Discusses results from questionnaires distributed to men and women who were in elementary school between 1900-1930 to determine the amount of teacher influence on their ideas, values developed, teacher as a personal example, and amount of impact on career choice. Concludes that teachers were important in the way the respondents' lives took shape.…

A profile of a female industrial arts teacher at the elementary school level. (SJL)

Teachers' needs should be considered when designing in-service training programs. (MM)

Because other instruments designed to test elementary school teachers' reading knowledge competencies were faulty in various aspects, a new instrument that overcomes drawbacks in questionable validity, test content, and norms was developed. (CJ)

A mother, who became a teacher in 1942, and her daughter, who began teaching at the same school in 1972, relate their experiences and their views on teaching. (SJL)

Suggests that exercise, diet, voice lessons, or a new look might do more for teaching effectiveness than graduate courses in education. (CM)

History, stereotypes, and the low status of the profession has limited the number of male elementary teachers to 17%. Men who choose teaching can serve as social and academic role models. Recruitment and retention are important to ensure greater diversity in the elementary teaching force. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Interviewed elementary school teachers of culturally diverse students to explore the relationship between life experience and pedagogy. Teachers' pivotal life experiences focused on teacher and student relationships. Teachers had fashioned their teaching styles and practices after their own backgrounds and had discovered the duality of personal…

Assessed fifth and six grade teachers' techniques of responding to students' human sexuality-related questions. Few teachers reported receiving formal training in sexuality education. Most teachers' districts had a sexuality education curriculum.(SM)

A study of the attitudes of British student teachers (118 male, 92 female) toward gender indicated that male student teachers of 7-11 year-olds were more likely to be concerned about and supportive of traditional images of masculinity than were males training to teach 3-8 year-olds. (Contains 33 references.) (SK)

Identified key elements of the "theory of action" embodied in reconstitution reforms and examined them in light of findings from a 2-year study in 3 schools. Evidence suggests that the theory of action in such reforms may be seriously flawed, as dominant patterns of implementation ran counter to the major premises of the policy. (SLD)

A cross-case analysis was conducted of professional development spending in seven elementary schools in the Cincinnati Public School District. Findings indicated that schools spent an average of $7,700 per teacher for professional development activities, ranging from $2,900 to more than $16,000 per teacher. Professional development spending varied…

Discusses teacher training in science available from local science museums for elementary school teachers. Includes a list of science museums offering instructional products and services. (FMW)

Book review recommends that every beginning teacher read "Voices of Beginning Teachers: Visions and Realities," by Richard Dollase, to discover a pride in committing themselves to a profession that will affect the future and promise much intrinsic reward, noting the book truthfully reveals the reality of life as a new teacher. (SM)

Describes a project that helps teachers introduce the concept of mass production in the elementary classroom. Provides instructions for the activity in which students produce "buses" made of juice containers and brown paper on an assembly line. (JOW)