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Peer reviewedWhitten, Penelope A.; Nozero, Victoria A. – Reference Librarian, 1997
A pilot survey of academic reference librarians in Nevada determined that 74% of those identified as second-career librarians cited prior work experience as influencing their present approach to work. Effects noted were service orientation, subject expertise, teaching skills, "information provider" philosophy, empathy, and interviewing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Empathy, Higher Education, Interviews
Peer reviewedReed, Daisy F.; Seyfarth, John T. – Rural Educator, 1984
A study in a remote, rural, mid-Atlantic school system assessed how teachers regarded the curriculum and their instructional needs; 226 personnel directly related to instructional services responded to the questionnaire, 42 were interviewed, and 72 were observed in classroom settings. Teachers generally rated themselves much more favorably than…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Peer reviewedEvans, Ronald W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Investigates how secondary history teachers' conceptions of history (typology) influences classroom practices. Interviews five teachers, representing five typologies, and their students, and observes classroom techniques. Suggests impact of teacher conceptions varies, finding only one of five typologies profoundly influencing students. Sees…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Citizenship Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Critical Thinking
Download full textKennedy, Mary M.; And Others – 1993
Between 1987 and 1991, the National Center for Research on Teacher Education engaged in the Teaching Education and Learning to Teach study, a longitudinal study of teachers as they participated in a variety of teacher education programs. The study sought to determine how teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and reasoning changed over time, and it…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
