Focuses on why new music teachers, those who have taught three years or less, have left the music teaching profession. Asserts the importance of having veteran music teachers act as mentors to new teachers in the field. Includes suggestions for recruiting teachers to combat the teacher shortage in music education. (CMK)

Examined student teachers' developing knowledge about the nature of well-remembered classroom events and the forms and patterns of the events under different conditions. Analysis of periodic interviews with two elementary student teachers indicated the teachers formed different understandings of their experiences and followed different conceptual…

Discusses the emergence of today's academic labor movement in higher education, noting problems of pay and working conditions among adjunct faculty and graduate students. Explains the historical context, why the movement is important, where the academic leftists are in this movement, what can be done about the situation, and what follows.…

Investigated the influence of, and interplay between, biographical and contextual factors in Portuguese teachers' professional learning and development during their first teaching years. Teacher interviews and surveys highlighted the powerful influence of prior experiences as students, the low impact of preservice education on socialization, and…

The future of Greece's well-being will depend on improving educational performance to boost productivity and improve social outcomes. In the current economic context, with the need to get best value for spending, Greece must and can address inefficiencies in its education system. The challenges are significant. For example, Greece lags behind many…

This paper identified poor condition of services, irregular promotion and payment of salaries, poor professional training, societal negative influence, inadequate facilities and instructional supervision as causes of indiscipline among teachers in Nigeria. It also identified increase in examination malpractices and dropout rate, fall in…

While tenure-track faculty begin their careers with some sense of what they will teach, what they will earn, and how they will be promoted, lecturers are not allowed such assurances. In the early days, lecturers in the English Department at the University of Nevada Reno (UNR) taught basic composition courses, four per semester unless they were…

Part-time instructors make up an increasingly large percentage of college faculty. In English departments, part-time instructors take on the least prestigious and most demanding work--the teaching of writing--for low wages and without job security or professional recognition. This unfair treatment stems from the belief that the study and teaching…

Author discusses reasons for higher status enjoyed by law and medicine compared to social work and education, and reasons for females, nonwhites and people of lower class backgrounds being underrepresented in first two fields. Compares attitudes and aptitudes of students in four professions and preparation in theory and practice received. (SE)

An examination of the various ways in which teaching is uncertain and how uncertainty pervades teachers' lives points out that teachers face uncertainties in their instructional content, ranging from difficult concepts, to unclarity about how teaching might be improved. These forms of uncertainty undermine teachers' authority, creating situations…

The status of faculty unionization in American colleges in 1988 is reviewed in this newsletter. Information is given on the following: agents elected; activities of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA), and American Association of University Professors (AAUP); "no-agent" elections; decertifications;…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Trustees of Jefferson Community College and the Faculty Association of Jefferson Community College for the period from September 1, 1973 through August 31, 1975. Presented in Part I of the agreement are articles concerning negotiation procedures,…

Presented in this document is the professional staff contract between the Minnesota State Junior College Board and the Minnesota Junior College Faculty Association for the period of April 17, 1973 through July 1, 1974. The articles of the agreement cover strikes and lock-outs, management rights, employee protection and assistance, work year,…

Important aspects of instructional design are outlined for optometry teachers, including steps in the instructional design process, writing specific behavioral objectives, and determining the appropriate setting, instructional dimensions (teacher role, level of student participation, and relevance to students' future responsibilities), and…

Describes the effect of an endowment of $250,000 for improving the teaching of writing on the activities and morale on the English department faculty, as well as on the improvement of student writing skills. (EL)