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Malahy, Sandra. "Workplace bullying| Teacher-to-teacher." Thesis, Western Illinois University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3739757.
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<p> Researchers on bullying have given little attention to workplace bullying. This study examined the frequency among teacher-to-teacher bullying in the public school environment. From a sample of 318 teachers in 18 elementary, five high school, and three unit districts, rates of bullying were identified by three negative act sub-factors—work-related, person-related, and physically intimidating related bullying. Teacher demographics were utilized to determine if certain subsets of the population were more susceptible to bullying than others. </p><p> This study collected and analyzed data using a mixed-methods approach. Six questions were developed to address the purpose of the study and to provide the context within which data were gathered to answer the questions. The Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised was utilized for the purpose of measuring exposure to bullying in the workplace. Six demographic questions preceded the 22 questions of the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised. One self-identifying question asked at the conclusion of the survey whether the participant identified as a bully, onlooker, or victim. The qualitative portion of the study examined laws as well as school district documents to determine how teachers were informed of anti-workplace bullying policies. </p><p> Statistical significance was found between teachers who had less than 10 years of teaching experience and teachers with 10-30 years of teaching experience for the work-related and person-related bullying. Teachers with graduate degrees reported higher frequency of encountering negative acts compared to teachers with bachelor degrees. The difference was found to be statistically significant in all three sub-factors. There were no significant statistical differences found with gender, age, grade level taught, or teaching experience for the physically intimidating sub-factor. One percent of the teachers (n = 3) perceived themselves as bullies; 72.6 percent of the teachers (n = 231) self-identified as onlookers; and 18.9 percent (n = 60), self-identified as a victim of bullying by another teacher. There are currently no federal or state laws; or Illinois School Codes that address workplace bullying. One school district of the 26 had anti-bullying workplace policy language. In this study, the highest frequency of encountering negative acts related to having your opinion ignored, or being ignored or excluded.</p>
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Irwin, Bartholomew. "Teacher Attitudes Toward Teacher Evaluation." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85527.
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Teacher evaluations have always been a part of school leaders' jobs (Horng, Klasik, and Loeb, 2010). Teacher evaluation is used as a factor in determining whether or not a teacher receives a continuing contract in Virginia, and it has also been a part of the process in determining if a teacher is labeled as highly effective. In some school divisions, the rating a teacher receives may be tied to their merit-based compensation. In 2012, the Virginia Department of Education released the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Principals, which provides school divisions a structure for their teacher evaluation instrument (Virginia Department of Education [VDOE], 2012). This document requires that Virginia school divisions include a quantifiable measure of student performance as a component of their teacher evaluation instrument. When teachers transfer from one school to another within the same school division many aspects of their job change. For example, the school leader who performs the teacher's evaluation changes and the student population changes as well. The presence of these variables may have an effect on a teacher's evaluation, but they are not controlled by the teacher being evaluated. The purpose of this basic qualitative study is to determine teachers' attitudes toward teacher evaluation when the teacher has transferred schools within the same school division. Eight teachers were interviewed regarding their attitude toward teacher evaluation. The data indicate that the change in evaluator when a teacher transfers work sites has a stronger impact than any other variable in the transfer process. The data also indicate that a change in the context for the teacher being evaluated does not affect their attitude towards evaluation.<br>Ed. D.
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Mahlaela, Kedibone I. "Teacher assessment for teacher professional development." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71703.
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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>Bibliography<br>This study is an investigation of the link between the current South African Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) as an assessment process and teacher professional development in South Africa. A review of literature confirms that teacher assessment should and could facilitate teacher professional development. However, how teacher assessment affects teacher professional development has not been fully recognized. There is, however, little empirical research available on how teacher assessment affects teacher professional development. Steyn and van Niekerk (2002) have noticed that little is known on the kind of support that teachers should receive as a result of teacher assessment. As a result, people are unclear on how teacher assessment should be implemented in order to yield effective teacher professional development.
