Secondary school teachers' opinions about their school counselling programmes were investigated. The teachers were asked how they perceived the school counselling services being implemented in their schools, and how they rate the counselling activities provided by school counsellors in their schools. Results indicate that majority of the teachers…

The teaching of statistics at the elementary and secondary level is a relatively new expansion of the curriculum. Considering the many challenges faced by teachers of statistics in higher education, there is a continuing need to evaluate and monitor teaching and learning at this level. The purpose of this study was to survey elementary and…

The purpose of this qualitative exploratory study was to investigate the perceived state of civics education as viewed by practicing teachers in three large high schools (each with a student enrollment of at least 2,200) in the midwestern and southeastern United States, in an effort to discover what teachers in different geographical regions deem…

The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and perceived effectiveness of staff development practices in selected high schools in South Dakota. The review of literature and research related to staff development examined the following questions: What types of staff development practices are being employed to encourage and…

Two college teachers, one from social science education and one from English education, team-taught part of a teaching methods course involving 20 students in the preparation of interdisciplinary units. Observations and student journal entries show that a valuable teaching technique was developed. (SLD)

Differences between signed and anonymous student evaluations of high school student teachers were investigated. Signed evaluations produced higher ratings. (JKS)

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was used to assess the personality variables of teachers named as effective by a sample of heterosexual, heterogeneous Black, Chicano, Indian, Asian, and White high school students. Specific attributes of effective teachers were identified, and include: intraception, change, dominance, nurturance, and…

Evidence is presented that current inservice programs designed to establish culturally pluralistic public education are not achieveing their goals. There is a need for long-range pedagogical commitments which are responsive to emerging socio-cultural forces favoring cultural pluralism. (CTM)

Attitudes toward the value of education, teachers, school committees, and school system concern for student welfare were measured in 564 high school students. Teacher strikes had affected some of their communities, but not others. Analysis of variance indicated significant differences between strike and no strike groups. (Author/MV)

Students functioned at virtually the same level whether the student or the teacher controlled the choice of learning activities. However, students required to perform teacher-specified activities progressed at significantly faster rates than students in the self-selection group. (Author/MV)

This review of literature on attrition from teaching indicate that teacher mobility has been studied from the institutional perspective, as personnel turnover, rather than from the viewpoint of the teacher and that important affective and personality issues have been neglected in favor of demographic factor identification. (Author/GK)

Responses of 145 preservice teachers to the Teacher Concerns Checklist were factor analyzed. Subjects' responses on 11 interpretable factors were compared to those of 52 inservice teachers (with 83.3 percent at the elementary school level) to determine whether some dimensions of teacher concerns differentiate between preservice and inservice…

Experienced teachers (n=202) enrolled in graduate courses were characterized as externals or internals using Rotter's I-E Locus of Control Scale. Response choices of solutions employing intrinsic or extrinsic motivation for academic and conduct problem vignettes were analyzed. Results support a positive relation between externality and extrinsic…

Findings of two studies indicate that: (1) teachers were more likely to respond to classroom problems by providing direction (standards) than by building commitment (warmth); (2) teachers were less likely to communicate warmth involved in their decision making than to communicate standards; and (3) standards and warmth were negatively related.…

Building from Holland's model of vocational choice, this study investigated the extent to which teachers' career satisfaction is related to selected skills, values, and professional accomplishments of those teachers. Career satisfaction was significantly related to teachers' professional achievements consistent with Holland's model and previous…