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Feiz, Davood; Dehghani Soltani, Mahdi; Farsizadeh, Hossein – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The purpose of current research is to study the effect of knowledge sharing on the psychological empowerment of faculty members considering the intermediary (mediating) role of organizational memory in Semnan University. To study research variables, three standard questionnaires were distributed among 334 faculty members of the studied sample.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Empowerment, Sharing Behavior
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Doqaruni, Vahid Rahmani; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Pishghadam, Reza – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
Purpose: Although action research (AR) is considered essential for teacher development in second/foreign language (L2) education, no validated scale has been designed for its measurement. With that in mind, this study attempted to develop and validate an Inventory on Teachers' Beliefs about Action Research (ITBAR). Design/methodology/approach: For…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Action Research, Validity
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Sahito, Zafarullah; Vaisanen, Pertti – Review of Education, 2020
This study explored the factors of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the recommendations given by the researchers in seventy recruited research studies, which have been conducted for literature review of teachers' job satisfaction in developing countries. The recruited studies were conducted across 21 countries in Asia and Africa, but the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction
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Zahed-Babelan, Adel; Koulaei, Ghodratollah; Moeinikia, Mahdi; Sharif, Ali Rezaei – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2019
In the article, the relations between the principal's instructional leadership, school culture, psychological empowerment, job characteristics, and teachers' work engagement was examined on a sample of 310 elementary school teachers. The results showed no direct effects of the principal's instructional leadership on work engagement; however, they…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, School Culture, Teacher Empowerment, Principals
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Mazidi, Mohammad; Khoshbakht, Friba; Mahboobe, Alborzi – Educational Research Quarterly, 2017
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between certain demographic factors and elementary school teachers' burnout. The sample consisted of 144 elementary school teachers (98 male and 76 women) selected through cluster random sampling. Data were collected by: (1) Personal Information Form developed by the researchers, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Burnout
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Sardabi, Narges; Biria, Reza; Golestan, Ahmad Ameri – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
Considering the significant position of critical pedagogy in teaching English as a foreign language, there is a need for in-depth investigations of novice teachers' professional identity construction through the interaction with critical notions introduced in teacher education programs. As the impact of such programs on novice teachers'…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Critical Theory, Teacher Education Programs, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Goldouz, Elnaz – Cogent Education, 2016
The present study aimed to contribute to the current findings of the relationship between collective efficacy perceptions of EFL teachers and their perception of teacher empowerment. To this end, 147 Iranian EFL teachers from a well-known institute in Tehran participated in the study. The instruments used were two questionnaires: Collective…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Mehrani, Mehdi B. – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
The present narrative study examined the purposes that language teachers pursue in their research studies. The study also explored the opportunities and challenges that teachers experience while doing action research. Data were collected through a survey of narrative frames among 68 teachers, reflective essays written by 9 teachers and individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)