This overview is intended to serve as a guide for readers who are not familiar with the employment and management of teachers in the member states of the European Community. It limits itself to general regulations governing the employment of teachers of pupils of statutory school age and up to age 18 in mainstream schools. The overview covers…

This paper analyzes the number and quality of young adults currently choosing teaching as a career in the United States and Japan. As a foundation for comparing recruitment to the teaching profession in the two countries, a conceptual framework analyzing the the process of individual self-selection, as well as institutional selection of…

How teacher candidates are recruited and the quality of those candidates in Japanese education is investigated. Chapter 1 discusses the quality of teacher candidates and looks at the higher education system, colleges of education, and the quality of students in colleges of education. Chapter 2 examines teacher preparation curricula, the…

A study investigated the reasons why some agricultural education degree recipients choose not to teach, some vocational agriculture teachers leave the profession, and some vocational agriculture teachers stay in teaching. The sample included all agricultural education majors graduating from Oregon State University (OSU) from 1971 to 1982. Data…

A study explored the recruitment process, as perceived by preservice teachers who were beginning their teacher training year, and ongoing patterns of recruitment and socialization as they occured during the training year. Fifteen students, interviewed and observed during their student teaching, served as primary subjects throughout their…

In considering the problem of raising the professional stature of the teaching profession, a review is presented of current statistics on: (1) shortages of mathematics and science teachers; (2) declining enrollment in teacher education programs; (3) widening gap in supply and demand for teachers; (4) current and future shortages of teachers; (5)…

In discussing the problem of a current and future shortage of well-qualified minority teachers, it is pointed out that this shortage is only one manifestation of the enormous systemic failure of urban schools; minority children and youth are receiving an inferior education in inadequate elementary and secondary schools. New reform efforts aimed at…

Based upon a longitudinal, ethnographic study of a teacher education reform program, this paper examines the social context of, and explores the political implications for, policies and programs designed to recruit, train, and retain high-ability persons in the teaching profession. Through the economic metaphor of investment securities, this paper…

A comprehensive program is proposed to increase the supply and quality of minority group teachers. The first step of the program is the early identification of minority and low-income students who have a commitment to teaching. As early as high school, students expressing an interest in teaching as a career would be selected to participate in a…

Four specific topics in teacher education are addressed. The first of these is the control of teacher education, policy formation, and governance. These administrative issues are considered in the light of the complex interaction between interest groups, the power of state and local control of education, and professional organizations. The second…

This directory was prepared for personnel directors and school superintendents seeking to recruit and hire minority professionals in education. A list is provided of predominantly white institutions with at least twenty percent enrollment of minority students, including Spanish surnamed and American Indian. Historically black schools are listed as…

African universities are facing financial constraints. Municipal services are needed for normal campus and academic life. A greater percentage of the university's administrative and academic staff need to be Africanized or localized, and curricula must be developed that are internationally viable. (SW)

As departments of family medicine succeed in recruiting faculty members among practicing physicians and clinicians, there is a problem in adjustment to their new roles as teachers, administrators, and academicians. The literature on faculty development through workshops is reviewed, and guidelines for developing effective workshops are presented.…

Aspects dealt with in this overview include: characteristics of the professoriate; recruitment and selection; salaries and fringe benefits; rank, promotion, and tenure; teaching, research, and community service; professorial associations; and the professoriate and politics. (Editor/LBH)

This directory contains a chronological listing of job and career fairs for educators, a cross-reference of institutions which sponsor programs or which participate in programs sponsored by consortia, and a listing of programs which have reported information on the number of minority candidates expected to attend the program. Information for the…