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Sibanda, Jabulani; Begede, Martin P. – South African Journal of Education, 2015
This study employed the survey design on a purposive sample of 100 English Second Language (ESL) teachers from Swaziland and South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, to investigate the extent to which they accessed, utilised and conducted research to better their practice. A survey questionnaire and follow-up structured interviews generated…
Descriptors: Research Utilization, Access to Information, English (Second Language), Teacher Researchers
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Synar, Edwyna; Maiden, Jeffrey – Journal of Education Finance, 2012
The purpose of this study was to develop a model that may be used to estimate the financial costs of teacher turnover in urban school districts. It is estimated that 50% of the beginning teachers leave the profession within the first five years on the job (Murname, Singer, Wilett, Kemple, and Olsen 1991; Colbert and Wolff 1992; Ingersoll 2003;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Beginning Teachers
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LeFave, Maria; Behar-Horenstein, Linda S.; Dix, Alice C. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2008
The authors investigated he National Educational Research and Priorities Board' s (1999, 2000) claim that evidence-based research often lacks relevance for practitioners by investigating the relevance among the Professors' of Curriculum (POC) publications between 1997 and 2003. Findings showed that forty-four (13%) were data-driven and relevant to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Educational Researchers, College Faculty, Faculty Publishing