Though the government took numerous efforts to ensure greater teacher accountability and functional schools over some years via policy interventions such as IQMS, there are still deep-seated challenges that hamper these interventions from working effectively. Therefore, the qualitative case study has used three secondary schools in Limpopo, Capricorn District as the research sites to explore the role of IQMS in teacher professional development. The results from the participants indicate that IQMS is effective but only if a numbers of issues can be considered. Participants highlighted issues like, if every teacher can be trained, and there could be quality training with competitive facilitators, also, if there could be a conducive culture and the climate of the school then that could impact positively on teacher development.
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Revis, Jodi Hawkins. "Advancing teacher leadership capacity: Teacher -leaders' perceptions of social and organizational structures on teacher-leader to teacher interactions." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2496.
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In order to gain insight into developing teacher leadership capacity this study was designed to surface how tasks and interactions unfold from the perspective of the practitioners. The central focus of this study was to investigate the ways an elementary teacher-leader takes a stance toward instructional leadership while negotiating professional norms and organizational structures within the context of a public school setting. This investigation sought to identify instructionally related teacher leadership actions and opportunities; and to examine teacher-leaders' interaction patterns with an interest in identifying how teacher-leaders interact and enact their leadership tasks. Reports of 79 teacher-leaders' perceptions of interactions were collected using a 71 item questionnaire designed for this study based on the literature. Factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha were conducted and confirmed the measuring instrument's reliability and validity. Sample data were analyzed for descriptive statistics and the relationships between the latent constructs: organizational structure, social context, and professional values. Results of the bivariate correlations revealed that both social context and organizational structure accounted for a small percentage of the variance in teacher-leader to teacher interaction. Interaction shared an 8% variance with social context and shared an 8% variance with access for interaction. Professional values did not have a statistically significant correlation with interactions . Moreover, social context had a 30% shared variance with access for interaction and a shared variance of 37% with professional values . In summary, professional values had the greatest variance with social context (37%) and social context had the greatest variance with access for interaction (30%) which represented organizational structure. An implication of the results suggests social context is central for shaping and reshaping values and norms.
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Loy, Kevin John. "Effective teacher communication skills and teacher quality." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1141847591.
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Hood, Nina E. "Internet-mediated teacher-to-teacher knowledge mobilisation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:27ccff52-746b-4b9b-8715-2e85813680a9.
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The study investigates the rise of online platforms that support teacher-to-teacher knowledge mobilisation. The adoption of the interpretative approach focuses the investigation on how the online platforms, their resources and the learning opportunities they provide are conceptualised by teachers in relation to their broader teaching practice, workplace culture and professional learning. The study is framed by two overarching research questions. (1) What is the nature of the knowledge being shared and reconstructed by teachers in Internet-mediated knowledge mobilisation? (2) What is the nature of the learning arising from teacher-to-teacher Internet-mediated knowledge mobilisation? The study employs a multiple case-study design to investigate two United States based online platforms, which facilitate teacher-to-teacher knowledge sharing. Twenty teachers from across the two cases were selected to participate in the study. A qualitative methodology was utilised. Teachers participated in an individual, face-to-face interview. In the two months following the initial interview teachers completed a weekly journal log detailing their engagement with the platform. Upon the completion of their journal logs, teachers participated in a follow-up interview via Skype. To help to contextualise the individual teachers within the broader case and to enrich their personal stories, observations of the platforms occurred throughout the data collection period. The study proposes a new theoretical model for how to conceptualise Internet-mediated knowledge mobilisation, the knowledge that is produced and the learning that occurs through the reconstruction process. It emphasises the connection between offline and online contexts and the role the platforms play in breaking down the boundaries between teachers' school-based practice and online resources and learning opportunities. The framework encapsulates the combining of the individual and their contexts of action, together with the platform and the information and knowledge it contains, to determine and shape the operation of the knowledge reconstruction process and the learning that transpires. Internet-mediated knowledge mobilisation facilitates the development of teachers' personal, practical knowledge by providing insight into the instructional practice of teachers and exposing teachers to new ideas and perspectives, which support the expansion of their propositional structures and episodic knowledge. Access to relevant, teacher-created materials increases the efficiency and effectiveness with which teachers can undertake elements of their practice, while also promoting learning through participation in work-based tasks. Individualism emerges as the dominant mode of engagement and learning in the study, with individual teachers regulating not only how and when they engage but also determining the outcomes they construct from their actions. The Internet, as a knowledge mediator, opens up new possibilities that are not available in teachers' offline contexts. It not only breaks down boundaries between teachers, but it also collapses boundaries between the various settings of teachers' professional practice and learning, effectively merging the offline and online contexts of teachers' work. The dual contexts of the platforms offer specific affordances that help to shape teachers' engagement, while also acting to promote new learning processes that do not exist in offline knowledge mobilisation.
