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Hilla Tal; Dorit Tubin – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
The education field favors innovations, but innovative schools tend to fade after an initial 'golden age.' According to the new institutional theory, this happens due to the innovative school's need to achieve institutional legitimacy, which encounters several difficulties. This study aims to explore the journey to attaining legitimacy in one…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Institutional Survival, School Closing, Validity
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Dalia Birani-Nasraldin; Ronit Bogler; Anit Somech – Journal of Educational Administration, 2024
Purpose: Relying on the principles of the social exchange theory, the current study is aimed at investigating the impact of team-member exchange relationships (TMX) among school management team (SMT) members on school outcomes (organizational citizenship behavior [OCB], job satisfaction and innovation) via the mediating role of leader-member…
Descriptors: School Administration, Social Exchange Theory, Citizenship, Job Satisfaction
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Furman Shaharabani, Yael; Tal, Tali – Research in Science Education, 2017
Science teachers are expected to teach in innovative ways that are different from their long experience as students. Professional development programs are planned to help teachers' development, yet, there is little knowledge of the long-term effects of professional development programs (PDPs), and especially on actual practice. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Somech, Anit; Khotaba, Soha – Journal of Educational Administration, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use a model to broaden the understanding of the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) phenomenon in educational teams and examines team OCB's mediating role in the relation of the contextual variables of team justice climate (distributive justice, procedural justice, interpersonal justice) to team…
Descriptors: Models, Organizational Culture, Organizational Climate, Junior High Schools
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Gabby, Shwartz; Avargil, Shirly; Herscovitz, Orit; Dori, Yehudit Judy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
An ongoing process of reforming chemical education in middle and high schools in our country introduced the technology-enhanced learning environment (TELE) to chemistry classes. Teachers are encouraged to integrate technology into pedagogical practices in meaningful ways to promote 21st century skills; however, this effort is often hindered by…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Middle Schools, High Schools, Chemistry
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Peled, Yehuda; Blau, Ina; Grinberg, Ronen – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
Transforming a school from traditional teaching and learning to a one-to-one (1:1) classroom, in which a teacher and students have personal digital devices, inevitably requires changes in the way the teacher addresses her role. This study examined the implications of integrating 1:1 computing on teachers' pedagogical perceptions and the…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Lesson Observation Criteria, Educational Change
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Barak, Moshe – Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 2011
This paper presents the outcomes of teaching an inventive problem-solving course to middle school students. Contrary to the common view of creativity as a 'free flow of thought' or 'thinking out of the box,' the method under discussion stresses the use of diverse heuristic approaches for problem-solving and the invention of new products: for…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Middle School Students