This study, which is aimed at revealing the opinions of teachers who work at primary schools with regards to the personnel record report prepared by school principals, was conducted at the primary schools in the central district, Yenimahalle, in the city of Ankara. The study was performed during the academic year 2010-2011 with 171 randomly…

Physical education teacher education (PETE) students are given opportunities in "early field experiences" (EFEs) to observe and assist experienced teachers in schools. Typically, students are then required to do some autonomous teaching, to give them practical experience in the real world of local schools. Ultimately students will move on to…

It was found that the Blumberg-Amidon instrument, which was administered to 31 randomly selected in-service teachers, grades K-12, is a two-factor or two-scale measure (Relationships, Productivity) which may also be interpreted as a one-scale measure (Productive Relationships), each with a high degree of reliability. (Author/NQ)

Discusses the use of fundamental elements of education as foci for value clarification, some obstacles to achieving consistency between teacher behavior and teacher intent, and the propriety of supervisors revealing their own value positions as a function of the supervisory role (Author)

Article investigated teachers' attitudes concerning supervision and evaluation programs and provided an example of such a program with an appendix of survey results of that program. (RK)