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Hughes, Victoria M. "Teacher evaluation practices and teacher job satisfaction." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4468.
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Thesis (Ed. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 2, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Graves, Nora Annette. "Structuring teacher knowledge to optimize teacher performance." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000073.
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Logan, Amber. "The Artist Teacher as a Reflective Teacher." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2020. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8494.
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The challenges of teaching include classroom management issues, lack of time, stress, and the constraints of core standards. In response to these challenges, I determined to change my attitude about being a teacher, become more reflective about my teaching practice and curriculum, and try to connect my artistic self to my teaching self. This thesis is an autoethnographic research of my own teaching practice designed to counter the challenges I was facing as a teacher. I wanted to become less reactive and more reflective about the challenges and rewards of being an artist teacher. This thesis is a reflection on my journey to find my own path toward professional growth and satisfaction through a careful study of my experiences teaching in a junior high school art room. In the end, this self-study has helped me become more flexible, understanding, and forgiving of myself as an artist and a teacher. I learned to allow myself to be flexible enough to let the research lead me in unforeseen directions and not fall into the trap of best practices. My attempt to apply some of my own artistic practices, such as in the use of materials, artists, and time constraints, to student projects was successful. I began by attempting to turn my teaching into my art practice; what I ended up doing was becoming a more reflective teacher.
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Chandler, Jack L. "Conflict in student teacher-cooperating teacher relationships." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Chen, Hsiu-ling. "Teacher planning : social studies teacher in Taiwan /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Silva, Marimar da. "Teacher knowledge in english language teacher education." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/93004.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2009<br>Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-24T15:06:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1
270765.pdf: 607810 bytes, checksum: 81d4d6f61fd8f23bb6ba97d6ba9eee28 (MD5)<br>This study, qualitative in nature and grounded theory in approach, aims at investigating the concept of teacher knowledge in the area of English language teacher education in the writings of three Brazilian applied linguists with a view to conceptualizing it. Data collection and analysis, based on grounded theory strategies, consist of theoretical and empirical studies on English language teacher education produced between the beginning of 1990 and 2000 by José Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho, Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes, and João Antonio Telles. The analysis of the ideas of these three Brazilian applied linguists on the education of the English language teacher unveiled that they suggest to adopt (1) the knowledge construction paradigm for professional education, (2) the applied-science reflective model or the craft-reflective model for teacher education, and (3) research of ethnographic nature to approach teachers# reflective practices. In addition, they view teacher knowledge (a) as a cognitive construction, (b) as a social-cognitive construction, and (c) as an experiential construction. As a cognitive construction, teacher knowledge focuses on the development of teachers# competences; as a social-cognitive