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Baroudi, Sandra; Tamim, Rana; Hojeij, Zeina – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
Job satisfaction remains until this date a prominent factor that managers seek in their employees to ensure the organization's productivity and success. It has extensively drawn the attention of researchers in the educational field to inform policymakers and school leaders of its impact on teachers' motivation, commitment, stress, retention, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy
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Keung, Chrysa Pui Chi; Yin, Hongbiao; Tam, Winnie Wing Yi; Chai, Ching Sing; Ng, Clement Ka Kit – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
This study examined the relationships between leadership practices, professional learning communities, teachers' efficacy beliefs and perceptions of whole-child development in the context of kindergarten education. A sample of 2120 teachers from 153 Hong Kong kindergartens participated in a questionnaire survey. The results showed that principals'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Teacher Attitudes
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Bautista, Alfredo; Ho, Yan Lam – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Despite the urgent need to provide kindergarten teachers with professional development (PD) in music and movement, little is known about their needs, motivations, and preferences in this area. This interview study explores Hong Kong kindergarten teachers' prior music and movement educational experiences and their self-perceived usefulness of such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
Keith Smolkowski; Hill Walker; Brion Marquez; Derek Kosty; Claudia Vincent; Carey Black; Gulcan Cil; Lisa A. Strycker – Grantee Submission, 2022
This paper reports the results of a randomized controlled trial evaluating "We Have Skills," a brief curriculum designed to teach early elementary students academic and social skills as well as improve teacher efficacy in classroom management. Intervention efficacy was tested with 127 teachers, randomly assigned to condition, and 2,817…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Development
Allison Kilgore Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study explored best practices to increase preservice teacher self-efficacy before the student teaching semester. The research was guided by this central inquiry and three sub-questions. Using a pre- and post-phenomenon survey instrument as well as an initial questionnaire and a final reflection, preservice teachers who were…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Student Relationship
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Gan, Dafna; Alkaher, Iris; Segal, Tamar – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Engaging students in environmental citizenship to promote education for sustainability (EfS) as an explicit goal of academic courses is not common, notwithstanding wide consensus on its importance. Collaborative learning has rarely been investigated using action research methods in the context of environmental citizenship in higher…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teacher Education Programs, Self Efficacy, Sustainability
Augustus Onwubiko – ProQuest LLC, 2020
To foster proper educational growth and to ensure equal scholastic opportunities for students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) in the United States of America, the state governors and chief school officers established the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Teachers being at the forefront in realizing the goals of these standards,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Case Studies
Kelly Philbin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The English Language Learner (ELL) population continues to steadily grow. While most research focuses on preservice or novice teachers' perceptions of their preparedness to instruct ELLs, there have been very limited studies focusing on veteran elementary teachers. The purpose of this qualitative multicase study was to explore veteran elementary…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Self Efficacy, English Language Learners
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Marinšek, Miha; Jurak, Gregor; Kovac, Marjeta – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2020
Educators' self-efficacy influences their practice and thus determines the quality of teaching in early childhood education and care (ECEC). This study analyzed educators' self-efficacy to teach physical education (PE) and the differences between pre-service and in-service early childhood educators. Early childhood educators (N = 381) completed a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Beliefs, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers
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Luesse, Hiershenee B.; Luesse, Joseph E.; Lawson, Jordan; Camp, Mathew J.; Diaz, Karina G. – Cogent Education, 2022
There is limited robust evidence of the effectiveness of professional development (PD) on teacher retention. This study tested The Academy for Teachers' PD program, a content-focused intensive workshop with complementary events. This program is designed to impact teacher retention, support integration of material into the classroom and teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers
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Ciampa, Katia; Wolfe, Zora M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
The purpose of this retrospective case study was to examine the implementation of peer-review practices in a doctoral dissertation proposal course. Twenty-eight doctoral candidates' perceptions of peer feedback on the dissertation writing process and themselves as academic writers were explored through our anecdotal notes from class discussions,…
Descriptors: Proposal Writing, Writing Processes, Misconceptions, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Liao, Shu-Min – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2023
SCRATCH, developed by the Media Lab at MIT, is a kid-friendly visual programming language, designed to introduce programming to children and teens in a "more thinkable, more meaningful, and more social" way. Although it was initially intended for K-12 students, educators have used it for higher education as well, and found it…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Coding, Programming Languages, Computer Science Education
Cummings, Malia; Lawson, Shari; Scaggs, Delora – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In recent years, schools have begun Social Emotional Learning (SEL) instruction. In 1994, the term Social Emotional Learning was coined by CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning; originally named the Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning). SEL instruction is critical in schools because communities and…
Descriptors: Principals, Social Emotional Learning, Faculty Development, Instructional Leadership
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Zachry, Anne H.; Woods, Lauren; Jones McMurry, Taylor – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Low-income parents often have limited involvement in the education of their children, and children who live in poverty frequently do not have the prerequisite skills needed to enter kindergarten. The purpose of the current study was to determine if parent participation in a brief kindergarten readiness workshop developed and led by occupational…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Parent Participation, Competence, Self Efficacy
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Djonko-Moore, Cara M. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how preparation for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse children influences early childhood teachers' motivation to remain in teaching. This study is grounded in Bandura's self-efficacy theory. Early childhood teachers were sent an online survey and asked about their teacher preparation, job…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Motivation, Student Diversity, Teacher Persistence
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