The introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Greek primary education appears to be carried out in the midst of a general uncertainty, mainly on the part of the teachers, who will have to cope with a new teaching tool and a new teaching philosophy that very few of them have learned to apply. The aim of this study was to…

This article draws on a Norwegian project--in one primary and one lower secondary school--that had the aim of creating a shared understanding of classroom management and that resulted in a handbook on classroom management at each of these schools. Teacher reflection and teacher sharing were vital in this project initiated from the outside yet…

The study investigated the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics teacher efficacy among elementary preservice teachers. Participants included 28 elementary preservice teachers at a mid-size university in the southeastern United States who had just completed a mathematics methods course. Data sources included the Mathematics…

This study focuses on an issue of recent policy significance--the need to aid teachers in successfully identifying why children struggle to acquire literacy. This study (a) asked K-1 teachers to nominate students that they believed to be at risk for literacy difficulties and to provide reasons for their concern, (b) examined how these reasons…

This article is a glimpse into one primary classroom at a French school. The author, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher from Connecticut, visits a primary classroom for children ages five to eight years in a French village. She shares her reflections, based on observation, research, and interviews, of how a different culture approaches…

This article describes the Mathematics Investigation Center (MIC), a tool to help elementary teachers differentiate the curriculum for their gifted mathematics students. Using the same mathematical theme that the rest of the class is studying, the activities provide depth for the gifted students by shifting from a computation level to a problem…

Preservice teachers in a bachelor of education (Primary and ECE) program were surveyed about their beliefs and attitudes toward mathematics and its teaching and learning, at the beginning of their first mathematics curriculum unit and again at the end of their second mathematics education unit, approximately 18 months later. Significant…

This study investigates the observations that teacher candidates majoring in elementary education exhibit a world view very different from teacher candidates majoring in a science discipline while obtaining teacher certification in elementary education. Teacher candidates from two different elementary teacher preparation programs were asked to…

Guidelines for a middle school teacher-advisory program is presented in this document. The introduction notes that this guide was developed to enable all middle school teachers to function effectively as teacher-advisors as well as to feel comfortable in fulfilling that role. A simplified format is used so that each activity can be presented in a…

A study examined how reading teachers' reading habits impacted their teaching practices. Subjects, 625 teachers who attended the Book and Author Luncheon at the 1993 International Reading Association in San Antonio, completed a survey. Teachers represented all 50 states and Canada. Results indicated that: (1) the majority of the teachers viewed…

Two colleges of the University of Alabama have established the Alabama Quantitative Literacy (AQL) Workshop in an effort to prepare teachers to teach statistical techniques accurately and effectively and to enhance the ability of teachers to create new activity-based lessons. The AQL Workshop aims to achieve goals of the National Council of…

This paper reports the results of an exploratory study of the relation between teachers' perceptions of bureaucratic and professional role orientations and their perceptions of the principal change-facilitator style. An additional focus was on the cultural aspects of school organizations involved in planned-change initiatives. The sample consisted…

The present study attempts to determine the opinions of preservice elementary teachers, enrolled at four different institutions, regarding the objectives of education. (Author)

The objectives of this research project were to find out (1) what is happening in kindergartens throughout California; (2) why teachers in these kindergartens do what they do in their classrooms; (3) how they feel about what they do; and (4) how children react to what happens in these kindergartens. An attempt was made to determine the…

As employee assistance programs become commonplace in business and industry, elementary school counselors are encouraged to use some professional time to help teachers and other school personnel through the development of in-school support groups. This document supports the view that school counselors should become involved in developing support…