Linking teacher practice to pupil outcomes has proven challenging for teacher educators. Methodological problems occur when linking individual teacher actions with subsequent pupil performance, including substantial intervening variables, questions about appropriate measures of student learning, issues regarding the lack of test standardization…

For the maximum output of a successful education, the author suggests the following steps: smaller classes, technological aids, and external examinations. (PG)

The master teacher is much more valuable than the consummate researcher. (Author)

Six characteristics, including structure, rapport, the ability to be stimulating, and objective evaluation, are suggested as important for effective teaching. A program for personal development, designed to make the challenge of improving teaching a practical and rewarding experience, is proposed. (JMD)

A department chairman from Denison University offers a reminder that to educate means to lead or guide, rather than what teachers have mistakenly believed or practiced. Various pressures for professorial role change are cited, including the Dalton Plan and contract learning. (Editor/LBH)

The teaching responsibilities of a professor particularly make him a professional, as pointed out by a faculty member of the U. S. Air Force Academy. He suggests that a teacher's professionalism can be transmitted to his students. (Editor/LBH)

Some reflections are offered about instruction in the community junior college by the director of Special Programs, Westbrook College. The commentary is not about evaluation, but the evaluative point of view underlies the entire discourse. (Editor/LBH)

Students preparing to teach must think of their future jobs as professional service rather than as a type of trade. (Editor/IR)

Educators must equip students to cope with a diversity of experiences and changes in our world. (IR)

The reciprocal processes of concept formation in terms of what the student does and concept teaching in terms of what the teacher does. (Editor)