In this program description, we examined the impact of East Carolina University's educator preparation program on beginning special educators' preparedness and confidence to meet professional standards and fulfill their job responsibilities using Q methodology. For this work, undergraduate interns who were enrolled in a rural-focused teacher…

In this study, it was observed that teacher candidates who study at Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University in the Faculty of Education Preschool Department responded to the statements written below with different rates. Faculty members reinforce the emphasis they place on the important parts of the subject they are focusing on, so that teacher candidates,…

The present study focuses on forty out-of-field teachers who have been teaching science for a few years in primary or lower-secondary schools and entered a two-year professional development programme to qualify as in-field teachers. Our purpose was to uncover their reasons for teaching science without appropriate qualifications, their motivations…

Student success is dependent on teacher quality; therefore, it is imperative that principals hire the teachers most likely to experience success as measured by the impact on student outcomes. This study investigated teacher hiring processes to determine the extent to which practices that are supported by selection science and teacher quality…

In all education system, the performance of teachers is one of the handfuls of factors determining school effectiveness and learning outcomes. This paper intended to understand the teaching competency of graduate level teacher trainees of Kerala. Main objectives of this study are to compare the teaching competency level of graduate level teacher…

Forsyth County, North Carolina has one of the lowest rates of upward economic mobility in the entire United States. Researchers find that one of strongest correlates of upward mobility is the quality of schools in the local system. Using 2018 and 2017 NC Public School Report Card (SRC) data for Forsyth County elementary schools, I find that the…

Charter schools and inter-district public school choice are a growing part of the public school system. Theoretically, competition for students might lead to competition for effective and diverse teaching faculties. This study assesses how competition from school choice relates to the distribution of teacher characteristics across school contexts,…

Supporting high quality teaching is pivotal in improving children's outcomes. Indeed, research tells us that high quality teaching can narrow the disadvantage gap. It is therefore hugely encouraging to see a host of new initiatives and reforms that recognise the importance of teacher quality such as the Early Career Framework and the new National…

This 2022 Education Sector Analysis (ESA) provides highlights from the following federal member states in Somalia: (1) Banadir Regional Administration; (2) Galmudug state; (3) Hirshabelle state; (4) Jubbaland state; and (5) South West state. Highlights for each state include: (1) Enrollment, coverage, and internal efficiency; (2) Education…

Empirical evidence shows that disadvantaged students tend to have less-qualified and less-effective teachers than their more-advantaged peers. These teacher quality gaps (TQGs), which have existed for decades and across many measures of student disadvantage and teacher quality, are an important factor explaining student achievement gaps between…

The Republic of Turkey's Ministry of National Education has long been working on the general professional and field specific competencies for teachers in Turkey in collaboration with universities. As a result of these efforts, the "General Competencies for Teaching Profession" was prepared in 2006. Later in 2008, the field specific…

The purpose of this study is to find out the role of teacher traits within the context of general qualifications of the teaching profession. The participants of this study, which was designed as a qualitative case study, consist of parents, teachers and administrators selected by the sampling technique. In the study, observation, interview, and…

Adult Education (AE) in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is undergoing changes in the twenty first century in response to legislation passed, namely the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA), beginning in 2014. Conceptualized instruction that targets job interests, a goal of employment or enrollment into a postsecondary…

According to the National Assessment Program in Education (NAPE) report (2015), pupils' proficiency (achievement) level in mathematics (numeracy) is low at primary six. Also teachers are essential to pupils' achievement in mathematics; their characteristics such as commitment, qualification, teaching abilities are significant to pupils' levels of…

Unequal access to qualified teachers for children of different socioeconomic status--also known as inequitable teacher sorting--has been increasingly put forth as one potential factor contributing to the socioeconomic achievement gap. Despite this, few studies have investigated cross-national differences in teacher sorting, and none have examined…