Research and undergraduate teaching need not be mutually exclusive. Research is tied to a seventeenth-century conception of knowledge that divides the disciplines into disconnected chunks and thereby impedes education. The demands of knowledge are beginning to break down the partitions of the research university, hence interdisciplinary programs.…

This article identifies five elements which are incorporated into the developmental sequence that occurs when a job role progresses from occupation to profession. A self-assessment form is presented to enable each HPERD (health, physical education, recreation, dance) field to assess its progress toward becoming a profession. (IAH)

Describes child care center directors' attempts to increase parents' respect for teachers and the professional recognition of teachers. (BB)

Examines the conditions that undermine the quality of postsecondary writing instruction. Recommends alternatives in the form of guidelines for the professional recognition and treatment of tenure-line faculty, part-time and temporary full-time faculty, and graduate student instructors. (RS)

Establishment of professional practices boards (PPB) would serve the public interest and help move teaching toward full professional status. Topics include national and state PPB, board composition, the PPB role in assessing candidates for entry into teaching, and recruiting and retaining minority teachers. (IAH)

The University of Rhode Island established a merit pay system to reward exceptional teaching, research, and service and to retain valuable faculty. A survey investigated faculty attitudes about the new system's fairness, potential results on faculty productivity and morale, and effects on faculty allegiance. (MSE)

Consists of six articles discussing the effect of emerging technologies on agriculture. Specific topics include (1) agriscience programs, (2) the National Conference on Agriscience and Emerging Occupations and Technologies, (3) biotechnology, (4) program improvement through technology, (5) the Agriscience Teacher of the Year program, and (6)…

Discusses factors that may result in a lack of professional pride among librarians, and suggests that by examining past and present situations the profession can consider future options with pride. Recent changes in and adaptations by the publishing industry are cited to illustrate this point. (nine references) (CLB)

Examines the library profession from a cross cultural perspective in order to explain how and why librarians define their work the way they do. The efforts of librarians to gain professional recognition are discussed as a means of understanding how librarians view their role and how they are ultimately affecting their society. (CLB)

Discusses the motivation of faculty for effective teaching. Describes five stages in faculty growth and development. Suggests some implications of career phases and motivational studies. Lists 22 references. (YP)

Claudio Duran, a philosophy professor at York University (Ontario), was named the 1993 Canadian Professor of the Year. Duran's philosophy of teaching focuses on human relations, the importance of treating his students as individuals, the power of teaching to change lives. (MSE)

Through surveys, interviews, and videotape presentations, a study has collected college faculty attitudes about academic advising since 1982. Excerpts, presented here, show a perception of the advisor as helper, educator, and mentor, but dissatisfaction with the bureaucracy of advising, need for better advising resources, need for enhanced…

Discusses the concerns of child care and early childhood workers about compensation. These concerns focus on equity, and the needs for comprehensive compensation systems and written compensation policies. (BB)

Describes responses by biology Presidential Science awardees to survey of their professional journal reading. Slightly more than 70 percent read part of each issue of "American Biology Teacher" and "Science Teacher." Other well read journals include "National Geographic,""Discover," and "Science…

Discusses African-American books for children from the perspective of an African-American author. The need for children's literature by and about African Americans is explained, winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards are discussed, and suggestions for librarians regarding selection policies for African-American authors and illustrators are…