construction, on teachers# awareness on how discourse works in the social construction of meanings; and as an experiential construction, on teachers# awareness on their personal practical knowledge. The present study suggests that the three applied linguists# views of paradigms of professional education, models of teacher education, approaches to reflective practices, and views of teacher knowledge are related to the way they view how the relation between the teacher and knowledge is constructed. Since that view varies, the present study suggests that teacher knowledge will tend to be a multi-nature concept. In addition, this study points out, on the one hand, a possible fragmented view of the concept of teacher knowledge and of the education of the English language teacher. On the other hand, it acknowledges that the paradigms, models, approaches and views of teacher knowledge suggested by the three applied linguists reflect the development of scientific investigation throughout the history of mankind. Finally, the present study suggests widening the theme studied here, including not only the ideas of other Brazilian applied linguists, but also their empirical studies to get a more precise view of the concept of teacher knowledge in the area of English language teacher education in Brazil.<br>Este estudo, de natureza qualitativa e embasado na teoria fundamentada, visa investigar o conceito the conhecimento docente nos escritos de três linguistas aplicados brasileiros, com o objetivo de conceituá-lo. Os dados, estudos teóricos e empíricos sobre a formação de professor de inglês, produzidos entre o início de 1990 e de 2000 por José Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho, Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes e João Antonio Telles, foram coletados e analisados com base nas estratégias da teoria fundamentada. A análise das idéias dos três linguistas aplicados brasileiros sobre a formação de professor de língua inglesa revelou que eles sugerem adotar (1) o paradigma de construção de conhecimento para a formação profissional, (2) o modelo reflexivo de ciência aplicada ou o modelo reflexivo experencial para a formação de professores, e (3) a pesquisa de base etnográfica para a abordagem de práticas reflexivas. Adicionalmente, eles vêem o conhecimento docente como (a) uma construção cognitiva, (b) como uma construção cognitiva-social, e (c) como uma construção experencial. Como uma construção cognitiva, o conhecimento docente está centrado no desenvolvimento de competências; como uma construção cognitiva-social, nas práticas discursivas; e como uma construção experencial, no conhecimento prático pessoal do professor. O presente estudo sugere que as concepções dos linguistas aplicados sobre paradigmas de formação profissional, modelos de formação de professores, abordagens de práticas reflexivas e concepções de conhecimento docente estão relacionadas a sua visão de como a relação entre o professor e o conhecimento docente é construída. Tendo em vista que os três linguistas aplicados têm visões diferentes de como esta relação é construída, este estudo sugere que o conhecimento docente tenderá a ser um conceito de naturezas múltiplas. Este estudo também alerta para uma possível visão fragmentada do conceito de conhecimento docente e da formação de professor de língua inglesa. Entretanto, ele também reconhece que os paradigmas, modelos, abordagens e concepções de conhecimento docente refletem o desenvolvimento de investigações científicas ao longo da história da humanidade. Por fim, o presente estudo sugere ampliar o tema aqui investigado, incluindo não somente as idéias de outros linguistas aplicados brasileiros, mas também seus estudos empíricos a fim de que uma visão mais precisa do conhecimento docente na área de formação de professor de língua inglesa possa ser delineada no Brasil.
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Grudnoff, Alexandra Barbara. "Becoming a Teacher: An Investigation of the Transition from Student Teacher to Teacher." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2647.
