Traces the development of the performance appraisal program of the Hicksville, New York, public school system, which was designed to improve instructional programs. Describes the strong opposition the program received from teachers. (FL)

Following a brief discussion of the "occupational diseases" of teaching are some questions which teachers can ask themselves to help define for themselves how they might use the teaching process to enrich themselves as people. (KC)

Reports on the impact of being in a Professional Development Schools network on seven Utah schools (four elementary, one junior, and two high schools) over five years. Identifies and analyzes the catalysts that promoted teachers' professional development and school reform, as well as the road blocks to effective reform. (SR)

Suggests ways that both individual teachers and schools can reduce the influence of teacher political bias in social studies teaching. (FL)

Presents a career cycle for teachers, including the variables of enthusiasm, interactive teaching skills, attitudes towards students and teaching, and attitudes toward the teaching profession. Discusses the model's eight stages: preservice, induction, competency building, enthusiasm and growth, career frustration, career stability, career…

Derives strategies for teacher educators to use to help their students blend university theoretical assumptions with actual classroom events to develop a philosophy of teaching statement. Suggests that the strategies will encourage future teachers to articulate a more integrated belief about teaching as they seek rewarding professional growth. (RS)

This article is based on a year-long study which centered on actual practices of individualization of instruction. Along with the various program thrusts identified in the study, factors which tend to facilitate or inhibit individualization are also revealed. (Editor)

Author expounded on the merits of the lesson plan and discussed the format and detail necessary for effective planning. (RK)

Major theories of attitude change are explained: stimulus-response and reinforcement theory, functional theory, social judgment theory, and consistency theory. These theories are applied to the problems of influencing staff toward implementing a program of moral education. (Author/SJL)

Discusses how teachers work to achieve the influence required to bring about change in school environments. Reviews the concept of micro-politics. Presents six strategies that can help teachers gain professional influence. (HB)

In an era of dwindling resources, compelling student needs, burgeoning violence, and escalating performance expectations for students and faculty alike, classroom teachers are confronted with new demands that challenge their traditional roles as educators. The leap from a productive individual contributor, working essentially behind a closed…

Authors report on a recently completed study which measured the responses of students and teachers to mini-courses in the social studies. (Editor/CB)

Only if the obvious pitfalls of the accountability paradigm can be avoided can there be hope that it will work to the ultimate good of public education. (Author)

The purposes of this article are to review the in-service teacher education literature and to present a survey instrument produced in a Teacher Corps project with respect to one aspect of needs assessment for in-service education, that of teachers' preliminary preferences and priorities. (Author)

The bond between teacher's values and student's values are explored, as well as the valuing that takes place within the teaching experience. (RK)