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Journal articles on the topic "Secondary school teachers‟ experiences"
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Shelemy, Lucas, Kate Harvey, and Polly Waite. "Secondary school teachers’ experiences of supporting mental health." Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice 14, no. 5 (2019): 372–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-10-2018-0056.
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Purpose Teachers are often the first contact for students with mental health difficulties. They are in an ideal position to identify students who are struggling and frequently support them using different approaches and techniques. The purpose of this paper is to investigate secondary school teachers’ experiences of supporting the mental health of their students. Design/methodology/approach Seven secondary school teachers from state-funded schools in the UK participated in face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to understand and structure the data into themes. Findings Five superordinate themes emerged from the data analysis: perceived role of teacher, nature of relationship, barriers to helping the child, amount of training and resource, and helplessness and satisfaction. Participants described the lack of training, resource and clarity about their role to be causes of frustration. Internal and environmental factors often influenced participants’ feelings of helplessness. Research limitations/implications The findings from this study cannot be readily generalised to the wider population due to the nature of qualitative interviews. Practical implications This study has led to a greater understanding of the experiences of teachers within a school setting. It is crucial that mental health training for teachers directly meets their needs and abilities. Originality/value This paper finds value in recognising the lived experience and difficulties faced by teachers supporting students’ mental health problems. A theoretical model is presented based on this analysis that can help inform best practice for schools.
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Odhiambo, George O. "Teacher appraisal: the experiences of Kenyan secondary school teachers." Journal of Educational Administration 43, no. 4 (2005): 402–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09578230510605441.
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Skinnari, Kristiina. "CLIL Challenges: Secondary School CLIL Teachers’ Voices and Experienced Agency in Three European Contexts." Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning 2, no. 2 (2020): 6–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.52598/jpll/2/2/2.
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This qualitative interview study focuses on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) teacher agency in three European contexts, Austria, Finland and Andalusia, Spain. The aim of the study is to understand how individual CLIL teachers experience their agency when encountering challenges in their work and to demonstrate the multifaceted quality of their agency. The study employs the Listening Guide method (Gilligan, 2015) to listen to the voices of three secondary school subject teachers from three diverse contexts. The analysis shows that CLIL challenges both empowered and disempowered the teachers depending on how meaningful they found their work and what their possibilities to act were in their specific contexts. Some of the teachers’ CLIL experiences were similar, for instance, struggling alone with lack of support. However, these challenges did not affect the teachers’ agency in a straightforward way. In spite of the seemingly comparable challenges, the teachers described their unique experiences and ways to cope with the demands of their work in different ways. For example, using two languages or making their own materials was for some invigorating and for others problematic. In addition, during the interviews individual teachers also reported about their experiences in various ways, explaining, elaborating and balancing their thoughts with varying expressions of agency. Particularly significant for the teachers’ experiences of agency appeared to be the beginning of their CLIL career, however, their initial experiences of agency did not endure. The study shows that CLIL teacher agency is multivoiced, dynamic and often vulnerable.
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Menon K.P, Seema, and Sobha K. "TEACHER EFFICACY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS." International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH 5, no. 6 (2017): 637–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v5.i6.2017.2096.
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The study aims to find out the teacher efficacy of secondary school teachers. The sample for the present study consisted of 350 secondary teachers of Kerala. In this study the investigators used a teacher Efficacy scale to measure the teacher efficacy of secondary school teachers. The study reveals that secondary school teachers possess an average level of teacher efficacy and also that there exist significant difference in the mean scores of teacher efficacy with respect to type of management and teaching experience, but no significant difference exist in the mean scores of teacher efficacy with respect to Gender and locale and Subject of specialization.
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Aldahmash, Abdulwali H., Saeed M. Alshmrani, and Abdo N. Almufti. "Secondary School Science Teachers’ Views about Their Reflective Practices." Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability 19, no. 1 (2017): 43–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2017-0003.
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AbstractThe importance of reflection in teaching and learning lies in encouraging one to view problems from different perspectives. Reflective practice can be useful in designing teacher education and sustainable professional development. Conscious reflection is an important element for helping teachers and learners in problem-solving and decision-making processes and fostering their critical-thinking abilities. The aim of the present research was to investigate teachers’ views about the nature of their experiences with reflective practices and reflective teaching. A survey consisted of three dimensions used to collect the data. It was distributed to 458 (237 male and 221 female) science teachers working at high schools in Saudi Arabia. The results have indicated that teacher practices of almost all reflective activities included in the three dimensions “the extent of practicing reflection”, “areas of practicing reflection”, and “ways of practicing reflection” are at “high” level from their point of view. The results have also shown that there are no significant differences in the teachers’ views about their practices of reflective activities related to their gender, or experiences in the teaching profession.
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Bourke, Maria, William Kinsella, and Paula Prendeville. "The Implementation of an Ethical Education Curriculum in Secondary Schools in Ireland." Education Sciences 10, no. 1 (2019): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci10010014.
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The paper investigates teachers’ and principals’ experiences of implementing a pilot of an ethical education (EE) curriculum to a senior cycle programme in Educate Together secondary schools in Ireland. The development of this curriculum was informed by the Integrative Ethical Education Model (Lapsley and Narvaez, 2004). Thirteen teachers and two school principals were interviewed about their experiences of this curriculum and its impact on school culture and organisation. An implementation science approach informed a thematic analysis of transcripts that interrogated the perspectives of participants, and revealed the systemic factors that included barriers to, and facilitators of, EE curriculum implementation. Interviews were analysed inductively, by exploring participants’ experiences, and deductively, using Narvaez’s framework of ethical skills. Results were presented within the domains of school setting, wider school setting, curriculum characteristics and teacher characteristics, reflecting an implementation science approach. Findings suggest that this curriculum nurtured a positive school climate where students identified as having a greater sense of school belonging as a result of access to this curriculum.
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Fox, Harriet B., Elizabeth D. Tuckwiller, Elisabeth L. Kutscher, and Heather L. Walter. "What Makes Teachers Well?" Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 9, no. 2 (2020): 233–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jise.v9i2.2170.
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Using a longitudinal convergent-mixed-methods approach, researchers explored how secondary special education teachers understand and experience well-being in their work as educators. Researchers were interested in how teachers’ reported levels of well-being, as well as interpretations of well-being, shifted over the course of the school year. Evidence from this study suggests that teachers’ subjective experiences matter, but the contexts in which they teach can shift their experiences, which may be connected to overall well-being. Simply reducing stressors and/or burnout will not necessarily result in improved well-being for teachers. School-wide efforts to improve relationships within the school building, providing space for teacher leadership, explicitly naming shared values, and recognizing the emotional calendar of the school year may facilitate teachers’ well-being.
