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Brown, Dikla; Cinamon, Rachel Gali – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2016
The current study focuses on the contribution of five personality traits to the development of self-efficacy and outcome expectations regarding selecting a high school major among adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). Social cognitive career theory and the Big Five personality traits model served as the theoretical framework. Participants…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Personality, Learning Disabilities, Course Selection (Students)
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Nasser-Abu Alhija, Fadia M.; Majdob, Arin – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study examined the relationship between teacher educators' research productivity (RP) and their background and professional characteristics, attitudes, motives, obstacles and time devoted to research. The sample included 161 teacher educators from four teacher education colleges in Israel. The findings indicate the significance of five…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Researchers, Productivity, Teacher Characteristics
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Vidergor, Hava E. – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2013
The study aimed at unfolding the personal creative characteristics of an educator in the field of gifted education, and examining creativity as expressed in childhood and its transformation into adulthood creative approach and outcomes. The study focused on Dr. Erika Landau, the pioneer of gifted education in Israel, an internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creativity, Personality Traits, Academically Gifted
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Aharony, Noa; Shonfeld, Miri – Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning, 2015
This study seeks to explore what factors influence students' ICT use and web technology competence. The objectives of this study are the following: (a) To what extent do certain elements of Rogers' (2003) Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DOI) explain students' ICT use, (b) To what extent do personality characteristics derived from the Big Five…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Internet, Personality Traits
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Katz, Sara; Frish, Yehiel – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: Aspects of intellectual competence would not be sufficient for quality teaching that requires a mix of intellectual and personal qualities. The purpose of this paper was to elicit personal attributes of teachers' college applicants. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative case study consisted of 99 participants aged 20-24 years of…
Descriptors: Models, Teacher Education Programs, Schools of Education, College Admission
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Aharony, Noa – College & Research Libraries, 2014
This study seeks to investigate whether information professionals, as well as LIS students, are ready to assimilate Facebook in their work and educational environments. The study uses the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as well as some characteristics of the "Big Five" model of personality as a theoretical base from which to predict…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web Sites, Adoption (Ideas), Graduate Students
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Friedman, Isaac A. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The article focuses on investigating pre-service teachers' expectations of their future teaching career, in particular concerning teacher-student interrelations. In an attempt to comprehend why people choose teaching as a professional career, a conceptual model titled "Teachers" altruistic-narcissistic classroom expectations' was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Expectation
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Zeidner, Moshe; Shani-Zinovich, Inbal – Gifted and Talented International, 2013
This paper reviews empirical research related to the personality and affective characteristics of gifted students in the Israeli educational context. The educational backdrop for the research is described and group differences in personality, emotional intelligence, self-identity, and mental health are discussed. Conclusions include a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Gifted, Educational Research
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Samuel-Azran, Tal; Ravid, Gilad – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
In light of systematic evidence that extroverts are disadvantaged in the classroom, we examined whether an online environment assignment that builds on extroverts' character strengths can increase their overall course satisfaction. Based on previous studies demonstrating that extroverts are energized by feedback from outsiders, we asked 180…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Web Sites, Extraversion Introversion
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Spektor-Levy, Ornit; Baruch, Yael Kesner; Mevarech, Zemira – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
Nowadays, early science education is well-accepted by researchers, education professionals and policy makers. Overall, teachers' attitudes and conceptions toward the science subject domain and science education influence their ways of teaching and engagement. However, there is a lack of research regarding factors that affect this engagement in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
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Gumpel, Thomas P.; Wiesenthal, Vered; Söderberg, Patrik – Behavioral Disorders, 2015
This study had three primary goals: to explore the relationship between narcissism, participant roles, and aggression; to examine the role of gender as a moderating influence on narcissism-based aggression; and to examine how these variables work together to influence aggressive outcomes in a sample of aggressive middle and high school students.…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Social Status, Social Cognition, Aggression
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Schechter, Chen; Orly, Michael – Educational Practice and Theory, 2014
The objective of this study is to explore the perceptions of intern teachers and mentor teachers regarding the determinants of learning from success during the internship year. The study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 37 teachers: 17 mentor teachers and 20 interns. Data analysis brought up the following themes: communication…
Descriptors: Mentors, Internship Programs, Success, Semi Structured Interviews
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Karniol, Rachel – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2012
Preschool children listened to a children's storybook about an animal character, with reading being terminated prior to, or after, problem resolution. The children's empathic understanding of how the animal character felt was assessed, and they were then asked to draw, with strength of pressure on the page (as evident on attached carbon copies)…
Descriptors: Animals, Preschool Children, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns
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Shulman, Shmuel; Scharf, Miri; Livne, Yaara; Barr, Tamuz – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The present study examined patterns of romantic involvement in 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 22 to 29 years. Analyses of interviews at age 29 yielded four distinctive relational patterns that are associated with different levels of concurrent wellbeing: Intimately committed, Intimate, Non- intimately committed,…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship
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Zerach, Gadi – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2013
This study assessed compassion fatigue (CF) and compassion satisfaction (CS) among Israeli residential child-care workers (RCWs) working in residential treatment facilities for children and youth at risk (N = 147) as compared to educational boarding schools workers (BSWs; N = 74). Furthermore, we assessed the relationship of potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Altruism, Personality Traits, Child Caregivers
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