Classroom visits by principals were found to be successful in helping some teachers maintain the use of skills learned in an in-service teacher training program. (Editor/MM)

A key issue centering on the status of college-trained entrants relative to that of post-graduate entrants to teaching has been arguments over the merits and demerits of consecutive and concurrent courses. Attempts to chart the ebb and flow of such arguments since Plowden and to relate them to the continuing debate about the professional status of…

Argues for a radical restructuring of teacher training, which would put the needs of children before those of college lecturers. (Editor)

This study examined whether there was a relationship between preservice elementary teachers' competency in science process skills and attitudes toward the field of science. Study data came from 46 students enrolled in an elementary math and science methods course during their first senior semester, just before entering student teaching. Study…

Studied the consistency and formation of teacher's judgements about child's abilities by having science methods course undergraduates watch two 10-minute video-taped lessons conducted among nine children. Indicated the most agreement on two extremes and the use of children's accomplishment speeds as judgment criteria. (CC)

Analyzes data from the Louisiana School Effectiveness Study to investigate classroom-level differences in effective and ineffective schools. Finds that teachers in effective schools scored higher on all dimensions of effective teaching. Discusses school-level variables contributing to these differences. (FMW)

In the 1985-86 school year, North Carolina implemented a uniform system of teacher performance assessment--the North Carolina Teacher Performance Assessment System (NCTPAS). The evaluation results for teachers with special assignments were examined, since many teachers felt that their special areas did not lend themselves to successful classroom…

To evaluate the effectiveness of their program for preparing elementary school teachers, Western Oregon State College collected data from 13 first-year elementary school teachers recommended for certification in 1986. Information was collected on beginning teachers' perceptions regarding the effectiveness of the general preparation received,…

Teacher ineffectiveness in elementary education is to a large degree due to inadequate preservice education in content areas, and this should be a concern of teacher educators. Statistical data supports this contention, e.g., 275 of 389 students in a mathematics methods course could not work a simple percent problem. Although some professors would…

Teachers and administrators often note that preservice programs do not prepare future teachers adequately to teach reading. Several Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have addressed this problem. In 1997, the Georgia Professional Standards Review Commission began examining reading certification requirements and found that most teacher…

Building from Holland's theory of career choice, this study investigated differences between individuals who started in and remain in teaching, and those who subsequently changed careers. The two groups differed in their self-rated skills and abilities and in the importance they assigned to selected criteria of success. (Author/BW)

This article proposes a conceptual scheme of the influences affecting teachers' career satisfaction and reports on a study using that scheme to investigate the relationship between selected attitudes, values, and accomplishments and teachers' career satisfaction. Study findings appear to support the conceptual scheme. (CJ)

In this ethnographic study, four context variables emerged as having importance for teacher behavior: lesson type (new material, continuing topic, review); subject matter; size of instructional group (whole class, small group, individual); and time of day or week. Teacher behavior categories analyzed were: diagnostician, designer, facilitator,…

This study investigated 60 general education teachers' beliefs, skills, and practices in planning and making adaptations for students with learning disabilities mainstreamed into general education. Results indicated that, even among skilled teachers, gaps exist between beliefs, practices, and skills. Differences were also found among elementary,…