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Laura G. Ross; Jill O. Lane – Journal of Faculty Development, 2023
This study measures the perceptions of departmental culture from both the adjunct faculty and departmental administrator perspectives. The preparation for this study included the development of a validated survey designed to collect mirrored perception data from both groups. Multiple factors in higher education have led to an overreliance on…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Robert Bergeron – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study is an analysis of the five factors identified through the research literature on job satisfaction and special education teachers to identify which factor was the strongest predictor of job satisfaction. The factors identified as predictor variables and examined in this study include: Relationships with Administration, Relationships with…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Special Education Teachers, Prediction
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Xiaolei Qin – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
The evolving nature of intercultural education necessitates a shift from static to reflective pedagogies among teachers. This case study investigates the efficacy of a collaborative lesson study (LS) approach in enhancing Chinese university instructors' proficiency in participatory, non-essentialist intercultural teaching. Six English as a Foreign…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Intercultural Communication, Theory Practice Relationship, English (Second Language)
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Stacey, Meghan; Wilson, Rachel; McGrath-Champ, Susan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2022
The work of teachers is often understood primarily in relation to student learning rather than as a form of labour for the worker in question. While such a focus is understandable, it can fail to recognize the relationship between conditions of work and the character or nature of that work. In this article, we engage with the issue of teachers'…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Teaching Conditions, Work Environment, Teacher Attitudes
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Griffith, Andrew S.; Altinay, Zeynep – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2020
Faculty are often evaluated on perceptions of their teaching effectiveness, their service activities, and their research productivity. To meet their institutional standards in each area, the faculty must properly allocate and manage their time. Administrators and department chairs have the means to facilitate or hinder faculty research…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Evaluation Methods, Faculty Workload, Teacher Effectiveness
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Al Serhan, Omar; Houjeir, Roudaina – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
In this paper, we investigate the factors that affect burnout of faculty, which we refer to as "academic fatigue", in the context of the business professors in the highly competitive and globalized market of the United Arab Emirates, which, unlike the United States, does not offer tenure to professors. It is the first paper to addresses…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Burnout, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals)
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Morling, Beth; Lee, Jeong Min – Teaching of Psychology, 2020
What do university students understand about faculty work? Undergraduate (mostly first-year) students (N = 317) at a research university gave definitions of tenure, estimated how much time faculty spend teaching, and rated fictional faculty members. Most students could define tenure but could not describe how it is earned or its role in academic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Academic Freedom, Social Status, Faculty Workload
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Tarraya, Hilger Ojos – Online Submission, 2023
Teachers' workloads are common subjects of study. However, despite the pieces of literature and the endless calls for action, this remains among the prevailing issues in education. Hence, this paper aims to explore the policies further by gathering and analyzing the implications of workload policy and working hours of public school teachers, in…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Faculty Workload, Educational Policy, Public School Teachers
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Liu, Junshuan – English Language Teaching, 2021
This article reports on a case study that explores the views of four EFL program administrators of a university located in central China about the hiring and workplace situations of foreign English teachers. It was found that the administrators as a whole buy into the conventional pro-nativeness ideology with regard to hiring foreign English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Selection, Language Teachers
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Morling, Beth; Lee, Jeong Min – Teaching of Psychology, 2020
Full-time teaching-focused faculty at research universities may hold alternative titles such as Assistant Teaching Professor, Instructor, or Lecturer. We manipulated the title of a fictitious faculty target to investigate how such titles are perceived. Student and lay respondents (N = 317) respected and liked all targets, and their ratings did not…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional)
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Jutras, Mickey; Wallin, Dawn; Newton, Paul; Adilman, Jordan – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2020
This case examines a rural teaching principal in a small K-12 school in a prairie province. The case examines the work intensification of Mrs. Hayes, whose school has been affected by reductions in student enrolment, staffing, and administrative time. Overwhelmed by myriad responsibilities, the principal feels inadequate as both a teacher and a…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Case Studies, Principals, Elementary Secondary Education
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Von Bergen, C. W.; Bressler, Martin S. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2017
Tenure, promotion, significant salary increases, let alone stature and recognition in one's field, are often dependent on the quantity and quality of research articles faculty members produce. In addition, research grants, text and professional publications may be dependent upon intellectual contributions and often equated with research published…
Descriptors: Ethics, Tenure, Faculty Promotion, Salaries
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Tarrayo, Veronico N.; Hernandez, Philippe Jose S.; Claustro, Judith Ma. Angelica S. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Given the paucity of studies regarding research practices of teachers, particularly English language teaching (ELT) practitioners in the ASEAN region and in the Philippines, this study explores the research practices of English language teachers in the Philippines. Using purposive-convenience sampling, a total of 49 teachers of English from a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Dengate, Jennifer; Peter, Tracey; Farenhorst, Annemieke – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2019
A mixed methods analysis of Canadian natural sciences and engineering faculty's workplace experiences revealed a gendered care gap with women reporting greater responsibility for students' personal and mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and behaviour, and sexual assault. Statistical results demonstrated that women were approached…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Natural Sciences, Engineering Education, Mental Health
Yordy, Kelly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the effects of career related stress on higher education faculty members' achievement of a healthy balance between their personal lives and professional lives. Data from the 2013-2014 HERI Faculty Survey were analyzed to determine if any of the eight independent variables--lack of personal…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Family Work Relationship, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
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