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Stephen Gorard Ed.; Nadia Siddiqui Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024
This edited volume illustrates the idea of a successful research capacity model, critically addressing preconceived notions of early career research projects' impact and drawing together insights and implications around the encouragement of newer researchers to conduct useful, robust studies with real-world effect. Centring on research undertaken…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Capacity Building
Grise-Owens, Erlene; Miller, J. Jay; Owen, Larry W. – Council on Social Work Education, 2018
This how-to manual provides a structured framework for developing a comprehensive teaching-learning philosophy from articulation through implementation to evaluation--and then reactivation. Using professional literature and teaching-learning experiences, the authors provide pragmatic steps for using a grounded philosophy to inform, engage, and…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, College Faculty, Instruction, Teaching Methods
Tran, Henry, Ed.; Smith, Douglas A., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
Teacher attrition is endemic in education, creating teacher quantity and quality gaps across schools that are often stratified by region and racialized nuance (Cowan et al., 2016; Scafidi et al., 2017). This reality is starkly reflected in South Carolina. Not too long ago, on May 1, 2019, a sea of approximately 10,000 people, dressed in red,…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Effectiveness, Activism
Hill-Jackson, Valerie; Hartlep, Nicholas D.; Stafford, Delia – ASCD, 2019
How do some teachers manage to expertly engage students in deep learning, harmonize mandated standards with individual student needs, and create trusting relationships in the classroom? What typically sets these "Star Teachers" apart from other teachers? In "What Makes a Star Teacher: 7 Dispositions That Support Student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Teacher Persistence
Bieler, Deborah – Teachers College Press, 2018
"The Power of Teacher Talk" investigates the connections between two persistent educational challenges: high numbers of students who drop out and of teachers who leave the profession. Based on a study of thousands of daily interactions between new justice-oriented English teachers and their students, this book proposes that teachers who…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Student Relationship, School Holding Power
OECD Publishing, 2018
Teachers are the most important resource in today's schools. In every country, teachers' salaries and training represent the greatest share of expenditure in education. And this investment in teachers can have significant returns: research shows that being taught by the best teachers can make a real difference in the learning and life outcomes of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
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Gist, Conra D., Ed.; Bristol, Travis J., Ed. – American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2022
Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but just 19% of the teaching force. Yet research over decades has indicated their positive impact on student learning…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, American Indians, Disproportionate Representation, Public School Teachers
Santoro, Doris A. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay" offers a timely analysis of professional dissatisfaction that challenges the common explanation of burnout. Featuring the voices of educators, the book offers concrete lessons for practitioners, school leaders, and policy makers on how to think more…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Job Satisfaction
Berry, Jon – Trentham Books, 2016
"Teachers Undefeated" is about how teachers continue to do the best for their students. They do so despite clumsy interventions from governments who have no idea how difficult they have made school life. They do so despite the fact that they are pressurized into producing dubious outcomes and are over-scrutinized in every aspect of their…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Global Approach, Teacher Persistence, Resistance to Change
Menter, Ian, Ed. – Springer, 2023
This handbook presents a timeless, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource covering major issues in the field of teacher education research. In a global landscape where migration, inequality, climate change, political upheavals and strife continue to be broadly manifest, governments and scholars alike are increasingly considering what role…
Descriptors: Guides, Teacher Education, Educational Research, Immigration
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Conway, Cassandra Sligh, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
An important aspect of higher education is the mentorship of junior faculty by senior faculty. Addressing the vital role mentorship plays in an academic institution's survival promotes more opportunities and positive learning experiences. "Faculty Mentorship at Historically Black Colleges and Universities" provides emerging research on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Black Colleges, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers
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Craig, Cheryl J., Ed.; Turchi, Laura, Ed.; McDonald, Denise M., Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This book focuses on the impact of sustained and evolving collaborations, showcasing research and scholarship in a faculty group--consisting of 28 professors from five regional universities--meeting and supporting each other since 2002. Originally an innovation introduced by Cheryl J. Craig and funded by a reform movement, the Faculty Academy…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Institutional Cooperation
Gruenert, Steve; Whitaker, Todd – ASCD, 2015
Your school is a lot more than a center of student learning--it also represents a self-contained culture, with traditions and expectations that reflect its unique mission and demographics. In this groundbreaking book, education experts Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker offer tools, strategies, and advice for defining, assessing, and ultimately…
Descriptors: School Culture, School Administration, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Rinke, Carol R. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2014
The statistics are familiar: almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years in the classroom. The challenge of recruiting and retaining teachers carries high costs for today's schools and students. This book uncovers some of the reasons behind the elevated attrition rates in the field of education through a long-term…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment, Beginning Teachers, Urban Schools
McIntyre, Teresa Mendonça, Ed.; McIntyre, Scott E., Ed.; Francis, David J., Ed. – Springer, 2017
This book brings together the most current thinking and research on educator stress and how education systems can support quality teachers and quality education. It adopts an occupational health perspective to examine the problem of educator stress and presents theory-driven intervention strategies to reduce stress load and support educator…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Teaching Conditions, Intervention, Stress Management
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