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Download full textCarnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
Section 1 of this report presents the results of a national survey of public school teachers in 1990, which solicited their views and opinions on the current condition of teaching. Over 20,000 teachers responded to the survey which contained questions ranging from their assessment of overall morale to the availability of instructional materials,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Instructional Improvement
Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – 1987
This study was designed to compare the psychosocial environments of different types of schools (primary, high schools, district schools, and secondary colleges). The Moos's Work Environment Scale (WES) was administered to teachers from government and non-government schools in Tasmania. The WES focused on the dimensions of involvement, work…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Soltis, Jonas F., Ed. – 1987
This book contains essays by leading educational experts reflecting on the Holmes Group report, "Tomorrow's Teachers," and its recommendations and implications for schooling. Titles and authors are: (1) "'Tomorrow's Teachers': The Essential Arguments of the Holmes Group Report" (Michael W. Sedlak); (2) "Teaching:…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Sim, Wong-Kooi – 1988
Questionnaire responses from 926 secondary school teachers were analysed in order to relate various background characteristics variables (classified as personal characteristics, professional characteristics, and school characteristics) and job characteristics (divided into conditions of work, roles and responsibilities, and teaching practices) to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Multiple Regression Analysis
Smith, Frederick D. – BIA Education Research Bulletin, 1977
One of the principal problems the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has in carrying out its responsibility to educate Indian children is the high turnover rate among its teachers; a large proportion of teachers in the BIA school system leave after their first year or second year of work. Teachers at six elementary schools on the Navajo Reservation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Mobility
Plax, Timothy G.; And Others – 1985
Two studies explored the relationship between the use of the behavior alteration techniques (BATS) in the classroom and teachers' satisfaction with their profession and students. In the first study, 351 elementary and secondary teachers completed two instruments. In the second study, 326 college instructors completed the same two instruments.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Selove, Rebecca – 1984
The first of two questions investigated in this paper concerns the relationships among three measures of teachers' expectations: that their students can succeed, that they can be successful as teachers, and that they can influence what happens in their classrooms and schools. The second question involves relationships between these three types of…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Participative Decision Making
Hollman, Marilyn J. – 1981
Composition teachers can learn from nonteachers who evaluate writing. A comparison of nonteacher and teacher responses to the same student writing revealed that the teachers were much more negative in their evaluations. Studies have also indicated that teachers did not grade according to their own declared criteria. These inconsistencies and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Fielding, Marianne A.; Gall, Meredith D. – 1982
The objectives of this study were to determine whether teachers' personality characteristics affect their perceptions of stress and burnout and whether school climate interacts with personality factors to influence stress and burnout. A random sample of 162 teachers in nine junior high/middle schools completed a questionnaire measuring perceptions…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Junior High Schools, Locus of Control
Tye, Kenneth A. – 1981
Data collected from teachers participating in the Study of Schooling research project were used in this report to explore variables critical to school change. The influence of external factors on teachers, including teachers' experiences with consultants, inservice training activities, peer guidance, and educational organizations, is analyzed in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Farrington, William S. – 1980
The drop-out rate of new vocational agriculture teachers and the necessity of a method to determine problem areas that affect the success of beginning teachers were two important concerns of the Southern Research Conference in Agricultural Education. Therefore, a study was conducted to determine what, if any, changes need to be made by teacher…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Problems, Secondary Education
Wood, J. M. – 1981
Rising Australian unemployment in the 1970s, increasing part-time employment, and large fluctuations in teacher supply and demand has made Australian teachers interested in more flexible employment patterns. One such pattern, permanent part-time teaching (PPTT), involves teaching at least 12 hours of school per week at fixed times with prorated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Part Time Faculty, Secondary Education
MCFETRIDGE, J.D. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, MODELED AFTER A RPOFESSIONAL LOAD STUDY BY THE ALBERTA TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, WAS TO ASSESS THE STATE OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN A NUMBER OF EAST LONDON SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SOME ASPECTS OF THESE FINDINGS WERE THEN COMPARED WITH CONDITIONS IN ALBERTA, CANDADA. INTERVIEWS WERE HELD WITH 69 EAST LONDON TEACHERS AND THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Audiovisual Aids, English Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Elementary Education. – 1976
Prepared as part of a comprehensive study of reading in Virginia, this report contains data gathered in a survey of elementary and secondary reading teachers and specialists and adult basic education teachers to determine teacher needs in that state. The report provides an analysis of the responses to the 72-item questionnaire used in the survey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
Abel, Emily K. – 1976
Part-time instructors constitute a substantial proportion of the faculty at all levels of instruction. Community colleges in California are especially dependent on part-time instructors. Based on a survey of 243 (46%) part-time instructors at Santa Monica College, this study shows that most part-time instructors are committed to the profession of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment Problems, Job Satisfaction, Part Time Faculty
