Drawing data (N = 625) from the 2004 Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning Version 4 database, this article explores how New Zealand Years 11-12 secondary students perceived the importance of learning to read and write in English and how those perceptions related to their reading attitudes and performance. More positive student perceptions of…

Mathematics and science are both essential to the field of agriculture; however, while science curriculum is currently integrated in many secondary school-based agricultural education classrooms nationwide, mathematics integration remains limited. The opportunity for students to engage in real world applications of mathematical content through…

The intent of the study was to explore the various decision-making styles practiced by the heads of secondary schools in Punjab and to examine the effects of gender on decision-making styles prevailing amongst the secondary school head teachers in the districts of Sahiwal division, viz. Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan. A survey based on the opinions…

This study examined prospective secondary mathematics teachers' professional noticing of students' reasoning about mean and variability as described in a current statistics curriculum in the USA. Six prospective mathematics teachers were asked to analyse students' written solutions to statistics problems, constructed at the two levels described in…

In this article, the author describes a task given to pre-service secondary school mathematics teachers. By exposing them to a relatively simple mathematics process, it was hoped that their ability to plan and implement lessons for their own students would be enhanced.

This study sought to understand the professional development needs articulated by secondary agricultural education teachers across three career stages. To accomplish this, we collected data from secondary agricultural educators (N = 66) in Louisiana. Then, we performed a cross-case analysis to compare and contrast themes and axial codes. Through…

Teachers play an important role in facilitating a student's return to school after a concussion. Currently, there is limited evidence on teachers' experiences and their role in managing concussions in the classroom. This study investigated teachers' perceived knowledge and confidence regarding concussion recognition and management. A…

The aim of the study was to determine the arithmetic and algebraic problem-solving approaches of prospective mathematics teachers in the Department of Elementary Mathematics Education, and mathematics teachers in secondary schools. The study adopted mixed methods research design using exploratory sequential pattern. The participants of the study…

This study employed a descriptive-correlational research design to investigate the relationships of perceived leadership styles and emotional intelligence on attitude toward organizational change in Malaysian secondary school context. The study involved a total of 360 teachers chosen randomly from five secondary schools in Selangor. The study was…

This qualitative study examines semi-structured interviews with four Norwegian teachers to explore how they teach biblical texts in upper secondary religious education (RE). The theoretical framework combines one model from biblical hermeneutics with one from RE. The former differentiates between the worlds behind, in, and in front of the biblical…

Singing and dancing for diversity examines a series of professional development workshops ostensibly centred on racial equity designed for secondary school teachers. Using the concept of neoliberal multiculturalism to critique the implementation of the workshops, this article illustrates how superficial multicultural curriculum distorts…

Over the past few decades a growing awareness has developed in the science education community about the educational power of the history of science. Yet, the historical approach is not implemented in many ministries of education policies. In order to investigate what factors contribute to this, we have conducted a survey of attitudes toward the…

The Documentational Approach To Didactics (DAD) aims to study teachers' professional development through their interactions with their resources for/from teaching. It has been introduced in the French community of didactics of mathematics in 2007, then extended at an international level. It has been introduced as an entry in the Encyclopedia of…

Scottish teachers interested in working with film frequently find themselves faced with a significant challenge in acquiring the confidence and experience to work with this medium in the classroom. Film education does not yet form any significant part of Scottish teacher training programmes and, as such, incorporating film in a medium-specific…

This dissertation examined the relationship between 17 secondary school teachers' participation in professional development to learn to align targets and tasks with standards and their students' achievement. This study explored the extent to which secondary school teachers who attended professional learning communities aligned targets and tasks…