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Dhakal, Keshav Raj. "Teaching Geography in Secondary School: Teachers Perceptions and Experiences." Geographic Base 6 (October 27, 2019): 32–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/tgb.v6i0.26165.
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Geography has the feature of being a science by examining the relationship of human and nature. Geography occupies very important role in school education. In secondary level education within Nepal there is a provision of selection of geography as an optional subject. This paper examines the perception and experiences about geography as an academic discipline from the teacher of secondary levels. Qualitative research method is used in this study and the semi structured interview method is applied. A semi structured interview guideline is applied for the participant in this study. Data are categorized into seven different groups and the analysis is carried out through the interpretations. The Research findings are discussed in relation to the theme and some recommendations have been given. This article provides useful information on the topic of perceptions and experiences of geography teachers on geography teaching in secondary school of Nepal.
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Çoklar, Ahmet Naci, and Işıl Kabakçı Yurdakul. "Technology Integration Experiences of Teachers." Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education 8, no. 1 (2017): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/dcse-2017-0002.
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AbstractTeachers are important providers of educational sustainability. Teachers’ ability to adapt themselves to rapidly developing technologies applicable to learning environments is connected with technology integration. The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers’ technology integration experiences in the course of learning and teaching processes. In doing so, qualitative research methods have been applied. The participants of the study were four teachers of different subject fields who work at a public secondary school in 2015–2016 school years and regard themselves as competent in technology integration. The study results indicated that the teachers took a teacher-centered stand in technology integration and the teachers’ most prominent reasons to start technology integration were the search for quality in education. Also the teachers, as IT school teachers, reported receiving support from close friends, the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), and online resources. The problems that the teachers faced in the processes of technology integration were mostly related to issues connected with the access to technology and technology proficiency.
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Lundström, Ulf, and Karolina Parding. "Teachers' Experiences with School Choice: Clashing Logics in the Swedish Education System." Education Research International 2011 (2011): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/869852.
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This paper explores the school choice reform in Sweden, a country where a drastic shift in education policy has taken place that includes fast expansion of market solutions and strong state support for competition. Although there are studies examining the school choice reform, few focus on the effects of this reform from a teacher perspective, especially so in the context of Sweden. To this end, this paper examines how Swedish upper secondary teachers in independent (private) and public schools experience their work in relation to school choice reform. This study uses qualitative interviews of 58 teachers from five municipal and three independent upper secondary schools. Its theoretical framework relies on Freidson's distinction between the logic of the profession, the bureaucracy, and the market. The findings indicate that the traditional position of teachers—a position that must negotiate the tension between the logic of the profession and the logic of the bureaucracy—is now in fact challenged by the logic of the market. This study argues that values linked to the logic of the market are imposed on the teachers, and these market values clash with the teachers' values, values based on the logic of the profession.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Secondary school teachers‟ experiences"
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Hannah, Julia Elizabeth. "Secondary school teachers’ experiences of learning support." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96970.
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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Secondary school teachers are faced daily with many challenges when supporting learners with diverse needs. These challenges can influence their ability to perform their role of supporting such learners in the classroom. Even though learning support in the secondary school is a complex multi-level phenomenon, teachers are expected to ensure that all the learners reach their full potential. The aim of this study was to explore and describe secondary school teachers’ experiences of supporting learners with diverse needs in challenging circumstances. Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model framed the research enquiry. Proximal processes and their related concepts were used as tools to explore and describe the teachers’ approach to learning support in a secondary school. Since this study was an exploration of a phenomenon qualitative research methods were applied. The research methods added rich information using various techniques. These included an activity in which the teachers reflected on their experiences, individual semi-structured interviews, a focus group interview, research questions and narrative discussions with participants. The data collected was analysed using the method of constant comparison. Findings from the analysed data revealed the teachers’ concerns and the challenges they faced in their classrooms while supporting their learners. Although they described these challenges and adverse circumstances as barriers, they nevertheless appeared as caring, confident professionals who had both the potential and the desire to advance their own development and to carry out effective learning support.
Against this background, the teachers’ own needs, whether emotional, social, cognitive or developmental, were vital to their ability to support effective learning in the classroom.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hoërskool onderwysers is daagliks betrokke by leerders met diverse behoeftes en die uitdagings wat daarmee gepaard gaan. Hierdie uitdagings het ʼn daadwerklike uitwerking op ʼn onderwyser se talle rolle tydens ondersteuning van leer by leerders. Alhoewel leerondersteuning in die hoërskool as kompleks, ongewoon en met verskeie fasette ervaar word, word daar van onderwysers verwag om alle leerders te ondersteun. Die doel met hierdie studie was om onderwysers se ervarings van leerondersteuning van die diverse leerbehoefte in uitdagende kontekse te ondersoek. Hierdie ervaring sluit in hoe ervare onderwysers in uitdagende omstandighede kinders ondersteun in die klaskamer. Bronfenbrenner se bio-ekologiese teorie verleen die raamwerk vir die studie. Gevolglik is verwante proksimale prosesse en konsepte gebruik sodat onderwysers se ervarings van leerondersteuning verstaan kan word. Aangesien hierdie studie ʼn verkennende ondersoek was, is kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetodes gebruik. Die navorsingsmetodes het verseker dat waardevolle inligting ingewin word deur die gebruik van tegnieke soos: ʼn refleksie-aktiwiteit, individuele onderhoude, ʼn fokusgroeponderhoud, ʼn oopvraelys en narratiewe bespreking van deelnemers. Die konstante vergelykende metode is gebruik om die data te ontleed. Bevindinge van die geanaliseerde data het die onderwysers se bekommernisse en uitdagings, rakende hul ervarings tydens ondersteuning, aan die lig gebring. Alhoewel die onderwysers hul uitdagings en moeilike omstandighede as hindernisse tydens ondersteuning van leer ervaar, gee hulle om, voel selfversekerd en tree professioneel op. Hulle toon die potensiaal en hunkering na eie ontwikkeling, ten einde effektiewe leerondersteuning te kan bied.
Dit is teen hierdie agtergrond duidelik dat onderwysers die belangrikste ondersteuners in die klaskamer is. Daarom is die onderwysers se emosionele, sosiale, kognitiewe en self-ontwikkeling van die uiterste belang vir leerders se effektiewe leerervarings.
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Butroyd, Robert. "The values and teaching experiences of secondary school teachers." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2003. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4605/.
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Kruger, Martha Margaretha. "Bullying in secondary schools : teachers' perspectives and experiences." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17929.
