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The Differences in the Implications of Participative Decision-Making and Paternalistic Leadership for Teachers' Perceived Stress in the Education System of the Israeli Arab Minority
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Nassir, Misaa; Benoliel, Pascale – Journal of Educational Administration, 2023
Purpose: Studies have shown that teachers' perceptions and expectations of their working environment shape their perceived stress. The present study draws upon implicit leadership theory and builds on the job demands-control (JD-C) model to investigate whether there are differences in the implications of participative decision-making and…
Descriptors: Arabs, Participative Decision Making, Leadership Styles, Teacher Attitudes
Teaching Emotional Intelligence: An Academic Course for Hospital Teachers
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Meirav Hen – Continuity in Education, 2020
Hospital teachers work in a unique educational milieu that serves hospitalized children. In order to meet these children's educational needs, teachers are expected to display high emotional abilities that will allow them to be creative, flexible and innovative, and able to work in distressing situations. For this reason a 30-hour Emotional…
Descriptors: Hospitalized Children, Special Schools, Teaching Conditions, Emotional Intelligence
Mind the Conflict: Empathy When Coping with Conflicts in the Education Sphere
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Levi-Keren, Michal; Godeano-Barr, Shiri; Levinas, Shiri – Cogent Education, 2022
Recent studies show that conflict situations are a quite frequent reality in schools. These conflict occurrences can be attributed, among other things, to the lack of conflict resolution skills among school personnel. This paper presents a mixed methods study aimed to evaluate the effect of the "Mind the Conflict" intervention model on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Conflict
Professional Integration of Immigrant Teachers in the School System: A Literature Review
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Niyubahwe, Aline; Mukamurera, Joséphine; Jutras, France – McGill Journal of Education, 2013
This literature review article investigates the professional integration of teachers recently immigrated to Canada and other western countries. Its findings reveal a number of obstacles to the integration of immigrant teachers into the teaching profession. The review summarizes different initiatives facilitating or hampering immigrant teachers'…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Teacher Characteristics
Teachers' Portfolio Reflections: A Comparative Analysis.
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van der Westhuizen, Gert J.; Smith, Kari – Teacher Development, 2000
Researchers examined what South African and Israeli teachers reflected on in their portfolios when writing about professional growth. Teacher interviews and portfolio analyses indicated that what teachers included in their portfolios related to external factors (what was publicly rewarded and valued as good performance). Teachers viewed good…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials)
The Life Skills Training Program (LST): Outcomes and Processes in Teacher Training.
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Shechtman, Zipora; Levy, Merav; Egozi, Sarit; Leichtentritt, Judy – 2001
This study evaluated the impact of length of training in the Life Skills Training (LST) program on teachers' perception of the work climate and sense of self-efficacy, identifying process components affecting those outcomes. The LST program is a psychoeducational model of group intervention designed to improve the well-being of children and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries