THROUGH A RECENT QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF ALL IOWA TEACHERS ASSIGNED AT LEAST ONE ENGLISH CLASS IN GRADES 9-12, COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED ON TEACHER TRAINING, ASSIGNMENTS, AND ATTITUDES. RESULTS SHOWED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE SECONDARY ENGLISH TEACHERS WERE WOMEN, THAT ALL TEACHERS HAD BACHELOR'S DEGREES, AND THAT 60…

Explains how a student volunteer can improve teachers' productivity, efficiency, and teaching skills. Presents a description of job responsibilities.(EL)

Open letter by chairman of NCTE Secondary Section Committee. (RD)

Considers factors contributing to the increased dependence on textbooks by secondary and college English teachers, including increased teacher workloads, decreased funds, and expanded community pressures. (JT)

Argues that the solution to many of the problems in education may be simple: provide teachers more time for their work by lengthening their contract and allowing them to do their planning and training during the work day (like most professional workers). (SR)

Tennessee vocational teachers in community colleges (n=65), technical institutes (n=61), and colleges/universities (n=133) responded to a survey indicating overall satisfaction, but some dissatisfaction with salary, conditions, and policies. Technical institute faculty were most dissatisfied with number of classes and working hours, facilities and…

RECRUITMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING, AND DUTIES OF TEACHER AIDES ARE DESCRIBED. MAJOR ACTIVITIES ARE THOSE THAT FREE THE TEACHER FROM NONTEACHING DUTIES (CLERICAL, LIBRARY, LUNCHROOM SUPERVISION, AND HOME VISITS). HOWEVER, THE USE OF TEACHER AIDES DRAWN FROM THE SAME SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS AS THE PARENTS OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS COULD PROVIDE A…

THE PRESENT CONCERN WITH UPGRADING OF THE DISADVANTAGED IS LISTED AS FOURTH IN A SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL REVOLUTIONS, THE OTHERS BEING (1) HORACE MANN'S COMMON SCHOOL, (2) THE KALAMAZOO DECISION, OPENING SECONDARY EDUCATION TO THE MASSES, AND (3) THE G.I. BILL BREAKTHROUGH IN HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE PRESENT SITUATION IS…

A review of the literature dealing with faculty load in colleges and universities from 1929 reveals that this problem has not been resolved satisfactorily in any institution. Two plans are described for determining assignment loads. (Author/LBH)

Argues that public school teachers are unable to do their jobs properly because the classroom has become an unworkable environment. Advocates strong teacher associations that will force boards, administrators, and the community to make the changes necessary to facilitate real teaching. (SJL)

As a teacher of English, the author comments on teaching pressures that were glossed over in the CBS special "Is Anyone Out There Learning?" particularly the strictures of law and money and the lack of time with students. All articles in this journal issue comment on this television program. (SJL)

Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest reports on the relationship between class size and writing achievement. The digest first reviews the contradictory findings of class size research, then examines results of meta-analyses of these studies, and subsequent responses. The digest then explores the…

To gather data on English teacher workloads and the conditions for teaching composition in California schools, a survey was undertaken involving a statewide cross-section of 204 teachers from public and parochial schools. The findings show that in spite of the recommendation by the National Council of Teachers of English that English teachers be…

Explains that the lack of preparation of teachers for work in rural areas, the excessive workload, and the poor working and living conditions have greatly impeded efforts of the Soviet Union to recruit and retain quality teachers in rural areas. (HOD)

This report examines international research and current educational publications about teacher workload and related stress. Workload issues have been a concern for Canadian teachers and teacher unions during recent years, with British Columbia's teachers reporting the highest stress levels nationwide. Teachers must juggle diverse, intense types of…