Examined the dimension of the identity construction process relating to identification with others. Analysis of the life stories of 20 experienced preschool and elementary school teachers shows aspects of the social structure that shape teachers' professional and personal evolution. (SLD)

Illustrates how educational reforms subordinate teachers and reduce their opportunities for professionalism, interviewing beginning and experienced female elementary school teachers. Results address the social construction of the teacher (curricular standards and pedagogy); evidence of resistance; and teacher complicity and constraint. Suggests…

Explores the teaching of four elementary teachers as they incorporated a model of culturally relevant teaching into their mathematics instruction. Examines how teachers sought to: (1) foster critical mathematical thinking and critical consciousness; (2) build on informal mathematical and cultural knowledge; and (3) utilize empowerment orientations…

Three student teachers and four cooperating teachers described experiences of power and authority in the practicum situation. Students were acutely aware of teachers' power but teachers tended to describe relationships as collegial or pedagogical. Conceiving of the practicum relationship as deliberate or anthropogogical could help increase…

Compared three retrospective methods of measuring elementary school teachers' self-reported change in mathematics instructional practices. Teachers in a post plus retrospective pretest condition (reporting current and earlier practices) reported least change, followed by those reporting current practice and the degree and direction of change.…

Describes and evaluates the work of an action research group established to address some of the problems associated with teaching science in elementary schools, in particular what has been described as 'science reluctance' or, in its more extreme form, 'science phobia'. Explains how an elementary school teacher replaced science teaching with…

Review of public school compensation policies and comparison of teacher salaries with those of other white-collar workers found that public schools spend the same percentage of wage-rewarding seniority as other employers. A steeper wage-tenure profile reduces turnover, but turnover costs are likely not high enough to make this an optimal use of…

Discusses the importance of meaningful and critical examination of teacher beliefs in preservice teacher education. Explores the effectiveness of using tools such as individual spaces and community conversations on teachers' attitudes and emotions. (Contains 62 references.) (Author/YDS)

Analyzed elementary teachers' discussions in an inquiry group focused on the teaching of mathematics, comparing teachers' responses to four types of activities designed to create dilemmas which might prompt their reconsideration of instructional beliefs and practices. Samples of teacher talk related to each activity are presented. Only one…

A national survey of 753 elementary teachers found that only 13 percent (95) teach keyboarding, there is insufficient time for mastery of touch typing, access to equipment is limited, teachers do not have thorough knowledge of theory related to psychomotor skill development, and no formal evaluation is used. (SK)

Describes a program designed by urban teachers to alleviate their own isolation and to provide a new context for collegial learning by enabling pairs of experienced teachers to enhance their own practices and intellectual lives through access to each other's classrooms. (MG)

Elementary school teachers (N=104) were sent brief description of common classroom problem and information designed to alter their sense of control over the problem. Results indicated that increasing teachers' perceptions of control over the problem resulted in an increased preference for consultative rather than referral services. (Author/NB)

Elementary teachers (N=209) completed questionnaires assessing attitudes toward preassessment procedures. Results indicated that teachers with over six years of teaching experience had significantly more negative attitudes toward preassessment than did teachers with under two years of experience. Teachers who had made referrals to preassessment…

A brief description of the notion of patriarchy and the feminization of teaching precedes a discussion of a core of central issues that profeminist male elementary school teachers are likely to confront, involving male privilege and domination, the teacher-child relationship, advocate versus technician roles, collegialism, and the…

Investigated perceptions by elementary school teachers (N=28) of the usefulness and ease of implementation of traditional recommendations that attribute the cause of referral problems to the individual student's characteristics or environmental conditions, as compared to recommendations that address a student's problem with varying degrees of…