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This thesis seeks to gain greater knowledge of the process of transition and development that beginning primary teachers undergo over their first year of teaching. The research focus is on investigating and understanding this process from the standpoint of the beginning teacher. Of particular interest is an examination of how the teacher preparation programme, contextual features of the school, and participants' own beliefs and biographies influence and impact on their transition to teaching and their professional and identity development as first year teachers. This longitudinal study takes an interpretive approach to investigate the first year teaching experiences of 12 beginning teachers in 11 primary schools. The qualitative methodology used in this thesis shares characteristics with a case study approach and utilizes procedures associated with grounded theory. Data were gathered systematically over a year by way of 48 semi-structured, individual interviews, two focus group interviews, and 48 questionnaires, supplemented by field notes. The collected data were analyzed, coded, and categorized, and explanations and theory that emerged from this process were grounded in the data. The findings of this study have three broad sets of implications for the education and induction of beginning teachers. Firstly, they question the role that practicum plays in the transition from student to teacher. The findings suggest that the practicum component of teacher preparation programmes should be re-conceptualized and redesigned to provide authentic opportunities for student teachers to be exposed to the full range of work demands and complexity that they will encounter as beginning teachers. Secondly, becoming a successful teacher appears to depend on the quality of the school's professional and social relationships, particularly in terms of the frequency and type of formal and informal interactions that ii beginning teachers have with colleagues. While the major source of satisfaction and self-esteem came from seeing the children whom they taught achieving socially and academically, the beginning teachers also had a strong need for affiliation, which was enabled through positive, structured interactions and relationships with colleagues. The study also indicates that employment status influences the way that the beginning teachers view their work and themselves as teachers, with those in relieving positions displaying greater variability in terms of emotional reactions and a sense of professional confidence than those employed in permanent positions. The third set of implications relate to beginning teacher induction. The study points to variability in the quality of induction experiences and challenges policy makers and principals to ensure that all beginning teachers are provided with sound and systematic advice and guidance programmes which are necessary for their learning and development. While the study confirms the critical role played by tutor teachers in beginning teacher induction, it suggests that the focus is on emotional and practical support rather than on educative mentoring to enhance new teachers' thinking and practice. This thesis provides a comprehensive and nuanced view of how beginning to teach is experienced and interpreted. It paints a complex picture of the relationship between biography, beliefs, preparation, and context in the process of learning to teach. The study contributes to the literature on the education of beginning teachers. It highlights the need for developing a shared understanding amongst policy makers, teacher educators, and schools regarding the multiplicity and complexity of factors that influence the transition and development of beginning teachers.
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Toale, Mary C. "Teacher clarity and teacher misbehaviors relationships with students' affective learning and teacher credibility /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1940.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 90 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-66).
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Conway, Pamela R. "The relationship among teacher empowerment, teacher beliefs, teacher demographics, and second grade reading achievement /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3012962.
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Niess, Margaret. "Mathematics Teacher TPACK Standards and Revising Teacher Preparation." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-80742.
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What knowledge do teachers need for integrating appropriate digital technologies in teaching mathematics? An overarching construct called TPACK is proposed as the interconnection and intersection of knowledge among technology, pedagogy, and content and is referred to as the total knowledge package for teaching mathematics with technology. Five stages in the process of developing TPACK - recognizing, accepting, adapting, exploring, and adapting – describe the process of teachers’ learning to integrate technology. Teachers learn to teach mathematics from their own learning – K-12 mathematics - collegiate mathematics coursework, teacher preparation program, field experiences and professional development as they teach mathematics. The challenge is to identify appropriate experiences to guide this integration of technology in teaching
mathematics in ways that develop TPACK. A framework for these experiences directs attention to emergent social and psychological perspectives.
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Lai, Fei Long. "Autonomy and teacher learning : developing autonomous teacher learning." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409600.
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Kearley, Ina. "The use of teacher portfolios in teacher evaluation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23149.pdf.
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Tuell, Jeanna M. "Principal and Teacher Relationships and Teacher Job Satisfaction." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2006. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/TuellJM2006.pdf.
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Sweetingham, Pauline Margaret. "Class teacher - support teacher relationships in secondary schools." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300064.
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Cannady, Matthew A. "Modeling Teacher Attrition: Teacher Characteristics and Working Conditions." Thesis, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2160.
