Evaluated was the morale of 204 regular class teachers and 146 teachers of the educable (EMR) or trainable (TMR) mentally retarded at both elementary and secondary levels. Administered were a biographical questionnaire and the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire which examines opinion in the following ten areas: teacher rapport with principal, satisfaction…

This report summarizes the available research on open/informal education. The introduction discusses the assumptions which underlie open education and presents definitions and descriptions of open education. The body of the report examines 30 studies of open education and reports findings with regard to student achievement, student self-concept…

This paper reports a study that sought to determine whether differences in bargaining procedures are related to differences in teacher satisfaction or morale. Of the forty schools in the random sample, 27 were operating under traditional collective negotiation procedures -- teachers relatively unorganized; eight were operating under procedural…

This study investigated relationships between two status variables--congruence and consensus--and team teacher satisfaction with the team situation. The sample consisted of 148 teacher teams (627 teachers) selected from 74 open-area schools. The results indicated that teachers on balanced teams and/or leaderless teams tended to be more satisfied…

Presents a study of the relationship of managerial communication and employee morale by means of a questionnaire covering variables such as the quality of relationship, quality of communication, job satisfaction, willingness to move, and identification with a work group. (JMF)

Child achievement scores are higher in a more "supportive," organizationally healthy environment; with information on how selected forces influence teachers, efforts, to change or modify forces to create a healthy work environment become possible. (JD)

This article gives a description of Kirkland Lake during a strike following a breakdown of salary negotiations. (SK)

Will high morale among prison inmates result in low rates of recidivism? This study explores the hypothesis that inmate morale may be an indicator of the effectiveness of prison programs. It is based on an instrument devised by the authors to measure morale. (Author)

Used path analysis to test race, socioeconomic status (SES), and two intervening variables (self-assessed health status and problems experienced) on two attributes of life satisfaction (happiness and morale). Most effects of race and SES were mediated by self-assessed health status and problems experienced; these two intervening variables were the…

The author explores the effect that change or lack of change in a field has on an individual professional's morale and desire to stay in the field. Changes made in the field of education and rehabilitation for the visually handicapped are used to illustrate points and provide a perspective. (Author/VW)

This article critically examines the nature of teacher isolation. Two common research orientations are first characterized--isolation as a condition of teachers' work and isolation as a psychological state--and then an alternative perspective, isolation as an adaptive strategy, is proposed. (TE)

Good teachers are treasures, but they need rewards and small classes. They cannot instruct others in self-esteem if they feel like losers. If the teaching profession is scorned and the school administration offers no support, the teacher can be only poison in the classroom. (MLW)

A survey of 322 Ohio vocational agriculture teachers measured and analyzed teacher burnout, job satisfaction, and coping ability. The percentage of teachers in the high burnout category revealed a need for better support systems and education about coping. (CH)

Highlights problems and conflicts identified by community college faculty as undermining their work; e.g., the split between academic and vocational curricula, conflicting demands to maintain academic standards and enrollments, lack of time, and issues of power and opportunity. (DMM)

Suggests that the latest calls for educational reform have come from politicians, not educators, and warns that merit pay is an ineffective means of improving the quality of teaching. Points out that career ladders may work well as incentives, but only under carefully regulated conditions. (DR)