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Thesis (MEd(Psych) --Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bullying seems to be a pervasive problem in most secondary schools and teachers have
the daily task of dealing with it. Not only do teachers have to unravel the complex
dynamics of bullying, they also often have to navigate a school climate and culture that is
not conducive to addressing bullying. In South Africa, there are many unique contextual
factors which impact on teachers’ management of bullying, such as community violence
overflowing into the school, increased administrative load and limited support from
school management, parents and education authorities. Therefore, teachers’ abilities to
conceptualise bullying, recognise and respond to incidents of bullying, and their
knowledge of the nature and extent of bullying behaviour impact greatly on anti-bullying
strategies.
The theoretical framework which informed this study is the social context perspective
which drew on views from both social constructionism and the bio-ecological framework.
The social context perspective emphasises the interactions between individuals and the
systems as delineated in the bio-ecological model. Furthermore, this study did not aim to
reveal the “truth” about school bullying. The intention has rather been to provide a
comprehensive picture as was portrayed by the participants in this study. This picture
included the nature and extent of bullying in their secondary school, the teachers’
perspectives and experiences of bullying, and proposed prevention and intervention
strategies which they aim to implement at their school. In keeping with the constructionist
nature of the process of inquiry, a qualitative, interpretivist research approach was used.
Purposive sampling was used to identify potential participants who were then asked to
volunteer to be part of the study. Data was generated through semi-structured interviews
with individuals and focus groups. Furthermore, the constant comparative method was
used to analyse the data.
The research findings indicated that the teachers experience and perceive a wide variety
of bullying behaviours which take place at various sites, both within and outside the
school grounds and that involve a diverse range of individuals within the school
community. Furthermore, the teachers conveyed several factors which they experienced
as maintaining bullying and highlighted their perceived effects thereof. In addition to this,
the participants shared knowledge about their teaching practices and suggested a few
strategies on how to deal with bullying more effectively in their school community.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Afknouery word beskou as ‘n deurlopende probleem in hoërskole en onderwysers moet
die gevolge daarvan daagliks hanteer. Onderwysers moet nie net die komplekse
dinamiek van afknouery ontrafel nie, maar worstel ook met ‘n skoolklimaat en -kultuur
wat nie toepaslik is om afknouery te bekamp nie. In Suid-Afrika is daar unieke
kontekstuele faktore wat ‘n invloed het op hoe onderwysers afknouery hanteer. Dit sluit
onder andere in die geweld wat oorvloei vanuit die gemeenskap na die skool, verhoogde
administratiewe werklading asook beperkte ondersteuning van die skool se bestuurspan,
ouers en die onderwysowerhede. Daarom speel onderwysers se vermoëns om
afknouery te konseptualiseer, insidente van afknouery te herken en daarop te reageer,
asook hulle kennis van afknougedrag ‘n groot impak op anti-afknouery strategieë.
Hierdie studie word gekonseptualiseer vanuit ‘n sosiaal-konstruktiwistiese en bioekologiese
perspektief. ‘n sosiale konteksperspektief beklemtoon die interaksies tussen
individue en die sisteme wat uiteengesit is in die bio-ekologiese model. Die doel van
hierdie studie was nie om die “waarheid” oor afknouery in die skool te openbaar nie. Dit
was eerder om die deelnemers se perspektief in diepte te analiseer en beskryf. ‘n
Kwalitatiewe, interpretivistiese navorsingsbenadering is daarom gevolg. ‘n Doelgerigte
steekproef is gebruik om potensiële deelnemers te identifiseer en hulle is gevra om
vrywillig deel te neem aan die studie. Data is gegenereer deur semi-gestruktureerde
individuele en fokusgroeponderhoude. Verder is die konstante vergelykende metode
gebruik om die data te analiseer.
Die navorsingsbevindinge het aangedui dat die onderwysers ‘n wye verskeidenheid
afknougedrag van diverse groepe en individue binne en buite die skoolterrein ervaar. Die
onderwysers het verskeie faktore identifiseer wat afknouery moontlik instandhou en het
die moontlike gevolge van afknouery uitgelig. Laastens het die deelnemers kennis oor
hulle onderwyspraktyke gedeel en voorstelle gemaak oor hoe om afknouery meer
effektief in hul skoolgemeenskap te hanteer.
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Shumba, Jenn. "Secondary school children's experiences of bereavement: implications for school counselling in Harare Metropolitan Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007237.
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Death and bereavement are prevalent in Zimbabwe due to HIV/AIDS and other illnesses. It is estimated that a large population of school going learners have lost one or both parents and have become orphans. The aim of the study was two-fold: to understand the bereavement experiences of orphaned learners and to examine how such experiences can inform school counselling services. A multiple case study involving 13 school children and four school counsellors from two secondary schools in Harare Metropolitan Region was conducted. Each of the 17 participants was viewed as a bounded case due to his or her individual unique experiences. An interpretive phenomenological approach was employed to collect and analyse the data. All the cases were purposively selected as they were bearers of crucial information on bereavement experiences and bereavement counselling. The study established nine (9) key findings. First, it was found that the type of attachments and support systems the child had were contributory to the way the child experienced bereavement. Second, it was established that although learners manifested emotional pain, they found it difficult to verbalise it. Third, the study found that cultural practices either exacerbate or work for the better for bereaved children as some were seen to enhance their livelihood whilst some were detrimental and oppressive. Fourth, it was established that bereavement triggered philosophical and reflexive reactions on the part of bereaved children. The deaths of the parents resulted in them reflecting on the three phases of their life trajectories: life before death; at the time of death; and after death. Fifth, it was also established in the study that there was a mismatch in what children and counsellors claimed to be happening in secondary schools pertaining bereavement counselling provisioning. Sixth, the study found that most children did not receive any bereavement counselling in schools. Only three out of the 13 learner cases interviewed in this study had a teacher in the school talk to them about loss of their parents. In some instances, a child’s bereavement was only discovered through the grapevine or when this researcher got to the school. Seventh, it was established that although counsellors were qualified as both teachers and counsellors, they lacked confidence in dealing with sensitive issues such as bereavement. Eighth, the study also found that although there is a lot of death in Zimbabwe the counselling syllabi lacked focus on bereavement counselling. Ninth, it was also discovered that teachers who were not assigned to counselling duties had negative attitudes towards counselling, a matter which has serious consequences for the bereaved learners. Based on the above findings, the study concludes that bereaved children experienced a variety of circumstances that impacted both positively and negatively on their schooling and rendered them in need of bereavement counselling. It also concludes that bereaved learners in selected Harare schools were not receiving adequate bereavement counselling; schools neither had policies nor laid down procedures on bereavement counselling. For further research, the study recommends that there should be research focusing on methodologies designed to access children’s innermost feelings of emotional pain. There should be further research on the nature of the relationship between a child’s bereavement and educational experiences. Studies involving other bereaved populations, such as, children from rural areas and primary school children should be carried out in order to gain insights on how the phenomenon is experienced by different age groups in different contexts. To improve counselling practice in schools, the study recommends that there should be capacity building programmes aimed at assisting teachers to deal with bereavement counselling. School bereavement counselling should explore collaboration with other stakeholders such as peers, care givers and government as well as non-governmental organisations. Above all, the study recommends that schools should be proactive and have school bereavement policies and procedures on bereavement counselling.
