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Ilgaz, Gokhan; Vural, Levent; Eskici, Menekse – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
This study aims to examine to what extent the field of competence regarding curriculum knowledge is concordant with the other sub-competency fields of teaching. These fields are field knowledge, pedagogic competence in field teaching, use of information and communication technologies in teaching, student behaviours and class management,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competencies
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Torres, Ana Cristina; Lopes, Amélia; Valente, Jorge M. S.; Mouraz, Ana – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Peer Observation of Teaching has raised a lot of interest as a device for quality enhancement of teaching. While much research has focused on its models, implementation schemes and feedback to the observed, little attention has been paid to what the observer actually sees and can learn from the observation. A multidisciplinary peer observation of…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Observation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
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Cavioni, Valeria; Grazzani, Ilaria; Ornaghi, Veronica; Agliati, Alessia; Gandellini, Sabina; Cefai, Carmel; Camilleri, Liberato; Bartolo, Paul; Tatalovic Vorkapic, Sanja; Golob, Lana; Poulou, Maria; Martinsone, Baiba; Supe, Inga; Simões, Celeste; Lebre, Paula; Colomeischi, Adina; Rusu, Petruta; Acostoaie, Lidia; Vintur, Tatiana; Conte, Elisabetta – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2023
In the last two years, a growing number of studies have focused on the promotion of students' mental health to address the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, less studies have been conducted on sustaining teachers' mental health which has been affected by the sudden changes in online teaching and the difficulties in keeping and…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Promotion, Teacher Student Relationship, Stress Variables
Crosier, David; Birch, Peter; Davydovskaia, Olga; Kocanova, Daniela; Parveva, Teodora – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
This report aims to provide insight into the realities faced by higher education academic staff at a time of fast-moving change and increasing societal demand. Fluctuating student numbers, new funding and steering mechanisms are among the features of today's European higher education landscape, but not enough is known about how academic staff are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Flores, Maria Assunção; Derrington, Mary Lynne – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
Teacher evaluation accountability policies are emerging worldwide. This study examines principals' perceptions of teacher evaluation in terms of commonalities and differences arising from two research projects conducted in Portugal and in the US. Perceptions of school principals in regard to a new policy on teacher evaluation as well as its…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation
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Flores, Maria Assunção – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
This paper reports on findings from a broader piece of research aimed at investigating the ways in which head teachers experience a new teacher evaluation policy in Portugal, particularly in regard to the challenges and perceived effects of the policy on school and on teacher development. Data were collected through a questionnaire with open and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Improvement, Personnel Policy
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Tinoca, Luis; Oliveira, Isolina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
This case study looked at how an assessment strategy designed for an online learning environment can support teachers' professional development. More specifically, we intended to evaluate how a particular online assessment design can help the participating in-service teachers to recognize the added value of formative assessment, and promote their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Teacher Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Avvisati, Francesco; Cherian, Michelle; Encinas-Martin, Marta; Fraser, Pablo; Perez, Eva – OECD Publishing, 2018
This report uses the most recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data, primarily from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 and Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American, countries where Spanish or Portuguese are the predominant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics
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Flores, Maria Assuncao – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2012
This paper draws upon a broader piece of research aimed at investigating the implementation process of a recent policy on teacher appraisal in Portugal. Two case studies were carried out and a combination of methods for data collection was used. Findings suggest that teachers' perceptions are marked by uncertainty and scepticism. Amongst the most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
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Morgado, Jose Carlos; Sousa, Francisco – Journal of Education Policy, 2010
For the past two years, teacher evaluation has been the most visible aspect of educational policy in Portugal. The model that was established in 2008 has prompted not only strong reactions among teachers but also many passionate discussions in the context of the Portuguese society at large. In this article, we discuss issues of teacher evaluation…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Educational Policy
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Silva, Ana Maria; Herdeiro, Rosalinda – Teaching Education, 2014
This article presents work from an ongoing investigation, where the objective is to understand the impact of recent Portuguese legislation--the Teaching Career Statute and its respective Evaluation of Teacher Performance regulations--on the (re)construction of teacher identity, the teaching career and professional development. From an analysis of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Legislation, Policy Analysis
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions
Isore, Marlene – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
This paper discusses the most relevant issues concerning teacher evaluation in primary and secondary education by reviewing the recent literature and analysing current practices within the OECD countries. First, it provides a conceptual framework highlighting key features of teacher evaluation schemes. In particular, it emphasises the importance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Galvao, Cecilia; Reis, Pedro; Freire, Sofia; Almeida, Paulo – Research in Science Education, 2011
PARSEL Project emerged from the urgent need to overcome the problem of lack of scientific literacy in the population, which should be a priority in a society where science occupies a central place. Indeed, nowadays for any citizen to participate in a responsible and informed way in society he has to be scientifically acknowledgeable. Nevertheless,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Peer Acceptance, Professional Development
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Flores, Maria Assuncao; Ferreira, Fernando Ilidio – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
In this article, policy and research on teacher induction in Portugal are examined. The lack of a formal induction system (despite recognition of its relevance in legal policy documents) and the mismatch between national regulations and practice are also discussed. The authors argue the need for a coherent and sustained induction and support…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Mentors, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teacher Induction
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