This publication is a teacher participant handbook for an inservice minicourse in developing children's oral language skills, developed by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. Four critical teachinq behaviors are stressed: (1) expand the complexity, flexibility, and preciseness of language and thought; (2) model new…

A program at the University of Florida seeks to narrow the gap between theory and practice in teacher education. (Editor/HS)

Teaching improvement activities in special education are justifid on the bases of physical and psychological criteria. Conceptually, three teaching modes are identified. Alternative sources of empirical data and uses of evidence regarding teaching are described. (Author)

Schools and districts rarely have a fair distribution of teacher talent. Poor children and black children are less likely to be taught by the strongest teachers and more likely to be taught by the weakest. Several districts have implemented programs to reduce the teacher quality gap. Hamilton County, Tennessee, launched an initiative that included…

Many researchers have identified a process they call "deskilling", which they use to describe the daily experience of teachers who have been gradually losing control of their own labour within "low-trust" workplaces. Conversely, other scholars have found that under similar conditions, some teachers have their own ways of…

Intrator and Kunzman argue that professional development for teachers follows an orientation similar to Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs--and that this orientation needs to be reversed. Maslow posited that people must fulfill subsistence needs such as needs for food and safety before they can pursue higher needs like the need for…

The Professional Partnership Program, which began at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey, was intended to foster professional growth and more effective teaching. Describes the programs that teachers there participated in and what they learned from those programs. (Author/RK)

This article describes a high school teacher's experience introducing critical thinking skills into the existing curriculum. The recommended procedures required no alteration of the existing curriculum and no additional preparation time. Students benefited from greater subject matter involvement and increased conceptual understanding. (JDH)

Article describes the efforts and insights of a teacher training program designed for graduate student instructors. (Author)

Describes the qualities and talents needed in a professional teacher. (GR)

This study tested two hypotheses. Part-time instructors could enhance their teaching (1) if they are informed of the student evaluations at mid-semester and (2) if they work with a consultant on selected areas for improvement. Findings supported the hypotheses. (AM)

Indicates that the difference between university and community college technical writing courses is that the former produce professionals who create forms while the latter produce graduates who are literate in their use. Also notes that technical writing is being taught in middle and junior high school and requires special teacher education. (TJ)

Offers insights regarding the lack of broadly acceptable definitions for the scholarship of teaching and scholarly teaching. Discusses whether and to what extent it is something all academics can practice and whether publishing in peer-reviewed media is a necessary characteristic. Provides examples of how teachers can acquire the knowledge and…

This paper investigates the effects of a sustained professional development project in South Australia in which a small group of preschool educators worked with the authors to develop their own knowledge and skills in facilitating young children's mathematical learning. Through the development of an approach to pedagogy that linked the mandated…