Tape 1: Family background Educational background Practice teaching First year of teaching in a rural school Superintendent School Board's function Teaching schedule Parent-Teacher relations Social statues and role of teacher Accommodations and relations with boarding family Church Extra curricular and community responsibilities of teacher Religion in school Report cards Discipline in classroom Attendance Homework Teachers Institute Pay scales Handicapped and gifted children

Tape 2: Handicapped child (wheel chair) Practice teaching for urban schools Handicapped child (deformed arms) Comparison between rural schools and schools in ca. 1980

Tape 3: Materials and facilities Limited curricula Classroom rewards State Boards Slow and gifted children Record keeping Learning to read in rural school versus urban school Motivation of children by encouragement Follow-up questions