The long maintained tenet that vocational agriculture teachers are overall a contented group with high moral was not supported by a study examining the relationship between Virginia first-year agricultural education teachers' morale and their classroom behavior. The methodology, results, summary, and implications are reported in this article. (BM)

Results of this experiment indicate that negative first impressions of a teacher have a significant effect upon the classroom climate. (RW)

Discusses Neville Bennett's research in "Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress", which addresses itself to classroom-related issues and uses the current practice of teachers as a basis for clarifying them. (Author/RK)

Recalls the atmosphere of teaching college in the 1960s. (SRT)

Assesses the overall impact of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign microteaching model as perceived by secondary teacher candidates. Reports that teacher candidates found the model effective for improving their understanding of the different teacher- and learner-centered teaching techniques. (MM)

This article examines how the academic backgrounds of four new history teachers (anthropology, political science, American studies, and history) influence their lesson planning and teaching styles. The implications of this research for teacher education and research on teaching are considered. (JL)

The Dr. Fox effect is defined as the overriding influence of instructor expressiveness on students' evaluations of college and university teaching. Studies of this effect are reviewed, and the implications for the value of student evaluations of teachers are considered. (SLD)

Reports a research project on a Teaching Assistant (TA) training program. Indicates that the TAs and their students have many of the same expectations of what a college classroom should be. Engages TAs in classroom research to show them how to teach. (JK)

Examines university-level French students trained to use effective reading strategies and skills. Results indicate that, although the trained students demonstrated better reading comprehension than did their untrained peers, the variables of teaching methodologies and cognitive styles significantly affected the outcome. (Author/CB)

Proposes that the teacher-as-liminal-servant (stripped of usual status and authority) within a critical pedagogy is guided by compassion and commitment to teach as a social and moral agent in the service of social transformation. Asserts that educational rituals must create classroom conditions that spawn liminal dimensions of learning. (MM)

Suggestions are offered for formulating a classroom management system where students develop social and psychological strengths, responsibilities, and independence in a positive classroom atmosphere. In this classroom, the teacher stresses the positive and is consistent without always being concerned with being "in control." (DF)

Argues that to be relevant and interesting, history properly studied requires two judgments: (1) Facts being reported must be true facts; and (2) Determination of whether the behavior of citizens in an historical episode is good or bad. Concludes that teachers must become themselves real students and encourage inquiry from students. (TRS)

Matching learning styles and teaching methods may help students develop to their fullest capabilities. A brief historical view of research on teaching methods is offered, and various learning and teaching styles are defined and categorized. Future predictions focus on improved classroom management, increased student involvement, and changes in…

This article discusses problems with the learning style-based education paradigm and recommends a six-part approach for matching learning and teaching styles. (DF)

Carl Jung's theory of psychological type is explored and related to education in this article. A model of the interaction between teacher, student, subject matter, and instructional alternatives is examined and the educational implications are discussed. This theory is used to illustrate how psychological-type influences teaching and learning…