Reported are two approaches to inservice teacher training. In the defect approach, inservice training is viewed as compensating for teacher weaknesses. The approach advocated is the growth approach designed to help teachers become more sensitive to and improve upon what's happening in their classroom. (Author/DS)

Describes the use of paired experienced classroom teachers to form mentoring teams that teach one class, observe other master teachers, attend conferences, and prepare curriculum units, working out flexible schedules for teaching the class. Schools benefit from having two mentors without removing expert teachers from direct contact with students.…

Describes a high-school journalism adviser's experience working at the Sports desk of the "Sacramento Bee" during one summer. Suggests the short-term job helped the author flesh out what it means to be a working journalist, and helped him take some of the passion, energy, and excitement of the professional newsroom back to his classroom.…

Guidelines, as developed by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), for professional experiences in education are presented. Revisions of these guidelines were conducted by the National Field Directors Forum, a special interest group of the ATE. The major purposes of professional experiences are to: (1) provide opportunities to relate…

Outlines the problems of beginning teachers and the reasons many of the better qualified ones leave teaching. Provides six guidelines for developing effective teacher induction programs for new teachers. (MD)

Reviews the author's professional experiences from 1946 to 1986. Includes lessons learned as a: (1) graduate student, (2) supervisor of teaching assistants, (3) mentor of future teachers, (4) researcher, and (5) textbook author. Stressing the importance of peer support, thinking about students' motives and cognitions in planning instruction,…

Notes that emotion in the workplace has become an issue of importance to organizational and management scholars. Examines the experience of teaching in the days following the Texas A&M University "bonfire" collapse using autoethnographic and interview methods. Considers the intense experience of emotions and the struggle to balance…

Outlines apprehensions, concerns, challenges and questions to consider as the author made the move from kindergarten to college teaching. Notes that effective teaching involves similar strategies for all learners. Makes several suggestions for teaching all learners. (SG)

In "The First Year of Teaching: Real World Stories from American Teachers," editor Pearl Rich Kane collects 25 stories probing male-female differences, moral classroom dilemmas, and teacher training deficiencies. In "A Lifetime of Teaching: Portraits of Five Veteran High School Teachers," Rosetta M. Cohen examines outstanding teachers' passionate…

Argues that a unique combination of (1) the Copernican Plan for block scheduling; (2) the application of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences; and (3) John Dewey's basic ideas about process create a teacher training program in which mastery is an achievable goal. Describes each component and illustrates how each has worked in one…

The article presents guidelines for a preservice internship in the field of gifted education. A hypothetical timeline displays the scope and sequence of a comprehensive internship program. Rationale is given for the four basic program components: surveying local programs, matching intern placements, supervising interns, and providing an internship…

Transcribes a panel discussion examining the "well-told teaching story" (stories drawn from teachers' discourse with other teachers, stories about their teaching, students, other teachers, school, and teaching English). Considers what it means to be "well-told," emphasizing the importance of context when making these judgments.…

Staff developers can foster teacher growth using varied approaches to teacher reflection, and developers must consider level of pedagogical functioning and psychological orientation when designing approaches to reflection for enhancing professional growth. The article suggests that providing appropriate reflective experiences at one stage helps…

Teaching science means doing science and involves three elements: knowing content, knowing children, and teachers knowing themselves as teachers and learners. The authors describe principles and requirements that reflect National Science Education Standards for the active learning of science. They identify key ingredients for primary students and…

This study examines faculty development carried on through school-based inservice programs, and looks at ways that a teacher-librarian can initiate or participate in such programs. Separate sections review the relevant literature; explore the roles of teacher-librarians in inservice programs (e.g., as change aqents, curriculum consultants, school…