There has been a large variety of curricular resources utilized by School Based Agriculture Education Teachers. These resources vary in many ways, including structure, organization, depth of knowledge, and flexibility. The purpose of this study was to explore the Pedagogical Design Capacity of Utah SBAE teachers' through a close examination of the…

Due to socio-political issues in Dutch society, citizenship education (CE) became obligatory by law in the Netherlands in 2006. Schools were to decide on their local CE curriculum. This contribution intends to open up the black box of school-based curriculum-making efforts for CE. It reports on a four-year study in four schools for secondary…

The literature on the uses of gamification in education is increasingly popularizing the implementation of game elements in nongame environments, but the scholarship tends to remain theoretical and lacks a focus on practical application for educators seeking to utilize gamified methods. This article focuses on the design and implementation of…

Although the importance of critical thinking skills for students when they enter university is widely endorsed, previous research has shown that incoming students show great variation in levels of critical thinking skills. The pre-university track of secondary education plays a major role in preparing students to think critically at university.…

In a time of strong focus on school development, teachers' work is increasingly linked to a variety of actors, organisations and stakeholders with different agendas and suggestions for school improvements. This paper explores the different actor constellations that teachers engage with in collaborative knowledge work and the opportunities and…

Successful teaching depends on many factors, including the application of effective instructional strategies. However, teacher perception of instructional strategy application in the classroom is of paramount importance. Empirical research conducted by Marzano and others showed that there are instructional strategies that improve teaching…

The current study investigated the relationship among mental health literacy training, mental health knowledge and attitudes toward mental health, teacher-student growth-fostering relationships, and workplace meaning and purpose (spirituality at work) in secondary teachers. Three subscales for mental health knowledge and attitudes toward mental…

The role of the teacher has become increasingly crucial in the effective implementation of personalized learning with technology. Teachers are the program facilitators in the classroom. However, research is limited in regard to understanding teachers' lived experiences as they relate to technology integration practices and the particular use of…

This quantitative study examined the retention of new hires at a Midwestern, K-12, public school district using the scores of an application screening assessment as a predictor. New teacher hires' overall performance results on a screening assessment were compared to the retention of those hires after 1 year of employment. In addition to the…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore teacher's perceptions of teacher morale in secondary schools in a Mississippi Gulf Coast school district. The study focused on understanding how teachers viewed their morale within their respective schools. The research questions used to reveal how teachers perceived their morale were: RQ1. What…

This is a companion-piece to my account (published in "FORUM" 62/3) of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected teachers in Norfolk schools. I give a brief overview of the past academic year, then draw on interviews with 21 secondary teachers to highlight certain general themes, before considering particular characteristics of each of the past…

Teaching outside their subject specialisation put secondary science teachers to lots of challenges and difficulties. Obviously, teachers have a pivotal role in the teaching-learning process. Hence, giving space to their voice in the educational process is of paramount importance. The present investigation aimed to seek secondary science teachers'…

This study aim to examine the relationship of Perceived Organizational Support (POS) and Work Engagement (WE) of secondary school teachers. The population was secondary school teachers of 9th and 10th grades in public schools of Punjab. The multi-stage sampling method was used to draw the sample form population. Sample was comprised 935 teachers…

The present study examined reciprocal influences between student-teacher relationship quality and students' externalizing and internalizing behaviors in secondary education. Our sample included 1,219 secondary school students (49.1% boys; M[subscript age] = 13.53, SD = 1.77) from seventh, eighth, tenth, and eleventh grade. Students reported about…

Silence infuses all aspects of our daily communications: what we say and what remains unspoken; those to whom we speak, and those we ignore; those we trust and respect, and those we do not. In the school environment, interactions between students and teachers lie at the heart of pedagogy. This relationship is also marked by its silences, and the…