard of behavior than people in other professions. Teachers play…

Counselors must make sound ethical decisions but, often, determining the appropriate course to take when confronted with a difficult ethical dilemma can be a challenge. This guide assists counselors in ethical decision making; it is presented as a supplement, and is to be used in conjunction with, the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of…

A teacher who gives good behavior ratings is also more likely to give high grades than a teacher who gives unfavorable behavior ratings. (Editor)

Article argues that a prime educational goal should be to promote abstract virtues of loyalty and courage in the student, and describes the pitfalls involved in trying to do this. (MM)

Suggestions for controls and restraints that need to be taught along with the three R's if education is to be meaningful for today's youth. (RB)

Unclear professional norms create problems of role conflict for program evaluators. Four circumstances that produce role conflict and suggestions for dealing with each one are examined. The influence of organizational context on role conflicts is also considered. (Author)

Describes the relationship of male and female suicide patterns to growth in the female labor force during the 1950's and 1960's. Suggests working women represented a weakening of sex role norms. Proposes role conflict ensued resulting in increased female suicides and suicide potential. (Author/ JAC)

Found that oppositional behaviors were universal among preschool subjects but the intensity of resistance varied significantly. Suggests negativism can be minimized by giving verbal warnings of impending requests, giving choices and allowing "time-out" during power struggles. Discusses oppositional behavior as a normal phase of child…

Investigated attitudes toward suicide and death across two intrafamilial generations to better understand possible causal factors underlying increasing suicide rates among the young. Findings indicate support for the hypothesis that the youthful generation holds more "accepting" attitudes toward suicide and death than does the parental…

Surveyed college students (N=167) about norms for sexual behavior. Concluded that the "permissiveness with affection" norm exists and violators of this norm are negatively labeled, but different standards apply to men and women. Suggests counselors become aware of the complexity of this sex code and their own biases. (JAC)

Examined the applicability of an expectancy/decison model to assertiveness in a nonclinical population. Results suggest that participants consider the consequences of being assertive when making a decision about how to behave. Training programs should take into account the participant's perceptions of the risks involved in being assertive.…

Discusses some of the issues relating to student values and presents some suggestions for motivating distributive education students to achieve desirable standards of behavior. Examines the teacher and other role models, expectations of high standards of behavior, student code of conduct, and student-teacher relationships. (CT)

Examined high school students' perceptions of behavioral deviations from sex roles. Reports that perceptions varied depending on whether subjects were making attributions toward a member of their own sex or the opposite sex. (ST)