The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of using instructional technology in the English language arts classroom. The study focused on kindergarten to eighth- grade general education settings. Teachers' perceptions of innovation, or new practice, impact the implementation of that practice. The study's goal is to better…

A literature review indicated no studies on the constructs of school organizational climate, teacher demographics, and organizational citizenship behavior in St. Lucia. This study investigated the possible nature of school organizational climate dimensions and demographics on teachers' organizational citizenship behavior in St. Lucia. To achieve…

As a result of the nature and outcomes of classroom education, questions concerning what constitutes successful teaching persist. This study intends to characterize, from the perspective of primary school teacher candidates, the practices of primary school teachers in terms of effective instruction in inclusive classrooms. Observations of…

This research presents the outputs of problem-solving based STEM education activities applied in an undergraduate mathematics course. An experimental study using a randomized pretest-posttest control group design was carried out to examine the development of elementary pre-service teachers in the fields of mathematics achievement, belief about…

The aim of this research is to determine the writing periods, writing types and writing purposes of pre-service primary school teachers. This research was conducted with the phenomenology method. In the determination of the participants, convenience sampling method and criterion sampling method were used. The participants of the research consisted…

Teacher attrition, a startling problem worldwide, can be counteracted with comprehensive mentoring and induction. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe a division-wide, job-embedded mentoring/induction program in three US elementary schools that determined key features/components influencing experience during a crisis.…

This article reports the results of a six-year longitudinal interpretative case study on the development of five elementary teachers' beliefs and practices related to historical inquiry. Using activity theory as the lens, the researcher found: (1) the teachers' conceptual tools remained relatively consistent over time, and they believed inquiry…

This paper investigates the early working careers of graduates from teacher education using Norwegian register data. The longitudinal data follows the individuals up to 12 years after graduation. The analysis is on net attrition since mobility both out of and into teacher positions is taken into account. The findings reveal a gradual net attrition…

Our past experiences in science teacher education inferred that using scientific practices in science teaching courses and supporting pre-service teachers' efforts to integrate these into their teaching allow them to gain confidence in analysing and interpreting empirical data. However, those efforts sometimes do not provide sufficient help for…

Coping with problem behaviour depends on teachers' perspectives of classroom management strategies, which can be regarded as discipline models teachers implement in the class. How teachers avoid problem behaviours or their strategies and techniques to deal with them may reveal teachers' understanding of discipline. To understand prospective…

Empirical research advocates that the instructional leadership behaviors of school principals affect teachers' collaboration, professional motivation and commitment. This study, conducted in Istanbul province of Turkey, focused on the mediating role of collective teacher efficacy with regard to the relationship between school principals'…

In this article, we examine the underexplored link between teacher sense-making and professional development on paired literacy approaches. Grounded in a year-long qualitative study in a Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) program in Massachusetts, we recount the experiences of dual language teachers learning about and implementing a…

Teachers' attitudes towards students with disabilities have a crucial role in the effective implementation of the school inclusion process. This study examined the relationship of relevant teachers' personal variables (gender, age, length of professional experience, and the grade of the school in which they teach), characteristics of the students…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate primary school teachers' views on value transfer in virtual museums. In the research, the phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research methods, was chosen as the research method. The study group of the research consisted of 20 teachers who taught in various primary schools in Almaty, Kazakhstan,…

Purpose: The present qualitative paper examined the changes in students' motivation before and after lesson study for learning community implementation at a primary school in Singapore. Design/methodology/approach: Student focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with six students from each of the classes involved in the research lessons.…