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Development and Validation of Teachers' Professional Well-Being Scale: A Study of Secondary School Teachers in Malaysia
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Ruth Heng Chin Goh; Phaik Kin Cheah; Jin Kuan Kok; Chee-Seng Tan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2025
Research has shown that teacher professional well-being (TPWB) is important in influencing teachers' dedication as well as students' well-being (Dreer in Educational Studies 50:61-77, 2024; Harding et al. in Journal of Affective Disorders 242:180-187, 2019). In the light of these past researches, the aim of this research was to develop a suitable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Well Being, Teacher Morale
Measuring Life Satisfaction of Former Alternative High School Students in Idaho: A Qualitative Study
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Margaret Fortner – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The concept of overall subjective well-being has been highlighted in recent years. As society wrestles with mental health struggles, communities often look to schools to fill in the gaps. As such, many schools have added well-being components to their structure. Because many of the most vulnerable students are considered at risk of dropping out of…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, High Schools, High School Students, Life Satisfaction
Developing Educators' Capacity for Natural and Ethical Caring: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Arlene J. Callwood – ProQuest LLC, 2021
An ethic of care is central to the role of teaching and educational outcomes. Many Kindergarten-College institutions have "developing caring students or teachers" as a primary goal in their mission or vision statements. However, teachers need to know how to care. The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to examine the behaviors that…
Descriptors: Caring, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
When It Matters Most: A Trauma-Informed, Outdoor Learning Programme to Support Children's Wellbeing during COVID-19 and Beyond
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Mulholland, Michaela; O'Toole, Catriona – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
This paper presents a unique school-based programme that harnesses the benefits of both trauma-informed practice (TIP) and outdoor environments to support children's social and emotional wellbeing throughout the pandemic and beyond. In the opening sections of the paper, we discuss the extant literature and conceptual underpinning of TIP and…
Descriptors: Trauma, Outdoor Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Focus on Management and Leadership in Language Centres: The Needs and Challenges of a Language Centre Director
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Rontu, Heidi; Tuomi, Ulla-Kristiina; Gekeler, Petra; Pérez Guillot, Cristina; Schaffner, Sabina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The organisational status and the main tasks of a university language centre are given different interpretations in different universities. Some language centres find themselves in a challenging situation where the centre's existence seems to be at stake, whereas others prosper and find positively encouraging opportunities for the future. All this…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Staff Development, Strategic Planning
Professional Listening Competence Promoting Well-Being at Work in the Legal Context
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Ala-Kortesmaa, Sanna; Isotalus, Pekka – International Journal of Listening, 2015
This qualitative cross-cultural study sought to contribute to the understanding of listening competence, dialogic listening, and the use of human agency in promoting well-being at work. The participant groups ("N" = 103) consisted of "n" = 76 U.S.-American and "n" = 27 Finnish attorneys. Results suggest that in order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Skills, Well Being, Legal Problems