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Christian, Desiré. "What OBE did to us!' : the experiences of four Cape Town secondary school teachers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8058.
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This dissertation is a study of the impact of OBE (Outcomes-based Education) and C2005 (Curriculum 2005) on the professional lives and teaching of a select group of high school teachers. The research was a combination of a case study approach and reflective professional practice. It sought to identify and explain key aspects that had produced such a marked alteration in the position of the teachers within such a short period.
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Gosling, L. E. "Designated teachers' experiences of the transition from primary school to secondary school for children looked after (CLA)." Thesis, University of Essex, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571598.
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ABSTRACT The importance of addressing and improving the outcomes for Children Looked After (CLA) has been a long standing national priority. Stability, as a key factor in improving outcomes for CLA is recognised in the literature, however this mainly focuses on moves and transitions within care. The transition from primary school to secondary school presents challenges for all pupils. However, a recent review of the literature revealed a very limited body of research exploring the transition from primary to secondary school for CLA, particularly from the perspective of the Designated Teacher (DT). The present exploratory study employed a sequential mixed methods design to address the following questions: 'What are DTs' experiences of supporting the transition from primary school to secondary school?' and, 'to what extent are the views of DTs in phase one, supported by DTs in phase two, regarding their experiences of supporting the transition to secondary school for CLA?' The first phase of the research employed the use of semi -structured interviews to explore DTs experiences of supporting the transition to secondary school for CLA. Qualitative data was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA); which revealed four overarching concepts: 'the supportive role of the DT in the transition for CLA'; 'making sense of CL As' needs and experiences at transition'; 'working in a complex system' and, 'the psychological impact of working with CLA'. In phase two of the research, a semantic differential scale questionnaire, using polar adjectives, grounded in the qualitative data was distributed to a wider population of DTs in the same Local Authority (LA). The findings from phase one and two were integrated. Implications of findings across both phases of the research are discussed in relation to existing research and to Psychodynamic and Systemic theories.
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Bessong, Rebecca Ofundem Agbor. "Experiences of teachers as curriculum leaders in South African secondary schools." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80755.
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Research indicates that teachers are one of the most important stakeholders in quality of education in a country and are responsible for its improvement. However, how teachers understand and experience their role as curriculum leaders in contributing to education quality is yet to be known. The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers’ understanding and experiences of their role as curriculum leaders in schools. The study assumed a qualitative approach within the interpretive paradigm underpinned by Grant’s Model of Teacher Leadership. The sample consisted of 20 teachers and 4 principals from 4 secondary schools within the Vhembe District of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The data on how teachers understand and experience their role as curriculum leaders in schools were obtained by means of semi-structured individual interviews, focus-group discussions with teachers at each school, as well as lesson, and curriculum-related meeting observations. The data were thematically analysed, and the results categorised according to themes and sub-themes.
From the findings of this study, it was established that teachers understand their role as curriculum leaders in the light of teacher inclusion in decision-making during the entire curriculum development process. Teachers perceived their role as multi-layered and complex. Teachers experienced their role as curriculum leaders in that they led instructional activities, school-based curriculum development activities, and curriculum activities beyond the school, involving the community. The findings also indicated that teachers experience exclusion when vital curriculum decisions are taken. Teachers experience making decisions as curriculum leaders mostly at the implementation stage of the curriculum.
The study contributes to the growing knowledge of information on teacher leadership in schools. It recommends a bottom-up approach to ideas and suggestions on matters of curriculum decisions at any level such decisions are made. The study also proposes a model to guide teacher inclusion in curriculum decision-making. The study was limited to the views and experiences of teachers and principals who participated in the study. A further study employing a quantitative approach, on teachers as curriculum leaders, could be carried out on a larger sample that would allow for generalization of the findings.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2021.<br>The South African National Research Foundation<br>Education Management and Policy Studies<br>PhD<br>Unrestricted
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Chinn, Reneé P. "Voices of Experience: Why Do Secondary School Teachers Choose To Remain In A Mid-Atlantic Exurban School District." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27067.
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The inability of school leaders to staff the classrooms with qualified teachers and to retain them in the classrooms is a major educational concern. The failure to retain teachers hinders learning, disrupts program continuity, and affects of expenditures for recruiting and hiring (Shen, 1997). Few research studies investigate why new teachers decide to remain in the teaching profession and fewer studies examine why experienced teachers have continued in the field. Little is known about what experienced teachers think about their profession and what internal or external factors persuaded them to remain in teaching. Insight gained can provide better understanding of what motivates them to stay, and it may prove effective in guiding policies for retention. Grounded theoretical investigation, examined why experienced teachers choose to remain in an exurban school district. Interview data were collected from 25 experienced teachers with 10 years of teaching experience in the school district. The results of the study revealed that experienced teachers are motivated primarily internally but need external approval; they perceive their self-image as a teacher from the success of their students, the collegiality of fellow teachers, and from the pride of their families; they believe that school leadership can positively affect teacher retention; they believe that in the school atmosphere, interactions with students and colleagues positively affect teacher retention; and they believe that professional staff development has a positive and negative effect on teacher retention. These findings lead to significant implications and recommendations for schools and school districts. At the school level, school leadership plays a major role in teacher retention. Teachers appreciate administrators who provide them with opportunities for self-fulfillment, growth, and development; time for teacher-student interactions; and collaboration with their colleagues. It is imperative that school districts provide teachers with continuous staff development, competitive salaries, and salary increases to meet the demands of the economy. It is also vital for schools and school districts to value the voices of experienced teachers as an avenue to recruitment and retention. The information gathered from this research may be instrumental in improving working conditions that may encourage teacher retention.<br>Ph. D.
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McKenzie, Meagan Louise, and res cand@acu edu au. "Stories of Buoyancy and Despondency: five beginning teachers’ experiences in their first year in the teaching profession." Australian Catholic University. School of Educational Leadership, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp97.29052006.
