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Teachers' Perceptions of Factors Affecting the Educational Use of ICT in Technology-Rich Classrooms
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Badia, Antoni; Meneses, Julio; Sigales, Carles – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2013
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to identify the main factors that influence teachers' decision-making regarding the educational use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in technology-rich classrooms. Method: We collected data from 278 teachers in Catalonia (Spain) working in eight primary and secondary education schools…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Decision Making
Inclusive Education in Spain: How Do Skills, Resources, and Supports Affect Regular Education Teachers' Perceptions of Inclusion?
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Chiner, Esther; Cardona, Maria Cristina – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
This study examined regular education teachers' perceptions of inclusion in elementary and secondary schools in Spain and how these perceptions may differ depending on teaching experience, skills, and the availability of resources and supports. Stratified random sampling procedures were used to draw a representative sample of 336 general education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion
How Teachers Express Their Knowledge through Narrative
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Clemente, Maria; Ramirez, Elena – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
The study we carried out deals with how teachers express their practical knowledge. The main objective was to classify how it is expressed, so that we can see its components, its limits, and how close it is to theoretical knowledge, understanding as such that which is based on research and aimed at explaining phenomena by looking for regular…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
Teachers' Ethnotheories of the "Ideal Student" in Five Western Cultures
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Harkness, Sara; Blom, Marjolijn; Oliva, Alfredo; Moscardino, Ughetta; Zylicz, Piotr Olaf; Bermudez, Moises Rios; Feng, Xin; Carrasco-Zylicz, Agnieszka; Axia, Giovanna; Super, Charles M. – Comparative Education, 2007
This paper explores teachers' ethnotheories of the "ideal student" in five western societies: Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the US. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to derive culture-specific profiles of the "ideal student" as described by kindergarten and primary school teachers in semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Profiles, Discriminant Analysis