This is a self-study of an elementary teacher's emotions during the year he took a sabbatical from a position as an education professor. He worked as an elementary classroom teacher, and he kept a journal of his daily experience as a teacher of a nongraded primary class. With the journal as a data source, the study examined the feeling…

From a special feature on Professional Negotiation, Part 2.

Extant research on the relationship between job satisfaction and employee absenteeism in the private sector clearly shows that job satisfaction is not a major factor in absenteeism. To determine whether a similar pattern prevails in educational organizations, a study was conducted of 509 elementary teachers working in 36 schools from over 20…

THROUGH A RECENT QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF ALL IOWA TEACHERS ASSIGNED AT LEAST ONE ENGLISH CLASS IN GRADES 9-12, COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED ON TEACHER TRAINING, ASSIGNMENTS, AND ATTITUDES. RESULTS SHOWED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE SECONDARY ENGLISH TEACHERS WERE WOMEN, THAT ALL TEACHERS HAD BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AND THAT 60…

This study investigates the relationship between teachers' beliefs and practices in three kindergarten classrooms and identifies four factors which seem to influence that relationship. Information about the classrooms was collected using the classroom disclosure approach, a form of educational criticism which combines and adapts methods from…

Within the classroom, the teacher is an improtant social variable who controls other environmental variables. Some research on teacher effectiveness has considered personal or interaction variables. In order to study the variable of teacher test organization, a pilot study was conducted in two elementary schools in Eugene, Oregon. Each teacher was…

Using humor, illustrations, and practical experience, the author suggests that theories and philosophies of education offer the teacher of English little help because of the infinite number of exceptions to any theories when it comes to teaching English, as well as the enormous number of administrative, disciplinary, and extracurricular demands on…

The status of speech instruction--including an assessment of teacher concerns--in the public secondary schools in Hamilton County, Ohio, was determined by this study. Specifically, the purposes were to determine the extent and kinds of speech and drama instruction, to examine facilities and resources, and to determine instructional methods and…

This preliminary report covers the first stage of research into teacher preferences for teaching situations. It assessed preferences of teacher trainees and determined any change in their attitude after an intensive teacher training program. Two sets of line drawings were used, the first showing ten arrangements of classroom furniture and the…

The Committee on Undergraduate Teaching was formed in 1964 in response to an urgent need to improve college teaching and give it greater importance. This report examines the present and prospective situations on the American campus as they affect learning and teaching and draws attention to changes that are in progress or may take place in the…

This document presents the agreement between the Organization of Professional Administrative Personnel of Ulster County Community College and the Ulster County Legislature for the period from September 1, 1972 until December 31, 1974. The articles in the agreement include salaries and workloads, job functions during long-term absences, academic…

Presented in this document is the salary program for 1973-74 of Highline Community College in Midway, Washington. Included in the program are the following sections: objectives, placement, general provisions, appeals and exceptions, advancement, appraisal, eligibility for placement, salary schedule, position stipends, benefits program, and leaves…

As part of a larger study, the nature of the teacher-child relationship was examined in a random sample of 50 day care centers in Los Angeles County. Data were obtained by observation of teacher-child interaction and supplemented by interviews with directors and teachers. The groups of variables examined were: teacher performance, structural…