Reports findings from two instruments administered to a random sample of secondary school vocational agriculture teachers in Mississippi, the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire to assess teacher morale and a questionnaire to obtain information about teacher characteristics and job setting variables. Statistically significant relationships were identified.…

Examines sources of job satisfaction/dissatisfaction among 304 teachers from small, isolated, rural Alaska schools. Reveals satisfaction with student relationships and pay benefits and dissatisfaction with community amenities, students' academic progress, and school district management. Indicates interorganizational relationships with district…

Recounts the problems encountered over a period of time in dealing with a particularly difficult and unruly class, and finds that the writing process helped to close the gap between teacher expectations and student apathy. (NKA)

Under the leadership of State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum, with the support of the South Carolina Department of Education's Division of Teaching Quality (DTQ) and the South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement (CERRA), South Carolina became only the second state in the nation to study teacher…

This literature review assesses where higher education is in relation to faculty development and where faculty development efforts need to go. Literature on faculty development has addressed the nature of faculty development in light of faculty needs at various stages of their professional careers. Results suggest that career stage affects…

This study reports enrollments in general science, biology, chemistry, and physics in public high schools, the additional science offerings, the number of teachers serving these pupils, class size, grade placement of science subjects, time allotments for recitation and laboratory, and troublesome problems related to the teaching of science. The…

Reports the results of an empirical study of psychological stress and strain among teachers. A number of strain variables were sampled: various aspects of job satisfaction and felt pressure; self-esteem assessed against the perceived qualities of other teachers; and clinically validated measures of depression, anxiety, somaticism, and…

Conducted a survey to gauge the extent to which lecturers are called upon to help distressed students. The incidence of helping students in distress appeared to be very high, with almost all respondents (97%) having advised one or more distressed students during the twelve-month period preceding the survey. (RJM)

Teaching has endured largely as an assemblage of entrepreneurial individuals whose autonomy is grounded in norms of privacy and noninterference and is sustained by the very organization of teaching work. This article examines prominent forms of collegiality and discusses their prospects for altering the fundamental conditions of privacy in…

Discusses the roots and wider educational consequences of an alleged technocratic narrowness in teacher thinking and behavior. Concludes that sociopolitical forces external to the school constrict the pedagogical conduct of teachers (e.g., the tendency to treat curriculum knowledge apart from teaching knowledge and the development of reductionist…

Examines teacher perceptions of teaching conditions and school environment in four geographically diverse, rural high schools identified as "effective schools." Suggests that these schools recognize teachers' achievements, give teachers a sense of empowerment, and foster community involvement. Contains 18 references. (SV)

Describes a study of job satisfaction among 373 elementary teachers in Bedouin schools in southern Israel. Finds that the two most significant job satisfaction factors were teachers' satisfaction with work itself and teachers' satisfaction with social needs. Also finds that female teachers and teachers with higher educational levels were more…

Teachers in six rural Saskatchewan schools were interviewed and observed over a four-month period during implementation of core curriculum policy. The least teacher resistance to change was found in schools with the most communication and teacher collaboration and the least direct control by principals. Contains 33 references. (SV)

Reports survey findings from 1000 Soviet secondary teachers on teachers' salaries, teacher morale, teaching resources, in-service education, and the national crisis in education. Compares the ongoing restructuring of Soviet education with U.K. reforms. Outlines 6 principles for needed reform, emphasizing decentralization and democratization of…

Examined correlations between the literature about teacher burnout and data gathered from surveys conducted at a New York high school and college. Burnout tended to hit teachers in years 7 and 10. Its presence was devastating to teachers and their relationships with others. The main causes of burnout were feckless or uncaring administrators and…