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Aljaad, Nawal Hamad Mohmad – Education, 2017
This research aims at finding out the educational usages of "Whatsapp" by the Saudi female students who are involved in the College of Education at King Saud University. To achieve the goal of this study, the researcher uses a simple sample of (122) female students from the Education College of King Saud University, which is chosen…
Descriptors: Females, Social Media, Electronic Publishing, Curriculum Development
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Uslu, Salih – Education, 2015
The aim of this study is to examine opinions of teacher candidates who take an education at the department of social studies as a freshman about the expectations on social studies teaching department and the reasons why they prefer this department. This study also examines opinions of teacher candidates about the objectives of social studies…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Social Studies, College Freshmen
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Yaylaci, Ali Faruk – Education, 2016
This study intends to explore the perspectives of school administrators, teachers, and parents on the rights and responsibilities of teachers and parents in terms of organizational citizenship. The study was designed as a qualitative research. The study group consisted of 95 participants in total (20 school administrators, 20 teachers, 15 parents,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teacher Rights, Teacher Responsibility, Parent Rights
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Osagie, Roseline O.; Orheruata, Matilda U. – Education, 2013
This paper presents the findings of a study on funding of the library at the University of Benin in relation to the recurrent budget implementation during the 1992/93 to 1996/97 academic sessions. The findings indicated that the library depended on the central administrations's allocation for its funding. It also showed that the University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, College Libraries, Financial Support
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Gulcan, Murat Gurkan – Education, 2012
The issue of leadership competencies has been the subject of scientific research since 1980s. Through this study, it is determined whether instructional competencies of school principals vary depending on the type of school they work at and their field. Data obtained as a result of this study were associated with the effect of the field and type…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Principals, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Qualifications
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Battle, Ann A.; Looney, Lisa – Education, 2014
Researchers examining teacher retention often focus on reasons why teachers exit the profession. In this study we argue for the inclusion of a psychological theoretical framework for understanding teacher retention. To this end, we used Eccles' et al., (1983) expectancy-value theory to explore 46 in-service teachers' valuing of teaching and…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Theories, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Khosrovani, Massomeh; Desai, Mayur S. – Education, 2016
The advent of mobile phone technologies and the emergence of new social media websites created a new platform for social interactions. This new phenomenon has positive features that allow individuals to interact socially and to conduct business. The use of social media also allows its users to share or exchange valuable knowledge and information,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, African American Students
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Helvaci, M. Akif – Education, 2009
The aim of this study is to evaluate the changes in the curriculum of 1-5 grades in Elementary Schools and the efficiency of school administrator in managing change in the change process. The questionnaire was applied to the school administrators for the elementary schools of Usak province of Turkiye. The questionnaire comprises 3 open-ended…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Questionnaires, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Esposito, James P.; Comfort, Ronald – Education, 1973
The authors report that "experts" in the field of educational supervision have identified curriculum development as the most efficacious task which practitioners should perform to foster positive instructional change. (Editor)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Instructional Improvement
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Rosenstein, Irving – Education, 1974
This article is an abridgement of the author's dissertation research, which investigated the circumstances under which organizations and agencies in an urban community will make resources available for use in public schools. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Data Collection, Program Development, Questionnaires
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Williems, Arnold; Willems, Kenneth D. – Education, 1973
Article focused on the core of duties teacher aides could perform and discussed recommendations for cooperation between teachers and their aides. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Differentiated Staffs, Educational Research, Elementary Schools, Guidelines
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Aduwa-Ogiegbaen, Sam E. O. – Education, 2006
The purpose of the study was to investigate the adequacy of educational services available for the implementation of the ideals of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Southern Nigeria. Using the multistage sampling technique, 800 primary school teachers were selected from the three geo political zones in Southern Nigeria as participants in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, Compulsory Education