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Thesis advisor: Joseph J. Pedulla<br>This paper describes the literature on teacher attrition as either focusing on the working conditions faced by beginning teachers or highlighting variations in teachers' characteristics as causes for early teacher attrition. This study uses responses to the School and Staffing Survey (SASS) along with the Teacher Follow-Up Survey (TFS) to compare these contrasting views of early teacher attrition. Two logistic regression models were constructed and their relative efficacy in explaining teacher attrition were compared using three statistical techniques; model fit characteristics (e.g. pseudo-R2, Akaike Information Criteria, Bayesian Information Criteria); a comparison of their classification effectiveness, and results from Davidson and MacKinnon's J test (1981). A final model was also constructed using the predictive elements of each of the previous models. Results suggest that the working conditions model better fits the observed data than the teacher characteristics model. The final model highlights the importance of teacher commitment and engagement in the profession in teachers' career decisions<br>Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2011<br>Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education<br>Discipline: Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
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Макаренко, О. Є. "Intercultural Competence of a Teacher and Teacher Education." Thesis, ВВП "Мрія", 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/59457.
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The article is devoted to the importance of interciltural competence of a teacher both at school and university at present as a way to adapt Ukrainian higher institutions to the educational requirements of the pologna process. The article also gives tha targets and the goals of the intercultural competence trainings for teachers.<br>Стаття присвячена важливості міжкультурної компетентності вчителя школи та викладача вищого навчалоного закладу в сучасних умовах освіти як складової адаптації українських навчальних закладів до освітніх вимог Болонського процесу. В статті також наведено цілі та задачі реалізації міжкультурної компетентності для педагогічної освіти.
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Williams, Willie E. "Principal Leadership Style, Teacher Motivation, and Teacher Retention." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6148.
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The problem of teacher turnover in the United States has received significant attention from policymakers and district leaders. Improving teacher motivation is a concern and challenge for principals because they are faced with retaining highly qualified and capable teachers in the classroom. Researchers have indicated that principals can play a crucial role in motivating teachers. This nonexperimental correlational study used Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory and the leadership theories of Burns, Avolio, and Bass as a framework to address 2 research questions. The first research question examined the relationship between principal leadership style and teacher motivation, and the second question addressed principal leadership style and teacher retention. The sample included 55 certified teachers working in public middle school and high school in a southeastern state. The teachers completed electronic versions of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire, the Basic Needs Satisfaction at Work, and demographic questionnaire. For the first research question, results from a multiple linear regression showed transformational leadership to be a significant predictor of teacher motivation. For the second research question, a binary logistic regression did not support a relationship between principal leadership style and teacher commitment to teaching. The information gained from this study may benefit principals and teachers by informing leadership approaches for organizational change that may enhance teacher motivation.
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Mundim, Rosa Yoshiko Mochidome. "Teacher talk." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1987. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/157530.
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Previous issue date: 1987<br>Esta dissertação tem por objetivo principal descrever a interação verbal professor/aluno em salas de aulas de cursos particulares onde se ensina a língua inglesa no Brasil. Partindo do pressuposto de que a fala de sala de aula usada pelo professor para conduzir o processo ensino-aprendizagem é possível de ser analisada, descrita e caracterizada a nível lingüístico, a referida dissertação baseia-se teoricamente no modelo Birmingham de interação em sala de aula. Feita a análise, que foi aplicada a quatro aulas de inglês básico (false beginners) e duas iniciantes (beginners), gravadas em três cursos de língua, mostrou-se que, de acordo com a teoria desenvolvida por Sinclair and Coulthard (1975), Sinclair et al (1982), a estrutura da fala do professor pode ser descrita em termos de Initiation (I), Response (R), e Follow-up (F). As aulas são conduzidas, de certa maneira, informalmente por professores jovens e dinâmicos, mas o conteúdo permanece formal porque as atividades de língua desenvolvidas durante as aulas são do tipo "citation" (Willis, 1983) onde o objetivo é fazer com que os alunos consigam se expressar corretamente, o que mostra que o ensino de inglês, de acordo com as aulas analisadas, ainda é motivado na aprendizagem da gramática da língua, apesar das novas orientações ao ensino de língua estarem centradas mais na promoção da capcidade do aluno em comunicar-se através da língua do que ensino tradicional da gramática. Analisando a língua usada em salas de aula em "inner layer" e "outer layer" (Willis, 1981), ficou claro que quando a língua materna é a usada para se ensinar inglês, o que é comunicativo em sala de aula (outer layer) é conseqüentemente dado em Português, sendo que o Inglês é usado apenas para praticar as estruturas da língua (inner layer).
