A study of the relationship between pupil placement in a particular academic track and: (1) teachers' and peers' regard for the various curriculum arrangements; (2) teachers' and students' appraisals of each other; (3) students' and peers' opinions of each other; and, (4) students' level of academic and general self-concept. The presumed…

This report summarizes the conceptual framework, findings, and methods of the Teacher Beliefs Study, an intensive, two-year program of research on the structures and functions of teachers' belief systems. Eight teachers in three school districts were videotaped over the course of a semester and were interviewed for a total of approximately 20…

Previous research has shown that two relatively uncorrelated orientations; "traditional' and "progressive" underlie educational attitudes of teachers, professors, students in colleges of education, and other adults. The data of the present study, in which 40 female teachers' perceptions of their students were collected, permitted an…

A survey was made to determine the understanding of the role of the counselor by students, teachers, administrators, and counselors themselves. Results indicate that there are significant differences in the perceptions of the groups regarding the performance of specific counselor functions. (Author)

The appropriateness of the supervisory model used in consulting is considered. Consulting as an activity is a social relationship between the "consultant" (faculty staff) and the "consultee" (teacher). Often the consultant employs the same verbal strategies used by a teacher's supervisors. The difficulties this creates in the personal interaction…

Compared were the views of 134 primary grade teachers and mental health personnel concerning the treatability and prognosis of primary grade children's school adjustment problems. (Author/DB)

The current and expected roles of local vocational education supervisors were investigated by collecting perceptions of school superintendents, state vocational supervisors, local vocational teachers, and local supervisors. Differences were found in role perceptions between current and expected roles and among the four groups. Recommendations for…

Reports on research undertaken to determine whether the pattern of high school principal succession affects the faculty's perception of the principal as a change agent. Two patterns of principal succession are identified -- outsiders,'' those promoted to principal from outside the school; and insiders,'' those promoted to principal from within…

This article reports on a study conducted among supervisors, superintendents, and teachers to determine what congruence existed relative to expectations for supervisory personnel. Each of these groups indicated how much time they thought supervisors should spend in each of 10 roles. Results are included. (KC)

Teachers were surveyed concerning the importance of 12 potential roles for school psychologists. Results showed that direct and remedial services which did not require the school psychologist to intrude on the teacher's prerogatives were considered to be most important. (Author)

Examined principals' (n=32) and special education teachers' (n=98) perceptions of actual and ideal performance of school social work tasks. Those services seen as provided most frequently were directed toward individuals. Although they wanted those individual services to continue, respondents also wanted more group work services. Study contained…

The perceptions of 14 teachers from 14 different public schools about their changing roles and responsibilities as they moved into inclusive settings with students with severe disabilities were explored. Their experiences of cultural dissonance as they left the segregated culture of special education and attempted to assimilate themselves into…

This study investigated differences between teachers' and teacher aides' perceptions of their relationship along the dimensions of authoritative/democratic supervision style, ownership of classroom outcomes, role dynamics of the relationship, and the perceived adequacy of the other participant. Results were obtained through administrations of four…

The present paper is focused on analyses and discussions of the part authoritarian attitudes of the supervisors play in relation to the effect of supervision, and some typical combinations of attributes with authoritarian attitudes and with positive, neutral and negative effect of supervision will be dealt with. (Author)

Paper presented at the American Personnel and Guidance Association Convention, Detroit, Michigan, April 7-11, 1968, entitled "Psycho-Sociological Forces at Work: Deterrents to Effective Teacher-Counselor Relationships.