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This case study research explores the experiences of five beginning teachers within four Catholic secondary schools in Australia. The research employs a qualitative approach framed within an interpretative paradigm, drawing on perspectives of symbolic interaction to interpret interview and journal data. These perspectives are used, in conjunction with a conceptual framework derived from the relevant literature, to interpret the experiences of five new teachers against the relevant data. The literature typically investigates the stages of teacher development, where the first year is often seen by researchers as a survival year. Key literature themes include the development of self image and the impact school culture has on beginning teachers. There are two other features less often present in the literature but central in this research. One is the life history of the beginning teacher. A second, which is the major notion employed in this study, is that of professional identity and specifically how identity develops once the novice teacher is immersed within the school organisation. Each teacher was interviewed several times during their first year and each kept a journal. The discussion includes matters of comparison and contrast between the five teachers’ experiences. The symbolic interactionist framework seeks to identify the meanings individuals construct of their experiences. These meanings are located from the journal and interview data gathered. Each text is examined both independently, in relation to other texts and in the light of the conceptual framework. A key procedure is to identify critical events which are then analysed and connections made to the experience of other teachers and literature themes. The key findings of the research include developing a new model for understanding the experience of beginning teachers. The research suggests that the current literature on beginning teachers is limited. It neglects beginning teacher individuality and in particular agency and competency and centrally the dynamic and complex interaction between culture and identity. This research seeks to add significantly to the beginning teacher literature.
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Treurnich, Janetta M. "A secondary school teacher’s experiences as a victim of cyber bullying." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45897.
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The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of a secondary school teacher from Gauteng who was a victim of learner cyber bullying. Cyber bullying of teachers is a relatively under researched phenomenon in South Africa and can be a painful event for many teachers. The ultimate goal of this study was to raise awareness about learner cyber bullying and the effect it had on the emotional and professional well-being of the participant. Awareness about this phenomenon might lead to better support and understanding by different role players such as departments of education, principals, unions, communities, learners, educational psychologists and other teachers.
I followed a qualitative research approach, guided by an interpretivist epistemology. I employed a descriptive case study design and purposefully selected a single secondary school teacher as my unit of analysis. Data for this study was collected through a semi-structured interview with the participant in order to explore his experiences relating to learner cyber bullying. In addition to the semi-structured interview I used observation, field notes, audio recording and a research diary for data collection purposes.
The collected data was analyzed through several phases to establish thematic categories. Twenty six sub-categories of learner cyber bullying were identified from the experiences of the participant which were grouped under six main categories that was discussed and interpreted in order to provide the findings portrayed by the study. The six main categories included: type of cyber bullying experienced, causes of cyber bullying, characteristics of cyber bullies, response to cyber bullying, outcomes after taking action, and results of protective factors.
To ensure the trustworthiness and quality of the data, the study incorporated member checking, peer debriefing and literature control. Based on the findings of the study, I concluded that the teacher experienced learner cyber bulling primary as a negative and painful reality. The cyber bullying incident had a damaging impact on the participant’s emotional and professional well-being. In addition, the study also indicated that the participant, after addressing the cyber bullying incident, experienced some positive outcomes. Being able to share his experiences with the larger teaching community helped him to overcome some of the indignity he experienced due to the learner cyber bullying.
An attempt was made to raise awareness of this phenomenon and to provide effective strategies to prevent and counter its impact on the teaching community. This study can be used as a platform for larger research projects to about the experiences of teachers as victims of cyber bullying.<br>Mini-dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2014.<br>tm2015<br>Educational Psychology<br>MEd<br>Unrestricted
Books on the topic "Secondary school teachers‟ experiences"
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Hargreaves, Andy. Secondary school reform: The experiences and interpretations of teachers and administrators in six Ontario secondary schools : final report. International Centre for Educational Change, OISE/UT], 2002.
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King, Alan J. C. The teaching experience: A profile of Ontario secondary school teachers. The Research Committee of the Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 1988.
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King, Alan J. C. The teaching experience: A profile of Ontario secondary school teachers. Research Committee of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, 1988.
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Franco, David Manuel Arzola. La reforma de la educación secundaria: Actores, procesos, experiencias. Gobierno del Estado de Chihuahua, Secretaría de Educación, Cultura y Deporte : Servicios Educativos del Estado de Chihuahua, 2011.
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Ellis, Stephen William. Whole-school assessment across the primary/secondary divide: The perceptions and experiences of children, teachers and parents. University of Manchester, 1997.
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Learning to teach physical education in the secondary school: A companion to school experience. Routledge, 2002.
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O'Connor, Anne. The role which the internal world plays in influencing how secondary school teachers experience stress. [University of Surrey], 1999.
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Universidad Nacional de General San Martín, ed. Nuevas infancias y juventudes: Una experiencia formativa. UNSAM Edita, 2010.
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Henke, Robin R. Out of the lecture hall and into the classroom: 1992-93 college graduates and elementary/secondary school teaching : with an essay on undergraduate academic experiences. U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, 1996.
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Sonya, Geis, Giambattista Jeannifer, National Center for Education Statistics., and United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement., eds. Out of the lecture hall and into the classroom: 1992-93 college graduates and elementary/secondary school teaching : with an essay on undergraduate academic experiences. U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1996.
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Mazibuko, Edmund Z. "Understanding the Experiences of Beginning Secondary School Teachers." In Education, Equity and Transformation. Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4076-8_14.
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Sterenberg, Gladys, and Kevin O’Connor. "Considering Indigenous Perspectives and Mathematics Education: Stories of Our Experiences As Teachers and Teacher Educators." In Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92390-1_18.
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Martin, Denise, Nicola Mackenzie, and Jane Healy. "Teachers’ Experiences of Violence in Secondary Schools." In Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Schools. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230306295_7.
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Newell, Michael. "A Teacher’s View – My Favourite Mistakes: Experiences Teaching Cree Students in Northern Quebec." In Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92390-1_26.
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Alamettälä, Tuulikki, and Eero Sormunen. "Lower Secondary School Teachers’ Experiences of Developing Inquiry-Based Approaches in Information Literacy Instruction." In Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74334-9_70.
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Villella, José, Gema Fioriti, Rosa Ferragina, et al. "A Professional Development Experience in Geometry for High School Teachers: Introducing Teachers to Geometry Workspaces." In International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Geometry in Secondary Schools. Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77476-3_12.
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Machado, Altamiro B., and Paulo Dias. "The Training of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in Hypertext: Analysis of an Experience." In Interactive Multimedia Learning Environments. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77705-9_20.
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van der Lans, Rikkert. "A Probabilistic Model for Feedback on Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness: Its Potential and the Challenge of Combining Multiple Perspectives." In Student Feedback on Teaching in Schools. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75150-0_5.
