The symposium on the physical and psychomotor aspects of sports covered a variety of topics. Among those contained in this report are: discussions on the taxonomies of sports; the time dimension of physical activity including response variables, judgment of temporal order, and duration discrimination; memory; information and its use in physical…

Ways to make instruction more individualized and personalized even if class size cannot be reduced include modifying the following: (1) distribution of teachers; (2) instructional methods; (3) distribution of students; and (4) exacerbating factors such as interruptions. (MLF)

The relationship among role ambiguity and role conflict and the three burnout factors of depersonalization, personal accomplishment, and emotional exhaustion was evaluated in a study of 307 rural special educators. Findings demonstrated a relationship between role ambiguity and role conflict and burnout factors among rural special educators. (JHZ)

Describes a campus writing program which has revitalized faculty morale and the quality of education at the University of Missouri-Columbia. (JK)

Low status is associated with being older, being female, and being a teacher. Both professional scholarship and popular opinion hold negative views on the "feminization" of education in general and on older female teachers in particular. Schools need to be more aware of these sources of stress for midlife and older female teachers. (BJV)

The School-University Partnership for Educational Renewal (SUPER), between teams from the school of education at Berkeley and personnel from 16 public schools, is described and the following aspects are discussed: (1) history of program; (2) current trends in education which affect the program; (3) elements composing SUPER; (4) evaluation of…

Identifies potential organizationally based stressors and isolates those that elementary teachers in an urban school district report as most stressful. Also explores (1) how teachers manifest their stress and (2) the effectiveness of various stress management intervention strategies in modifying teachers' perceptions of the intensity of…

Recent changes in the quality of faculty life were traced, and the consequences of these changes for the future of higher education are assessed. Shifts in the faculty's demographic characteristics, compensation, work environment, status, and morale, and in the quality of new faculty are discussed. (MLW)

Provides a descriptive account of how and what seven university lecturers thought about the progress of their courses and identifies the major issues receiving their attention. Highlights include student communication; course planning; class process; student-teacher relationship; teaching methods and morale; and student behavior, intellectual…

This paper explores the perceptions of three rural secondary school teachers in the Riverina area of New South Wales, Australia. In-depth interviews were conducted with three secondary teachers: three male teachers aged 25, 32, and 60. The original objective of the grounded theory study was to examine the teachers' perceptions about the state's…

From 1995-98, The Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) teacher compensation researchers conducted interviews and survey questionnaires of teachers and principals in three sites to measure the motivational effects of school-based performance award (SBPA) programs. When a school met preset educational objectives, the SBPA programs in…

This study investigated factors that affected stress, burnout, and job satisfaction among Hong Kong high school teachers. First, the researchers interviewed former Hong Kong teachers to determine possible teacher stress sources. On the basis of their suggested list of stress sources, the researchers created a questionnaire that included items…

When teachers of moderately retarded, mildly retarded, and nonretarded students were asked to assess their own degree of burnout, special education teachers reported fewer and weaker feelings of inadequateness than did regular classroom teachers. Possible reasons for this finding and suggestions for stress reduction are given. (Authors/PP)

Recounts how a change in attitude and strategy turned classroom disaster to creative success. (JL)

Examines the extended metaphor of "burnout" as it applies to the teaching profession. Examines three ancient Celtic invocations for the better tending of fires, which reveal ways that teachers can burn with enthusiasm without burning out from apathy. (RL)