Peers and Teachers as Sources of Relatedness Perceptions,Motivation, and Affective Responses in Physical Education

Research has demonstrated the importance of relatedness perceptions to self-determined motivation in physical education. Therefore, studies have begun to examine the social factors contributing to feelings of relatedness. The purpose of this study was to examine teacher (perceived emotional support) and peer (acceptance, friendship quality) relationship variables to feelings of relatedness, motivation, and affective responses in junior high physical education students (N = 411). Results revealed that perceived relatedness mediated the relationship between variables and self-determined motivation and related directly to the amount of enjoyment and worry students experienced. These findings demonstrate that relationships with both teachers and peers are important for students' relatedness perceptions, motivation, enjoyment, and worry in physical education.     

BOOK REVIEWS

FOUR PHILOSOPHIES—AND THEIR PRACTICE IN EDUCATION AND RELIGION. By J. Donald Butler.
THE TEACHER IN SCHOOL AND SOCIETY. By Harold Rugg and B. Marian Brooks.
THE LETTER OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. Edited by Eva Ingersoll Wakefield.     

The over-education of UK immigrants and minority ethnic groups: Evidence from the Labour Force Survey

The paper explores the incidence of over and under education and the effect on earnings for immigrants and natives who hold UK qualifications, drawn from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey 1993–2003. The paper also compares earnings penalties associated with over and under education across immigrant and minority ethnic groups for men and women. The results show that compared to Whites, Black African, Other Non-White and Indian men are more likely to be over-educated, whilst for women it is Indian and Pakistani/Bangladeshi's who are more likely to be over-educated. Estimating earnings equations shows significantly large over-education penalties for South Asian immigrant and native men, as well as White immigrant men, Black women and White UK born women. However, there are large returns to occupational skills for some minority ethnic and immigrant groups, over and above the returns to qualifications. It is suggested that these groups may therefore find it easier to find a suitable job for their UK education level if higher or further education programmes for immigrants were combined with occupational specific training.     

MISSISSIPPI TECH-PREP COORDINATORS: IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES OF THE JOB

ABSTRACT

Mississippi tech-prep coordinators were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the difficulty of their various job responsibilities as identified in the Mississippi Tech Prep Handbook Pilot Site Implementation Guide 1993–94 (1993 Mississippi tech prep handbook pilot site implementation guide 1993-94 . ( 1993 ). Mississippi State , MS : Research and Curriculum Unit for Workforce Development, Vocational and Technical Education . [Google Scholar]). It was hypothesized that their perceptions would be influenced by the number of sites served by individual tech-prep coordinators and the number of years of experience of the individual coordinators. The coordinators' survey also included open-ended questions to gain insight into specific challenges, such as additional duties assigned by the community college, and changes in responsibilities that have occurred over the years. The coordinators were also asked to suggest improvements in their job responsibilities. Further, a separate survey was conducted of the state tech-prep staff members to gain their perspectives of the coordinators' responsibilities. The state staff members were asked to identify what they considered the most difficult duty and the easiest, to suggest improvements to strengthen tech prep, and to name the most important contribution of the coordinators. Challenges for Mississippi tech-prep coordinators were identified in areas of reporting, accountability, the increasing number of sites, and professional development.     

Sexual abuse in the developmentally disabled: Dilemmas of diagnosis

Evaluation of developmentally disabled persons for physical signs of sexual abuse presents many challenges to the practitioner. This group is especially vulnerable to all types of abuse. A group of 35 mentally retarded females from a residential treatment facility was examined by the child abuse medical team at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center after one inpatient was found to be pregnant. Patients ranged in age from 13 to 55 years (median, 26 years; mean, 31.3 +/- 13.6 years). All of the women had some degree of disability, with 24 (69%) being categorized as profoundly retarded. No patient was able to provide a history. There were 13 (37%) patients who had genital findings we believe are consistent with prior vaginal penetration. Dilemmas which arose during evaluation included the significance of healed genital lesions in this population and the implications of the findings for the residential facility. While developmentally disabled persons need an advocate in the medical and legal systems, these patients can overwhelm the practitioner. Whenever possible, a team approach is recommended to decrease the work load and frustration and provide collegial support and affirmation of findings.     

For Whom No Banners Wave!

This study explores the appropriateness of the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) as an instrument of assessing English-language arts (ELA) teacher candidates’ effectiveness in a rural border community. Eight -candidates participated in the study. The findings call into question the adequacy of PACT to assess the candidates’ effectiveness in light of the ways in which the school constrains their abilities from developing culturally relevant practices.     

Book Reviews: Absolutism and Democracy—A Review of Progressive Education at the Crossroads

Art: Candleday Art by Marian Nicholl Rawson. Illustrated. E. P. Button and Co. 383 pp. $5.00.

Pottery of the Ancients by Helen E. Stiles. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton and Co. 128 pp. $2.50.

Biography: Charles Darwin by Goeffrey West. Yale University Press. 339 pp. $3.50.

Lafayette by W. E. Woodward. Illustrated. Farrar and Rinehart. 472 pp. $3.50.

The Miracle of Haworth : A Bronte Study by W. Bertram White. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton and Company. 374 pp. $3.50.

The Paderewski Memoirs by Ignace Jan Paderewski and Mary Lawton. Charles Scribner's Sons. 404 pp. $3.75.

Unsung Heroes by Elma Holloway. The Macmillan Company. 332 pp. $1.20.

Education: An Introduction To Child Study by Ruth Strang. The Macmillan Company. 65.1 pp. $.1.00.

American Caste and the Negro College by Buell G. Gallagher. Columbia University Press. 462 pp.

Counseling Young Workers by Jane F. Culbert and Helen R. Smith. The Vocational Service for Juniors, 95 Madison Ave., New York City, 212 pp.

Logical Aspects of Educational Measurement by B. Othanel Smith. Columbia University Press. 182 pp. $2.50.

Measurement by William A. McCall. A Revision of How to Measure in Education. The Macmillan Co. 535 pp. $4.00.

Philanthropic Foundations and Higher Education by Ernest Victor Holies. Columbia University Press. 339 pp. $3.50.

The Daily Schedule and High School Organization by R. Emerson Langfitt. The Macmillan Company. 331 pp. $2.50.

The Macmillan Handbook of English by John M. Kierzek. The Macmillan Company. 430 pp. $1.25.

The School Ma'am by Frances R. Donovan. Frederick A. Stokes Company. 355 pp. $2.50.

Fiction: Testament by R, C. Hutchinson. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. 696 pp. $3.00.

The Kents by LeGrand Cannon, Jr. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. 321 pp. $2.50.

General Literature: The Wonder of Words by Isaac Goldberg. Appleton-Century Co. 485 pp. $3.75.

History: Seventy Years of Textbook Publishing: A History of Ginn and Company. Ginn and Company. 298 pp. $3.00.

The Colonial Period of American History by Charles M. Andrews. Vol. 4. England's Commercial and Colonial Policies. Yale University Press. 477 pp. $4.00.

Political Science: Twenty Years' Armistice by William Orton. Farrar and Rinehart, Inc. 298 pp. $2.50.

The Ruling Class by Gaetano Mosca, Edited and Revised, with an Introduction, by Arthur Livingston. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. xli, 514 pp. $4.50.