Teacher quality largely determines student outcomes and many argue for high quality teacher training and professional development (PD). Much PD has been heavily critiqued and what constitutes effective provision for teachers remains contested. Disenfranchisement of teachers, through neglect of prior expertise and failure to acknowledge teachers'…

This paper aims to raise awareness of the importance of attributional beliefs in relation to the educational outcomes of students with learning disabilities (LD) in China. The study examined the attributional beliefs of 103 elementary and secondary school teachers towards students with LD, in comparison to students without LD. The findings show…

The purpose of this paper was to identify the characteristics of well administered secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria and determine the teachers' evaluation. Significantly, stakeholders' attention would be drawn to vital indices for supports and goals achievement. Four research questions, two hypotheses, related literature review, document…

The aim of this research was to study the effect of organizational culture on job satisfaction among teachers using a structural equation modeling approach. Hofstede's (1980) dimensions of culture (masculinity/femininity, uncertainty avoidance, collectivism/individualism, and power distance) were used to inform the theoretical framework. For this…

This case study addressed the problem of implementing response to intervention (RTI) in general secondary education. To investigate this problem, one north Texas school's RTI implementation was examined using the theoretical framework of the concerns-based adoption model (CBAM) and defining RTI as the innovation. RTI-related practices were studied…

A dissertation study looking at preservice teachers' alternative conceptions in earth science was completed by one of the authors. The data used for this study from the dissertation were a series of eleven interviews. (Purpose) The authors of this manuscript wanted to provide more in-depth analysis of these interviews, specifically to provide a…

The purpose of this study was to identify and explore the factors that supported or inhibited same-subject teacher-teams as they collaborated to develop common learning targets and common formative assessments, in year one of their high school's professional learning community. This qualitative study examined the experiences of teachers as…

Teacher efficacy studies in agricultural education have primarily focused on documenting the perceived teaching efficacy of agriculture teachers. A limited number of studies have focused upon the factors that may help shape those efficacy beliefs. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that may contribute to…

This report is an analysis of the Teacher and Student Advancement (TAP) System on student achievement and teacher engagement in Louisiana between 2010-11 and 2011-12. It analyzed: (1) student achievement data; (2) web-survey self-report questionnaire data for each TAP role; and (3) on-site interview and observation data; and data from (d)…

A teacher and his mentor reflect on learning and teaching in secondary education and the enduring influence of an effective mentoring relationship.

The purpose of this case study was to explore the community of one purposely selected department of secondary social studies teachers. I aimed to provide insight into the nature of one community of congruence amid the many constraints and systemic pressures in school systems today. Many have suggested that education is a microcosm of larger…

This paper focuses on three junior high school mathematics teachers and their knowledge of the nature of definitions. The mathematical context of exponentiation is used as a springboard for discussing two aspects of definitions: their corresponding domains and the distinction and relationships between definitions, proofs, and theorems. Through…

This study examined the use of "Pixton" for enhancing grammar and vocabulary teaching in a public high school in the South region of Ecuador. In this intervention, 163 junior high school learners and 14 pre-service English teachers participated during a period of 4 months. The data for this study was obtained by gathering information…

Orchestration load is the effort a teacher spends in coordinating multiple activities and learning processes. It has been proposed as a construct to evaluate the usability of learning technologies at the classroom level, in the same way that cognitive load is used as a measure of usability at the individual level. However, so far this notion has…

Background: Education Standards highlight the importance of conceptual knowledge. Instructional tasks play a key role in biology instruction and offer learning opportunities for students. Tasks contain of a content and a demands part. Therefore, complexity and cognitive level are adequate variables to describe tasks and are assumed effective for…