This article is based on a lecture given at the 1978 Easter Course at Padgate College of Higher Education. The lecture is an analysis of the complexity of mathematics teaching and the setting of teaching standards. (MN)

Describes the supervisor's changing role, especially with regard to evaluation, performance contracts, and changing teacher behavior. (SP)

The vocational teacher plays a preventative role in avoiding stripping the taxpayer. If the teacher understands his job as part of the total manpower effort, he will see certain services he can render to keep costs down and accountability up. (Editor/HD)

The need to consider teaching evaluation criteria within the social structural and normative background within which college teaching takes place is discussed, along with the need to consider the substantive content of the criteria. In research-oriented American universities many feel that one cannot be promoted for teaching because institutional…

While the administrator, parent, community, school board, and others must be held accountable to some degree for a student's education, the primary responsibility is shared by the student and the teacher. Fully achieving educational accountability involves going beyond minimum requirements to do the best job possible. (PGD)

Prompted by the increased possibility of teachers facing educational malpractice charges, this paper outlines the historical legal precedents through which plaintiffs have sought recognition for this new cause of action, the defenses established against it, and the rationale on which various courts have balanced their decisions. The paper also…

Boards of education and professional educators have been charged with the responsibility for being accountable for the educational dollars. This involves designing and utilizing a model of accountability that would focus on staff development whereby each individual is cognizant of his assignment, areas that need improvement, and assured assistance…

The fifth of eight related documents, this booklet is part of a series of papers presented at the 1978 National Right to Read Conference examining issues and problems in literacy. In examining the issue of student accountability, this booklet first sets forth the prototypical case of pupil illiteracy and surveys the arguments that can be made for…

Arguing that American schools are not meeting their goals in developing concerned, active citizens who seek to continue to read and learn after their formal schooling has ended, this paper supports this argument by citing information concerning adults' use of books and mass media. The first section of the paper assesses current adult reading and…

This paper discusses the issue of accountability, educational relevance, and institutional effectiveness, and outlines the development of an educational plan, at Florida's Tampa College, designed to be more responsive to community expectations. First examined are the external and internal pressures, or demands, on the decision-making process in…

Hampered by budget restrictions and looked to for innovations to influence national economics, postsecondary educational leaders should not overlook an obvious responsibility: articulation of programs with the secondary systems to counteract youthful unemployment, a problem whose magnitude statistics reveal. A continuum of education without…

This paper takes a look at the role and function of faculty in higher education from a public policy/public higher education perspective, focusing on the view of faculty not just as an institutional asset but also one for the public good. The paper examines major external challenges currently facing public higher education, faculty activities and…