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Mei, Bing; May, Lawrence; Heap, Rena; Ellis, Damon; Tickner, Sue; Thornley, Jacqui; Denton, Jamie; Durham, Richard – SAGE Open, 2021
Given the increasing demand for online learning at the tertiary level, there currently exists a need to modify or develop instructional design (ID) models/approaches that can effectively facilitate the collaboration between learning designers and teachers, as well as to research the effectiveness of these models/approaches. Against this backdrop,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Models, Cooperation
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Thien, Lei Mee – SAGE Open, 2019
Although the literature abounds with factors that contribute to organizational commitment and commitment to change, it is still unclear what factors influence teachers' affective commitment to change. This study attempts to examine the relationships between two perceived distributive leadership functions, namely, leadership team cooperation and…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Readiness, Teacher Attitudes, Participative Decision Making
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Hu, Jiangbo; Hao, Yijun; Yang, Ning – SAGE Open, 2021
This case study investigates two Chinese children's shared reading experiences in both home and preschool contexts. The parents and the educators were interviewed about their general attitudes and practices relating to shared reading for promoting the Chinese children's bilingual development. Detailed observations were undertaken to record the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Students, Student Experience, Reading Aloud to Others
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Munassir Alhamami – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper hypothesizes that higher proficiency in the medium of instruction (MI) is a precondition for effective instructional communication (IC), with the latter being essential for higher cognitive processes, positive affects, and better performance in the learning environment. The reported study used questionnaires comprising open-ended…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Kaplan, Carolyn Shemwell; Brownstein, Erica M.; Graham-Day, Kristall J. – SAGE Open, 2017
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Standards requires educator preparation programs (EPPs) to ensure instruments used to assess their candidates are both valid and reliable. Due to size and limited financial resources, this task may be challenging for some EPPs. In an effort to address CAEP's expectations, 26 EPPs in…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards, Teacher Education Programs
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Firstater, Esther; Sigad, Laura I.; Frankel, Tanya – SAGE Open, 2015
This study offers an in-depth examination of the experiences of early childhood educators, focusing on their work with Ethiopian immigrant children and their families. We aim to describe and analyze the teachers' insider views vis-à-vis the challenges faced by these children and their parents in the Israeli preschool system. Using narrative…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Coping, Immigrants