Describes the National Art Education Association's Awards Program: its purposes, awards categories, nomination requirements, and winner selection procedures. Includes an awards nomination form for the 1988 program. (GEA)

The longitudinal relationship between quality and quantity of productive output is examined over the careers of 10 recipients of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award using four alternative models (expertise-acquisition, youthful-enthusiasm, peak-age, and constant-probability-of-success). The results endorsed the…

The ten finalists for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's annual Professor of the Year award are listed. Their descriptions of the teacher who most influenced them during their undergraduate years, and the reasons, are presented. (MSE)

This paper argues that both the Holmes Group Report, "Tomorrow's Teachers," and responses to it overlook two major issues: (1) the ends to which the educational reform effort is directed, and (2) the definition of the term "profession" and its derivatives. (MT)

Interviews Jerome Frank, psychologist and psychiatrist, about his personal development, significant others, professional contributions, the psychotherapeutic professions, and his commitment to nuclear disarmament. (Author/ABB)

The Report of the Carnegie Task Force on Teaching as a Profession is discussed with emphasis on the proposal to create a national professional standards board, so that board certification examinations would be administered by the profession. (MT)

How society views teachers and teacher education is important because how a phenomenon is seen often influences the reality of that phenomenon. Professional status is important because of its effect on the quality and character of teaching and learning in schools. (MT)

Surveyed male and female psychiatric administrators. Results revealed that men often failed to realize that women are disadvantaged by such things as lack of mentors, sexism, and inflexible laws. Suggests several approaches to investigate the number of qualified women in administration and calls for additional research to better understand such…

This article is a response to "The Holmes Group Report: Impetus for Gaining Professional Status for Teachers" (Case, Lainner, and Miskel) It argues that Case and coauthors fail to prove that their concept of professionalism supports the major recommendations of the Holmes Group Report. (MT)

This article examines the plight of teacher educators and their lack of control over their profession. Discussed are by whom and how teacher educators are denied control. Six steps to provide recognition and involvement appropriate to a true profession of teacher educators are advocated. (MT)

Pays tribute to Harlan "Gold" Metcalf (1899-1985), nationally recognized leader in outdoor education. Characterizes his leadership qualities, mentions publications, notes work with national and state associations for physical education and recreation, and cites recognition such as the Governor Nelson Rockefeller Youth Service Award in…

Illustrates professional, nonprofessional and unprofessional judgment by describing possible responses to a common predicament faced by those working with young children. (RH)

Suggests that teachers establish educational achievement expectations for their students, that administrators review these expectations for appropriateness, and that teachers who exceed reasonable expectations be rewarded from special state-disbursed supplemental funds. (PGD)

Details the evolution of the status of "academic professional" developed at Dickinson College to fill the need for a professional category for librarians and others who are neither administrators nor faculty. Faculty status, contract status, the tenure crunch, noncompetition, and arguments for the integrity of the category are…

Describes the goals and implementation plan for the "Master Teacher Program," an incentive pay system that will make teaching a professional career; draw new, high quality teachers, challenge good teachers to do better, and encourage excellence in Tennessee classrooms. The program is part of the larger "Better Schools Program."…