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History of the Army General Educational Development Program; Origin, Significance, and Implications.
Strehlow, Louis Harold – 1967
The changing and expanding aspects of adult education in the armed forces from the years prior to World War I to 1967 are reported. Previous to, and during, World War I, civilian welfare groups provided recreation and entertainment for soldiers. The army began taking responsibility for soldier morale by establishing a Morale Division in 1941 and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Armed Forces
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1976
A three-year trial of a voluntary quinmester plan for extending the school year began in June 1974 in five Knox County, Tennessee, schools. Curriculum revision, K-12, was the principal thrust of the ESY (Extended School Year) project, but administrators also hoped to relieve overcrowding in the schools and to effect more efficient use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Coverdale, Geoffrey M. – 1975
An investigation of the status, attitudes, and morale of the teaching profession in New South Wales was used to gauge the climate of opinion among teachers and to elucidate the factors that may have been responsible for the increased rate of teacher resignations and job dissatisfaction. The methodology took the form of a mail questionnaire to…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, National Surveys
Corley, H. E. – 1975
Loyal policy support depends not only on an employee's knowledge of the form and structure of the institution, but also on his ability to influence its operations and goals. If there is ample opportunity for an employee to present his ideas and these ideas are put into action, he is more apt to feel like an integral participant in the district.…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Feistritzer, C. Emily – American School Board Journal, 1986
Reports on a nationwide survey of the teaching profession that compares personal profiles and salaries of public school teachers and 4-year college graduates employed year round. Discusses issues of supply and demand, motivation and morale, job satisfaction, and teacher training. Six charts are included. (IW)
Descriptors: Charts, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Profiles

Ashton, Beverly; Hollingsworth, Julia – English Journal, 1984
Develops a model of teacher adjustment to being reassigned to new content areas that is based on four assumptions: change is a process, it is made first by individuals and then by institutions, it is highly personal, and it entails developmental growth in feelings and skills. Suggests ways to help reassigned teachers adjust. (MM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Ciaccio, Leonard A.; Sanders, James W. – 1996
Project Discovery II was based on a previous highly successful Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) project called Project Discovery. Teams of high school teachers and college faculty in the project planned and implemented an integrated, discovery based curriculum with groups of block-programmed students in New York City…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, College Faculty, College School Cooperation
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1998
The 1998 General Assembly directed the Council of Higher Education to study policies regarding the use of adjunct faculty at Virginia's colleges and universities. The study aimed to examine course loads and benefits and how these issues relate to faculty with joint appointments at several public institutions. Virginia's public higher education…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty College Relationship

English Journal, 1983
Essays argue that (1) unions can translate professional concerns into action; (2) unions need to concentrate more on the professional concern of improving education; and (3) only a national teachers union has the membership, staff, and strength to deal effectively with the multitude of concerns facing contemporary education. (MM)
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Kagan, Dona M. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1989
Explores the relationship among teachers' cognitive styles, their preference of leadership styles, and their susceptibility to stress. Data from the self-reports of elementary teachers suggest that nonanalytic teachers prefer principals who stress process rather than task and appear less susceptible to occupational stress than the more analytic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers

Farmer, Donald W. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1993
King's College (Pennsylvania) has redesigned its faculty reward system, mixing intrinsic and extrinsic incentives in three interrelated institutional initiatives related to general educational reform, senior faculty performance appraisal, and merit pay. An early result of the effort is a perceptible improvement in faculty motivation and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Development, Change Strategies, College Faculty

Parmer, Coleen; East, Dennis – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Discusses previous job satisfaction research and reports a study of job satisfaction among Ohio academic library support staff using Paul E. Spector's Job Satisfaction Survey. The 434 responses indicate general satisfaction, with greater satisfaction among females, among those who work in public services, have less experience, or who work…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Females, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction

Short, Paula M.; Rinehart, James S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1992
Three studies involving 79 teacher leaders, 4 school empowerment experts, and 387 secondary school teachers indicate that the 38-item School Participant Empowerment Scale (SPES) may tap 6 dimensions of empowerment within the school organization identified in the literature. The SPES effectively measures perceived empowerment in school settings.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Factor Analysis

Sears, Alan – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1992
Discusses problem of socialization to school environment. Explains that the process can have a negative impact on teachers' attitudes toward social studies teaching and can result in noncreative teaching. Recommends methods for retaining the ideals learned in education courses. Suggests doing things in manageable steps, reserving time for…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Interprofessional Relationship

Culver, Steven M.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
A model of influences affecting early career teachers' job satisfaction was developed and tested. The path model, tested with 250 Black and 262 White teachers, indicated that influences leading to satisfaction differ across racial groups; and sexual differences should be considered in teacher induction and training. (TJH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Black Teachers, Comparative Analysis