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AbstractThis chapter describes research into the validity of a teacher evaluation framework that was applied between 2012 and 2016 to provide feedback to Dutch secondary school teachers concerning their instructional effectiveness. In this research project, the acquisition of instructional effectiveness was conceptualized as unfolding along a continuum ranging from ineffective novice to effective expert instructor. Using advanced statistical models, teachers’ current position on the continuum was estimated. This information was used to tailor feedback for professional development. Two instruments were applied to find teachers’ current position on the continuum, namely the International Comparative Assessment of Learning and Teaching (ICALT) observation instrument and the My Teacher–student questionnaire (MTQ). This chapter highlights background theory and central concepts behind the project and it introduces the logic behind the statistical methods that were used to operationalize the continuum of instructional effectiveness. Specific attention is given to differences between students and observers in how they experience teachers’ instructional effectiveness and the resulting disagreement in how they position teachers on the continuum. It is explained how this disagreement made feedback reports less actionable. The chapter then discusses evidence of two empirical studies that examined the disagreement from two methodological perspectives. Finally, it makes some tentative conclusions concerning the practical implications of the evidence.
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Wang, Li. "Narrative Inquiry of Beginner Teachers’ Experience and Changes in Beliefs in the Danish Secondary School Context." In Nordic-Chinese Intersections within Education. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28588-3_4.
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Poole, Adam. "International School Teachers: Motivations and (Mis)conceptions." In International Teachers’ Lived Experiences. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78686-1_3.
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Carlson, Alan. "TEACHING THE TEACHERS: EXPERIENCES FROM A DISTANCE COURSE IN CODING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS." In 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. IATED, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2019.1722.
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Beutel, Denise Ann, Donna Tangen, and Rebecca Spooner-Lane. "An exploratory study of early career teachers as culturally responsive teachers." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.8928.
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The purpose of this study was to advance understanding on how early career teachers imagined themselves to be culturally responsive and how their beliefs and ideologies about teaching a diverse range of learners were challenged and refined during their early years of teaching. This qualitative, exploratory study was conducted in a large, secondary school in eastern Australia that has a highly diverse population of students. Findings indicate that, while these early career teachers lacked preparation for working with diverse learners, building relationships on multiple levels (with students, with fellow beginning teachers, and with senior staff which includes ongoing support and mentoring from colleagues) is essential for the development of early career teachers as culturally responsive practitioners. Findings are discussed in relation to Garmon’s (2005) six key factors for teaching diverse groups of students: openness, self-awareness, commitment to social justice, having intercultural experiences, have support group experiences, and recognising individual growth. These findings have implications for schooling systems in how they can better transition early career teachers to classrooms and for higher education teacher preparation programs in Australia and many other countries with a growing number migrant and refugee students coming into the school system.
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Demkanin, Peter. "Preparation of New Physics Teachers in the Light of Goals of Physics Education." In INNODOCT 2019. Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/inn2019.2019.10111.
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In some of our previous articles, we have analysed and discussed the goals of physics education at secondary schools and some aspects of physics education at the secondary school level. In this contribution, we proceed with bringing our experience with the preparation of new physics teachers at Comenius University in Bratislava. We discuss the theoretical background we used as a base for preparing the curriculum for university students – future physics teachers and we highlight some aspects of their preparation. Especially, we focus on the development of abilities to scaffold the learning of their future secondary schools' students. In details, we describe the ways we try to improve the abilities of our students to scaffold their future secondary schools' students in concept formation, in process skills development, in planning and processing inquiry, ability to scaffold effective work with literature. As a vast majority of our graduates will teach their secondary school students in Slovak language, which is a language used by a small number of people (5 mil), we discuss also some specifics related to physics textbooks for secondary schools in Slovak language, university textbooks available in Slovak language and ability of our university students-future physics teachers to work with sources written in English. At the conclusion, we propose some possible improvements, hopefully, inspiring also for preparation of physics teachers for other educational systems.
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Ortiz-Colón, Ana María, Rafael Castellano-Almagro, Javier Rodríguez-Moreno, and Miriam Agreda Montoro. "INITIAL AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT-BASED LEARNING (PBL)." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end040.
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The continuous evolution of technology, the gradual abandonment of the industrial society and the increasingly standardised inclusion of emerging methodologies in the teaching and learning processes have a significant impact on the quality and way of life of the people involved in them, making it necessary to integrate them in detail into the education system itself through initial and ongoing teacher training. This paper reflects on the initial university training that new Secondary Education teachers receive on new methodologies, specifically Project Based Learning (PBL), as well as the ongoing training that current teachers at this educational stage receive for their integration and incorporation as valid methodological systems for their daily classroom practice. Thus, through an in-depth review of the scientific literature on the subject and our experience as active teachers in the “Master's Degree in Teaching Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching” at the University of Jaen (Spain), we have addressed these issues, determining that the quality of the pedagogical training of new teachers does not correspond to the reality that they will later face in the classroom, In addition, the in-service training that in-service Secondary teachers receive depends on the intrinsic motivations of the teachers or the manifest resources and legal requirements at the time and not so much on the real needs that the students in the context may require.
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Sirotova, Mariana, and Alzbeta Lobotkova. "The impact of a teacher´s motivational influence on pupils´emotional experience." In Fourth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head18.2018.8003.
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It is necessary to pay increased attention to the managing of emotions, to motivation and empathy, which requires most of all an individual approach to pupils in the process of teaching. This scientific study focuses on motivating and demotivating reactions of teachers and their impact on positive and negative emotional experiences of pupils during lessons. Our goal was to find out, if there are differences between emotional experiences of pupils taught by teachers, whose motivating had a positive character, and pupils of those teachers, whose motivating had a negative character. We have executed a quantitative research supplemented by a qualitative analysis. The research sample consisted of students of higher secondary education and their teachers from secondary vocational schools in the Trenčín district. Ten teachers and 375 students had been included in the research. We have identified the differences with the help of a method of microteaching analysis with the use of analytical scheme AS9 (author is Miron Zelina) and a modified version of the Questionnaire of Emotional Experience. The questionnaire contains entries focusing on positive and negative experiences. In both variables we have observed a statistically significant difference with students taught by Teacher 10, whose motivating had a negative character.
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Dudek, Karol, Paweł Bernard, and Ewa Odrowąż. "FIRST STEPS IN ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS’ INQUIRY: A CASE STUDY OF NON-EXPERIENCED CHEMISTRY TEACHER." In 1st International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education. Scientia Socialis Ltd., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2015.42.
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Teaching methods based on inquiry are more and more widely used in teaching natural sciences. In accordance with the new curriculum, introduced to Polish schools in 2008, students should gain new knowledge based on an inquiry. This fact is related to a change of teachers’ approach in the didactic process and a change in the assessment system. This article undertakes an attempt to analyse how a teacher - who has theoretical knowledge in the field of IBSE teaching methods and evaluating students working in this manner - does the said in practice at the level of lower secondary school, during chemistry classes. The presented case study is based on didactic materials developed at the SAILS project. Key words: formative assessment, IBSE, case study, polymers.
