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Charles, Maria; Marsh, Alison; Milne, Anne; Morris, Ceril; Scott, Emma; Shamsan, Yarim – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
The Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS) has been carried out every four to six years since 1965. The 2007 survey was carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The aim of this survey was to create a picture of the secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Curriculum
Wolman, Paul, Ed. – National Education Association Research Department, 2010
A continuing need for comprehensive and timely information about the public school teachers of the United States led the National Education Association (NEA) Research Division in 1956 to develop the first of a series of surveys and subsequent reports covering various aspects of teachers' professional, family, and civic lives. The NEA has conducted…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation, Public School Teachers
Dickie, Allan – Music Educ J, 1969
Condensed from "The Educational Forum, Volume 33 (November 1968), 27-29.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty, Faculty Promotion, Research
Selden, David – 1969
"Teacher evaluation," a perennial educational red herring, is not a valid means of significantly improving educational quality. Raising the level of teaching performance nationwide will first require (1) a doubling of labor costs to establish a manageable maximum class size and to reduce teaching hours so that teachers have the time and energy to…
Descriptors: Standards, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Selection
Cornish, D. J. – 1972
There were 2 major objectives to be achieved in this paper on faculty workload: (1) to provide some overview of actual workload conditions in 2-year colleges in selected areas of North America with specific focus on Alberta, Canada; and (2) to devise a system for analyzing the implementation of faculty load levels through legislation, policy, or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Professors, Teacher Welfare
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NCTE Committee – Language Arts, 1977
A statement officially adopted in February 1977 by the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of English. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Language Arts, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Load
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Chissom, Brad – Journal of Educational Research, 1987
Investigation of the work behavior of elementary school teachers indicated that the teachers spent more that 40 hours a week at school and an additional two hours per day at home on school work. Elementary school teachers had less private time than high school teachers and spent more time on direct instruction. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Load, Working Hours
Gray, Roy R. – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: College Environment, Males, Physical Education, Statistical Studies
Sheets, Norman L. – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Class Size, College Environment, Guidelines, Physical Education
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Redhammer, Paul R. – Clearing House, 1979
The author advises new interns that their success as teachers will depend critically on their ability to manage time--to handle lessons, administrative tasks, counseling, and social activity all within the framework of a 50- to 60-minute class period. (SJL)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Success, Teacher Interns, Teacher Morale
Stoddard, Christiana; Kuhn, Peter – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2006
Beyond some contracted minimum, salaried workers' hours are largely chosen at the worker's discretion and should respond to the strength of contract incentives. Accordingly, we consider the response of teacher hours to accountability and school choice laws introduced in U.S. public schools over the past two decades. Total weekly hours of full-time…
Descriptors: School Choice, Public Schools, Accountability, Educational Change
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Lindqvist, Per; Nordanger, Ulla Karin – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
This article addresses teachers' use of their professional time. With the support of substantive grounded theories from two separate studies--focusing on two "invisible" parts of teachers' work: recesses and off-the-clock work--we aim to conceptualize some patterns in contemporary work of teachers and discuss them in the light of…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Working Hours, Grounded Theory, Teaching Conditions
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Engleberg, Isa N.; Emanuel, Richard C.; Van Horn, Tasha; Bodary, David L. – Communication Education, 2008
A comprehensive research project conducted by the Community College Section of the National Communication Association (NCA) investigated the status of communication education in U.S. community colleges. Contacts from 290 public community colleges in the U.S. responded to a survey targeting five areas of inquiry: (a) institutional, (b)…
Descriptors: Class Size, Community Colleges, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching Load
Shirts, Morris A. – Educ, 1969
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Teaching Load, Teaching Methods
Monson, Charles H., Jr. – Educ Rec, 1969
Descriptors: Attitudes, Faculty, Higher Education, Teaching Assistants
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