Currently in the United States, an estimated 30% of new teachers leave the profession within three years. One way to increase the retention rate is to train constituents involved in the student teaching experience, a crucial experience wherein a cooperating teacher mentors the intern who ostensibly learns to navigate all facets of the teaching…

The nature and evolution of one preservice secondary teacher's beliefs about mathematics are described in this paper. It provides information on how the teacher's conceptions about mathematics, teaching, and learning evolved during a secondary methods course and student teaching. The teacher communicated narrow views about the nature of…

A study investigated the association between affinity-seeking strategies and teacher liking. Data were collected from 251 undergraduate students at the middle of the semester and 178 undergraduate students at the end of the semester on the behavior of an equal number of instructors. Respondents were asked to assess their chosen instructor's…

Examines the correlations between instructional ratings and exam performance at three universities. Results indicate that three rating factors-student accomplishment, presentation clarity, and organizational planning-correlated highly with educational achievement. (Author/DEP)

This essay assesses barriers and suggests understandings that can lead to innovative teaching of history. A core design is recommended which emphasizes the continuity and consequences of historical events, to the exclusion of rigid chronology. The community college is seen as a particularly appropriate institution for initiation of educational…

Several hundred principals in an interaction laboratory at the 1975 NAESP convention discussed the degree the education profession may justifiably be held accountable for meeting the needs that remain the major responsibility of the schools. (Author/IRT)

Two series of classroom observations showed that a high-creative group of student teachers gave more original but not more fluent nor flexible teaching performances than a group of low-creative student teachers. (Author/KM)

The study reported in this paper is the first phase of a projected multi-phase, multi-year inquiry designed to explain how professors think about, and go about, teaching. This preliminary phase examined the attitudes of 15 faculty members in 5 disciplines (anthropology, English, history, mathematics, and psychology) toward the teaching aspects of…

Citizenship education is one of the most common curriculum elements in the nation, thus clarifying the nature of citizenship education would partially qualify a common purpose in public schools. A supposition of this research is that public schools are the best way to advance democracy in a pluralistic United States. R. Freeman Butts, an advocated…

This paper introduces four categories of knowledge: "the folkways of teaching,""local mores,""private views," and "teaching expertise." The folkways of teaching describe "teaching as usual," learned and practiced in the half-conscious way in which people go about their everyday lives. Local mores…

Students must learn to respond to the task demands imposed by their teachers, and their ability to do so is influenced by certain task related beliefs. The study described the nature of classroom task environments and their relationship to students' task-related beliefs. Students in 19 third- and fourth-grade classrooms completed questionnaires…

This monograph discusses the relationship between theory and practice in teaching, suggesting that the two concepts are falsely and erroneously separated and exploring what an alternative conceptualization might look like in teaching. The first section considers the critical notion of teaching and includes discussion of the concepts of conception…

A review is provided of recent literature on learning styles and teaching styles, and the relationship between the two. First, a discussion of learning styles is presented, focusing on the cognitive, affective, and physiological aspects of the learning process and situation. Next, the paper addresses the issue of the development of individual…

Research is presented on attention problems in children with learning disabilities, and suggestions for remediating the problems are offered. Variables involved are analyzed according to the setting (teacher-child ratio and lesson type); task (nature, props, and the rules); and teacher communication (number of teacher solicitations or questions,…

A study was conducted to determine if training to increase teachers' observable level of enthusiasm had a subsequent effect on student achievement and attitudes toward the teacher and curriculum. Seventeen first-year elementary teachers were randomly assigned to either an enthusiasm training treatment or a no training treatment. Following the…