Among 17 suggestions for supervisors trying to prevent discipline related teacher stress and burnout are developing clear, decisive guidelines for disciplinary action; making memos meaningful; following up on staff requests; permitting the teacher to control the class; providing demonstration teaching; and organizing a meaningful staff development…

The article reviews advantages and disadvantages associated with use of manual restraint to manage aggressive behavior in behavior disordered students. Noted is the common use of manual restraint without empirical validation or full consideration of ethical and legal implications. Guidelines for using manual restraint are offered. (Author/DB)

A three-year study using interviews and observations examined the meanings that teachers attributed to their interactions with parents. Theoretical ideas derived from the data are discussed. Implications for teacher educators are presented. (Author/MT)

Interdisciplinary research is seen as coming of age across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with interdisciplinary thought most substantive in the sciences. For that reason, some observers suggest that the gulf between scientific and humanistic learning may be widening. (MLW)

Maintains that teachers of young children--at the kindergarten level, for example--need to exhibit understanding rather than patience in working with these children. Asserts that patience is rarely necessary when one is understanding. (BB)

Assesses the effects of situational, teacher, and student difference variables that affect experienced teachers' selection of compliance-gaining techniques. Concludes that teachers' compliance-gaining message selection was substantially influenced by misbehavior type and intensity. (MM)

Although prepackaged curriculum and training program materials can save precious time, they can also negatively affect efforts to improve school and classroom discipline. Obedience models often yield quick results at the expense of developing responsible students who understand the important principles underlying school rules. (MLH)

Explains interactive videodisc technology and describes programs that are available for elementary and secondary school curriculums. Hardware configuration requirements are discussed, listings of videodisc resource guides and videodisc companies are provided, and a guide to the 50 most popular videodiscs is presented by subject area, including…

A teacher describes how she managed to turn one student's disruptive behavior into an opportunity for all students to learn about conflict resolution. (JL)

Although a 1975 Supreme Court ruling upheld students' suspension or expulsion from school, these punishments may not apply to handicapped students, who are guaranteed a free, appropriate education under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Article discusses implications of "Honig v. Doe" (1988), a Supreme Court decision…

Faculty have dual professional responsibilities: as researchers they are committed to support and advance their disciplines, but as teacher-scholars they must be equally committed to the broader ethical, philosophical, and practical structure of academe. (Author/MSE)

Describes a ten-step method of maintaining discipline in the classroom in order to facilitate maximum learning. States that with this method, the teacher can work toward helping students become responsible and effective citizens. (GEA)

A survey of Danish university faculty concerning the real relationship between faculty research and teaching found that most see an important interplay between the two, depending to some extent on the level of instruction and the discipline. None expressed a preference for working in a pure research institution. (MSE)

This discussion of the structure of online databases and the structure of related subject disciplines focuses on terms used in a book about tropical diseases and terms used in the MEDLINE database for articles on these diseases. Matrices used are explained and Medical Subject Heading (MeSh) terms are examined. (16 references) (LRW)

Argues that English departments are experiencing a crisis of identity that is economic, political, and psychological. (SRT)