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Lee, Yanki, and Kwok Leung Denny Ho. "'Teaching the teachers' investigating new inclusive design experience to enable secondary school students to think creatively." In the 11th Biennial Participatory Design Conference. ACM Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1900441.1900479.
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Dudareva, Inese, Dace Namsone, and Liga Cakane. "THE USE OF ICT IN THE SCIENCE LESSONS: EXPERIENCE FROM LATVIA." In 1st International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education. Scientia Socialis Ltd., 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/balticste/2015.39.
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The implementation of key competences in primary and secondary school education demanded the changes in the Science teaching practice in Latvia. The first research was initiated during the piloting the new curriculum in science and mathematics (2009 – 2011). Lesson observations were the main source of answers to the research: what ICT tools are used by teachers and students in science subjects? What information it gives to us for teachers CPD? Key words: lesson observation, ICT, teachers CPD needs.
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Wong, Timothy T. K., and Yee Wan Kwan. "A STUDY ON USING GAME-BASED METHOD TO IMPROVE LEARNING EFFICIENCY OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS." In International Conference on Education and New Developments. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021end017.
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Game-based approaches aim at improving participants’ engagement and satisfaction, they might have great advantages in solving the issues of students demotivated and uninvolved in learning activities. However, there are few studies on using games elements in education and examining to what extent game-based educational approaches enhance learning. To bridge this research gap, the objective of this study is to examine whether game-based method improves students’ academic performance in the school subject Life and Society. A total of four classes of Grade Seven students and two teachers participated in the study in Hong Kong. Three classes (n= 75) were assigned to the experimental groups and one class (n=30) were assigned to the control group. The experimental group participated in class sessions where they learned the timeline, major events, and factors affecting economic development of Hong Kong by a group-based card game, while the control group were taught by lecture-based method. Using a pre- & post-tests design, data were collected by a tailor-made survey including 9 fact-based questions to assess the learning outcomes. The contents of the survey were judged two experienced teachers and one panel head. Paired samples t-tests and two-way ANOVA were used to compare the possible changes, group differences and interaction effects. Results showed that both the experimental group and control group significantly increased their academic performance in the post-tests, indeed the average post-test scores of experimental groups were higher than that of the control group. Only one among three classes in the experimental group showed a significant increase in post-test scores, indicating a possibility of teacher difference. Boys in the experimental groups significantly improved in the post-test while girls did not differ significantly from pre-test scores. Both students with low and middle ability levels improved significantly in their post-test scores, while students with high ability level did not reach statistical significance. The interaction effect between gender and student ability level was statistically significant, indicating that the influence of student ability level on pre-test scores depended on their gender. Finally recommendations, implications, and limitations to the study are discussed.
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Floris, Francesco, Alice Barana, Anna Brancaccio, et al. "Immersive teacher training experience on the methodology of problem posing and solving in Mathematics." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9489.
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In an Italian and European context, one of the fundamental skills in Mathematics is the ability to solve problems in everyday situations, often linked to everyday life. For this reason, the problem posing and solving methodology plays a fundamental role in the process of teaching and learning Mathematics. This paper presents the results of the immersive experience "Mathematical Exploration with Problem Posing and Solving", included in the teacher training activities proposed by the national PP&amp;S - Problem Posing &amp; Solving - Project of the Italian Ministry of Education, which aims at enhancing the teaching and learning of Mathematics by using new methodologies and technologies. In particular, the focus will be on the work and considerations of the 50 teachers who took part in the project, from both primary and secondary school. They were guided through the individual step-by-step creation of a contextualized problem, following a process guided through stimulus-based questions. This immersive experience brought about the production of valid problems and was full of very stimulating teachers' considerations on the various phases of the problem posing and solving.
Reports on the topic "Secondary school teachers‟ experiences"
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Hillman, Kylie, and Sue Thomson. 2018 Australian TALIS-PISA Link Report. Australian Council for Educational Research, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-598-0.
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Australia was one of nine countries and economies to participate in the 2018 TALIS-PISA link study, together with Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Turkey and Viet Nam. This study involved coordinating the samples of schools that participated in the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA, a study of the performance of 15-year-old students) and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS, a study that surveys teachers and principals in lower secondary schools) in 2018. A sample of teachers from schools that were selected to participate in PISA were invited to respond to the TALIS survey. TALIS data provides information regarding the background, beliefs and practices of lower secondary teachers and principals, and PISA data delivers insights into the background characteristics and cognitive and non-cognitive skills of 15-year-old students. Linking these data offers an internationally comparable dataset combining information on key education stakeholders. This report presents results of analyses of the relationships between teacher and school factors and student outcomes, such as performance on the PISA assessment, expectations for further study and experiences of school life. Results for Australia are presented alongside those of the average (mean) across all countries and economies that participated in the TALIS-PISA link study for comparison, but the focus remains on what relationships were significant among Australian students.
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Hillman, Kylie, and Sue Thomson. 2018 Australian TALIS-PISA Link Report. Australian Council for Educational Research, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-628-4.
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Australia was one of nine countries and economies to participate in the 2018 TALIS-PISA link study, together with Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Malta, Turkey and Viet Nam. This study involved coordinating the samples of schools that participated in the Program of International Student Assessment (PISA, a study of the performance of 15-year-old students) and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS, a study that surveys teachers and principals in lower secondary schools) in 2018. A sample of teachers from schools that were selected to participate in PISA were invited to respond to the TALIS survey. TALIS data provides information regarding the background, beliefs and practices of lower secondary teachers and principals, and PISA data delivers insights into the background characteristics and cognitive and non-cognitive skills of 15-year-old students. Linking these data offers an internationally comparable dataset combining information on key education stakeholders. This report presents results of analyses of the relationships between teacher and school factors and student outcomes, such as performance on the PISA assessment, expectations for further study and experiences of school life. Results for Australia are presented alongside those of the average (mean) across all countries and economies that participated in the TALIS-PISA link study for comparison, but the focus remains on what relationships were significant among Australian students.
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Peters, Vanessa. Meeting Learners Where They Are: Using Microsoft Forms to Drive Improvement in Learning Outcomes. Digital Promise, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/52.
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This qualitative study was designed to explore how teachers are using Microsoft Forms to improve student learning outcomes in primary and secondary school classrooms. Twenty-two teachers —both experienced and new Forms users— participated in an interview about how they used Forms in their teaching. This report provides concrete examples of teachers’ use of Forms and describes their support needs for starting to use this tool in the classroom. School leaders and instructional technology coaches can use the report to inform implementation plans and training on Microsoft Forms.
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Merritt, Raymond. An Attitudinal Study of Secondary School Teachers Toward School Social Workers. Portland State University Library, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1737.
