This study investigated Turkish teachers' levels of commitment to their schools, the tasks involved in teaching, work groups, and the occupation. A 28-item scale was administered to 302 teachers working in public high schools in the districts of Zonguldak and in the city center. The questionnaire asked about their commitment to the school;…

The use of adjunct faculty members is largely dictated and controlled by institutional needs and policies that exist outside academic departments. Within those institutional frameworks, however, there exist substantial opportunities for departments to improve the working conditions of adjunct faculty members. Through the judicious use of…

This study investigated K-8 teachers beliefs about their principals' behaviors and attitudes that encouraged them to remain in teaching. Teachers completed interviews that focused on principal behaviors, levels of support received, relationships between level of support and decision to stay in teaching, job satisfaction, job stress, and school…

Over four milliion children go to public schools in Texas; of these, almost half a million (474,000) students attend school in rural areas. Thirty-six percent of rural Texas students are members of a minority group, 46% are poor, and more than 31,000 students in rural Texas do not speak English well. These are Texas-style large numbers that begin…

Concerns the nonrenewal of appointments for two nontenured assistant professors at the University of West Florida. (PG)

The author presents evidence that indicates that what is perceived as an erosion of academic freedom is not imagined, but that this threat comes from within the university rather than from without. (Author/PG)

A teacher association official argues the merits of collective negotiation. (JF)

This study related classroom climate to pupil attitude, behavior, and achievement in special classes for the educationally handicapped. The most successful classrooms on a composite of pupil measures had climates of acceptance and control, with medium or low rejection. (Author)

Discusses the effect of the Warren Court's rejection of the theory that public employment, which may be denied altogether, may be subjected to any conditions, regardless of how unreasonable; and the effect this rejection has had on the development of the constitutional rights of teachers. (JF)

The teacher's day amounts to six or more hours of isolation from other adults, and the special education teacher is more lonely than the regular classroom teacher. Parents need to be called frequently, and evaluation team and individualized education program sessions need to be attended. (SEW)

The questionnaire dealt with: earmarks of weaker students, parents' attitude, the teachers' training and working conditions, problems of individual instruction, time-frame, existence of professional associations, evaluation of professional conferences, and the use of media. Some evaluations are appended. (IFS/WGA)

Urges language arts teachers to consider and follow the statements on teacher workload issued by the National Council of Teachers of English. Suggests ways in which individual teachers can improve their profession. (JT)