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Schreyer, Inge; Krause, Martin – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
This article investigates links between staff working conditions in children's day care centres ("Kindertageseinrichtungen"--known as "Kitas" in Germany), job satisfaction, commitment and perceived stress at work. Data are based on the nationwide, representative questionnaire survey AQUA ("Arbeitsplatz und Qualität in…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers, Foreign Countries
Fung, Hans – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Many studies of organizations that employ the servant leadership model have been conducted, but there is a lack of empirical research on the relationship between servant leadership and staff job satisfaction in religious educational institutions that do not pay their staff. Therefore, a study of the correlation between servant leadership style,…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Boarding Schools, Foreign Countries, Volunteers
Cao, Bingyi; Esponda-Argüero, Margarita; Rojas, Raúl – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
In order to reduce the passivity of students and enhance their learning experience in large lectures, we developed a browser-based tool called Classroom Interacter to promote classroom interaction. It allows students to use their own mobile devices to participate in the learning process. The main features of Classroom Interacter include live…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Learning Experience, Learning Processes
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Arens, A. Katrin; Morin, Alexandre J. S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Studies investigating the effects of emotional exhaustion among teachers have primarily focused on its relations with teacher-related outcome variables but little research has been done for examining its relations with student outcomes. Therefore, this study examines the relations between teachers' emotional exhaustion and educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Outcomes of Education, Self Concept, Teacher Student Relationship
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Oberle, Monika; Leunig, Johanna – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
Civics courses strive to promote students' political competencies, which according to the model of Detjen et al. incorporate content knowledge, abilities to make political judgements and take political action, as well as motivational skills and attitudes. For achieving these goals, high hopes are placed on active learning tools such as political…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Simulation
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Sisask, Merike; Värnik, Peeter; Värnik, Airi; Apter, Alan; Balazs, Judit; Balint, Maria; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Corcoran, Paul; Cosman, Doina; Feldman, Dana; Haring, Christian; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Poštuvan, Vita; Tubiana, Alexandra; Sarchiapone, Marco; Wasserman, Camilla; Carli, Vladimir; Hoven, Christina W.; Wasserman, Danuta – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: In support of a whole-school approach to mental health promotion, this study was conducted to find out whether and how significantly teachers' satisfaction with school and their subjective psychological well-being are related to the belief that they can help pupils with mental health problems. Design: Cross-sectional data were collected…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Well Being
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Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Ryhänen, Eva; Turunen, Hannele – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article reports the development and results of a project within the Comenius program to promote teachers' occupational well-being, in which Finnish, Irish, Italian, and German school communities participated between 2003 and 2006. The project made use of participatory action research, in which the occupational well-being of staff was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Programs, Teachers, Job Satisfaction
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Hirschi, Andreas – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2012
Scholarly interest in callings is growing, but researchers' understanding of how and when callings relate to career outcomes is incomplete. The present study investigated the possibility that the relationship of calling to work engagement is mediated by work meaningfulness, occupational identity, and occupational self-efficacy--and that this…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Development, Models, Job Satisfaction
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Johannes, Christine; Fendler, Jan; Seidel, Tina – International Journal for Academic Development, 2013
Despite the complexity of teaching, learning to teach in universities is often "learning by doing". To provide novice university teachers with pedagogic teaching knowledge and to help them develop specific teaching objectives, we created a structured, video-based, one-year training program. In focusing on the core features of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Novices, Professional Development