The secretary of education explains why he thinks a position of "master teacher" would help raise the esteem in which teachers are held and attract more highly qualified students to the profession. (SK)

Unless education transfers back to the job, training is wasted and its value questioned. This article examines resistance to transfer and provides strategies for building transfer into training design. (CT)

Presents an abridgement of a speech presented at an annual meeting of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 1941. Discusses some basic issues regarding engineering as a profession. (CS)

A variety of issues are considered in a discussion of faculty-librarian relationships: traditional training and characteristics of college librarians, faculty involvement in policymaking and library practice, the library needs of scholars, stereotypes and individual personality differences, and faculty status for librarians. (MSE)

A concept of professionalism is proposed that distinguishes the professional elements of teaching and establishes in what areas philosophy of education might make an effective contribution to teachers' professional development. Sociological literature on the formal characteristics of a profession are discussed and four dimensions of teaching are…

Discusses the historically low status and low image of teachers within the profession and with the public. Presents a view of staff development programs as involving teachers in setting goals, improving conditions of teaching and learning, and deriving personal and professional meaning from their work. (Author/MK)

Describes the process that an allied health occupation (in this instance, physician's assistant) undergoes to become professionalized. The historical background and definition of traditional professionalism are presented. The evolution of the new professionalism that is characteristic of current allied health occupation is also discussed.…

This study indicates that, in the case of scholarly journals, the author's desire to publish predominates over the reader's desire to know. Analysis of new publications over the past 10 years in the United Kingdom reveals they are generally initiated by a scientific author's perception of inadequate publishing outlets. (RAA)

The American Mental Health Counselors Association was founded in 1976, yet mental health counselors lack professional identity. The term "mental health counselor" must be clarified to prevent overlap with psychology yet remain flexible enough for future innovation. (JAC)

Consists of a humorous depiction of an English teacher's convention, satirizing current trends in the profession. (DF)

A survey of the publishing habits of women in the "Journal of Counseling Psychology" found that women published at the end of the 1970s in proportion to the percentage of women who earned counseling psychology PhDs in the mid-1970s. Women published most often with men. (Author)

Summarizes a survey to determine the extent of faculty status for academic librarians as defined by ACRL standards. The study also explores adherence to these standards and discusses relevant demographic characteristics of the survey respondents. (Author/RAA)

It is reported that research on the socioeconomic achievement process has begun to generate anomalous findings, many of which involve occupational status as conventionally measured. The author proposes a theory of vertical occupational differentiation based on the role activities of occupational incumbents. (Author/RLV)

Recounts the life and times of a pioneer children's theater playwright and fiction author, Nora Tully MacAlvay (1900-86). Points out that her interest in children's theater and children's literature was lifelong and intense. (PA)

Examined faculty advisor perspectives on faculty-student advising interactions. Results included that advisors' knowledge of advising and their preparation contribute to advising success, and that advisors have a concern that the time and importance of good advising are not sufficiently recognized by upper-administrative personnel. (EV)