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Gregory P. Wilson, Gregory P. Wilson. The DIG Field School: Hands-On Paleontology Experiences for K-12 Science Teachers. Experiment, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18258/0158.
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DeJaeghere, Joan, Bich-Hang Duong, and Vu Dao. Teaching Practices That Support and Promote Learning: Qualitative Evidence from High and Low Performing Classes in Vietnam. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-ri_2021/024.
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This Insight Note contributes to the growing body of knowledge on teaching practices that foster student learning and achievement by analysing in-depth qualitative data from classroom observations and teacher interviews. Much of the research on teachers and teaching in development literature focuses on observable and quantified factors, including qualifications and training. But simply being qualified (with a university degree in education or subject areas), or trained in certain ways (e.g., coaching versus in-service) explains very little of the variation in learning outcomes (Kane and Staiger, 2008; Wößmann, 2003; Das and Bau, 2020). Teaching is a complex set of practices that draw on teachers’ beliefs about learning, their prior experiences, their content and pedagogical knowledge and repertoire, and their commitment and personality. Recent research in the educational development literature has turned to examining teaching practices, including content knowledge, pedagogical practices, and teacher-student interactions, primarily through quantitative data from knowledge tests and classroom observations of practices (see Bruns, De Gregorio and Taut, 2016; Filmer, Molina and Wane, 2020; Glewwe et al, in progress). Other studies, such as TIMSS, the OECD and a few World Bank studies have used classroom videos to further explain high inference factors of teachers’ (Gallimore and Hiebert, 2000; Tomáš and Seidel, 2013). In this Note, we ask the question: What are the teaching practices that support and foster high levels of learning? Vietnam is a useful case to examine because student learning outcomes based on international tests are high, and most students pass the basic learning levels (Dang, Glewwe, Lee and Vu, 2020). But considerable variation exists between learning outcomes, particularly at the secondary level, where high achieving students will continue to upper-secondary and lower achieving students will drop out at Grade 9 (Dang and Glewwe, 2018). So what differentiates teaching for those who achieve these high learning outcomes and those who don’t? Some characteristics of teachers, such as qualifications and professional commitment, do not vary greatly because most Vietnamese teachers meet the national standards in terms of qualifications (have a college degree) and have a high level of professionalism (Glewwe et al., in progress). Other factors that influence teaching, such as using lesson plans and teaching the national curriculum, are also highly regulated. Therefore, to explain how teaching might affect student learning outcomes, it is important to examine more closely teachers’ practices in the classroom.
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Sowa, Patience, Rachel Jordan, Wendi Ralaingita, and Benjamin Piper. Higher Grounds: Practical Guidelines for Forging Learning Pathways in Upper Primary Education. RTI Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2021.op.0069.2105.
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To address chronically low primary school completion rates and the disconnect between learners’ skills at the end of primary school and the skills learners need to thrive in secondary school identified in many low- and middle-income countries, more investment is needed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in upper primary grades. Accordingly, we provide guidelines for improving five components of upper primary education: (1) In-service teacher professional development and pre-service preparation to improve and enhance teacher quality; (2) a focus on mathematics, literacy, and core content-area subjects; (3) assessment for learning; (4) high-quality teaching and learning materials; and (5) positive school climates. We provide foundational guiding principles and recommendations for intervention design and implementation for each component. Additionally, we discuss and propose how to structure and design pre-service teacher preparation and in-service teacher training and ongoing support, fortified by materials design and assessment, to help teachers determine where learners are in developmental progressions, move learners towards mastery, and differentiate and support learners who have fallen behind. We provide additional suggestions for integrating a whole-school climate curriculum, social-emotional learning, and school-related gender-based violence prevention strategies to address the internal and societal changes learners often face as they enter upper primary.
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Baird, Natalie, Tanushree Bharat Shah, Ali Clacy, et al. maths inside Resource Suite with Interdisciplinary Learning Activities. University of Glasgow, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36399/gla.pubs.234071.
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Maths inside is a photo competition open to everyone living in Scotland, hosted by the University of Glasgow. The maths inside project seeks to nourish a love for mathematics by embarking on a journey of discovery through a creative lens. This suite of resources have been created to inspire entrants, and support families, teachers and those out-of-school to make deeper connections with their surroundings. The maths inside is waiting to be discovered! Also contained in the suite is an example to inspire and support you to design your own interdisciplinary learning (IDL) activity matched to Education Scotland experiences and outcomes (Es+Os), to lead pupils towards the creation of their own entry. These resources are not prescriptive, and are designed with a strong creativity ethos for them to be adapted and delivered in a manner that meets the specific needs of those participating. The competition and the activities can be tailored to meet all and each learners' needs. We recommend that those engaging with maths inside for the first time complete their own mapping exercise linking the designed activity to the Es+Os. To create a collaborative resource bank open to everyone, we invite you to treat these resources as a working document for entrants, parents, carers, teachers and schools to make their own. Please share your tips, ideas and activities at info@mathsinside.com and through our social media channels. Past winning entries of the competition are also available for inspiration and for using as a teaching resource. Already inspired? Enter the competition!
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Kibler, Amanda, René Pyatt, Jason Greenberg Motamedi, and Ozen Guven. Key Competencies in Linguistically and Culturally Sustaining Mentoring and Instruction for Clinically-based Grow-Your-Own Teacher Education Programs. Oregon State University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5399/osu/1147.
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Grow-Your-Own (GYO) Teacher Education programs that aim to diversify and strengthen the teacher workforce must provide high-quality learning experiences that support the success and retention of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) teacher candidates and bilingual teacher candidates. Such work requires a holistic and systematic approach to conceptualizing instruction and mentoring that is both linguistically and culturally sustaining. To guide this work in the Master of Arts in Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary program at Oregon State University’s College of Education, we conducted a review of relevant literature and frameworks related to linguistically responsive and/or sustaining teaching or mentoring practices. We developed a set of ten mentoring competencies for school-based cooperating/clinical teachers and university supervisors. They are grouped into the domains of: Facilitating Linguistically and Culturally Sustaining Instruction, Engaging with Mentees, Recognizing and Interrupting Inequitable Practices and Policies, and Advocating for Equity. We also developed a set of twelve instructional competencies for teacher candidates as well as the university instructors who teach them. The instructional competencies are grouped into the domains of: Engaging in Self-reflection and Taking Action, Learning About Students and Re-visioning Instruction, Creating Community, and Facilitating Language and Literacy Development in Context. We are currently operationalizing these competencies to develop and conduct surveys and focus groups with various GYO stakeholders for the purposes of ongoing program evaluation and improvement, as well as further refinement of these competencies.
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Congressional fellowship program for outstanding secondary school science and mathematics teachers. Final report, November 15, 1993--November 14, 1995. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/531078.
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