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Background Characteristics as Predictors of Greek Teachers' Self-Efficacy
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Gkolia, Aikaterini; Dimitrios, Belias A.; Koustelios, Athanasios – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between elementary and secondary teachers' background characteristics and constructs of self-efficacy, using the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale--TSES, during a difficult economic period for Greece and other European countries. Design/methodology/approach Equation modeling…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods
Development of an Instrument Measuring Student Teachers' Perceived Stressors about the Practicum
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Kokkinos, Constantinos M.; Stavropoulos, George; Davazoglou, Aggeliki – Teacher Development, 2016
The Stressors about Practicum Inventory, a self-report measure of perceived stressors about the practicum, was designed to provide those responsible for the training of primary school teachers with an informative, inexpensive and psychometrically sound tool. The present study describes the development and validation of the 94-item inventory in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Practicums, Stress Variables
The Capability Approach and Early Childhood Education Curricula: An Investigation into Teachers' Beliefs and Practices. Arbeit, Bildung & Gesellschaft/Labour, Education & Society. Volume 35
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Potsi, Autoanneta – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2016
This book explores the Capability Approach (CA) as an alternative critical lens through which to regard early childhood education (ECE) curricula. The CA framework is a counter narrative to the narrow instrumentalism that reduces education to a mere process of academic skills acquisition for a future workplace. Primarily the book draws on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Ability, Curriculum Design
Development of a Scale Measuring Trait Anxiety in Physical Education
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Barkoukis, Vassilis; Rodafinos, Angelos; Koidou, Eirini; Tsorbatzoudis, Haralambos – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2012
The aim of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of a multi-dimensional measure of trait anxiety specifically designed for the physical education lesson. The Physical Education Trait Anxiety Scale was initially completed by 774 high school students during regular school classes. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Validity
Fitting Multidimensional Amotivation into the Self-Determination Theory Nomological Network: Application in School Physical Education
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Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Katartzi, Ermioni S.; Kontou, Maria G. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2013
The present study investigated the nomological validity of the Amotivation Inventory-Physical Education (Shen, Wingert, Li, Sun, & Rukavina, 2010b) scores by examining the associations of ability, effort, value, and task characteristics amotivation beliefs with self-determination theory variables. Data were collected from 401 fifth- and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Validity, Motivation, Physical Education
Kolb's Learning Style Inventory-1985: Validity Issues and Relations with Metacognitive Knowledge about Problem-Solving Strategies
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Metallidou, Panayiota; Platsidou, Maria – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study aimed at investigating: (a) the psychometric properties of Kolb's LSI-1985 in a Greek sample of pre-service and in-service teachers (N=338), (b) group differences in their learning styles and (c) possible relations between the participants' learning styles and their metacognitive knowledge about the frequency of using various…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Modalities, Construct Validity, Validity