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Jones, Laurie Ann Talbert Tony L. "Passionate teacher/virtuous teaching : exploring the relationship between teacher passion, teacher calling, and character education /." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4202.
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Thomas, Trevor R. "The Use of EVAAS Teacher Reports in Teacher Evaluation: Teacher Attitudes in Ohio's Public Schools." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1387868297.
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Akinbode, Adenike. "Transforming self as reflective teacher : journey of being and becoming a teacher and teacher educator." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/575386.
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The nature of reflective practice in teaching and its development is the focus of this research. The research approach is reflexive narrative through systematic self-inquiry using Johns (2010) six dialogical movements. This methodology is new to researching the practice of teaching. The research process involved constructing stories of practice experiences, culminating in the construction of the reflexive narrative charting the entire journey over three years and four months. Creating the stories involved in-depth reflection using the disciplined practice of journaling. Reflection was deepened using reflective models, and dialogue with a range of literature sources also supported the creation of the stories. Central to the study was guided reflection through regular engagement with an established inquiry group, which provided a high level of challenge and support for the research. The reflexive narrative was constructed from 25 stories of practice experience, which represents the journey of being and becoming a reflective teacher and teacher educator. The research presents aspects of the lived experience of teaching which includes foregrounding some of the complexity of classroom practice. The research demonstrates how engaging in in-depth reflective process can transform moment to moment practice within the fast-paced crowded classroom experience. This is achieved through gaining an in-depth understanding of self as a teacher, and of the education system and its policies and practices. As a result of in-depth reflection on practice, aspects of teaching which usually remain hidden are exposed. The research identifies how emotion impacts on teaching in some depth. An understanding of one’s emotional self in practice, and one’s personality preferences are essential in developing desirable practice. The research makes a contribution to knowledge about narrative research in educational practices. The methodology demonstrates a valuable approach to developing teaching practice, and enabling a teacher to identify issues which impact on practice but which have been hidden. Teachers also gain an understanding of the fear and constraints which limit desirable practice and enable one to find ways to work that are liberating rather than limiting.
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Stephenson, Kimberly Jean. "Teacher Views on Teacher Voice| Elementary Music Teacher Perceptions of Voice Use in the Workplace." Thesis, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10933284.
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<p> Teachers represent a large portion of professional voice users in the United States and the development of poor vocal health has related to their work. Elementary music educators are expected to use their voices in both speech and song and are vocally active for much of their workday. This study investigates elementary music teachers’ conceptualization of their voices, what personal and professional value teachers place upon their voices, and how vocal health may affect, support, or detract from their careers. </p><p> In this multiple case study conducted with three participants, a questionnaire addressed background demographics for the teacher and information regarding the music program. An interview collected more in depth data on thoughts and perceptions of voice use. Teachers completed the Voice Handicap Index and Singing Voice Handicap Index and each teacher was observed for one full workday. </p><p> Vocal professionalism and caring for the voice’s professional use vary in definition and importance from teacher to teacher. Participants seem more conscious of their physical health than other aspects of professional vocal demand. Participants described themselves as vocal professionals while also engaging in behaviors which did not consistently support sustainable vocal health or hygiene. While each teacher viewed their voice as a professional tool, none had received training in the care of their voices, in what to do if their voice was injured, or in how to use their voices safely while teaching. Each teacher reported mild to no voice handicap on both the Voice Handicap Index and the Singing Voice Handicap Index. This may reflect some degree of label avoidance. </p><p> Teachers at the elementary level of music come from diverse backgrounds and teach in widely varying circumstances. Teachers may hold some information on vocal health but may not have been trained in how to use the voice while teaching and may develop habitual practices which are not conducive to a career of healthy vocal production. Increased attention is indicated for the populations who professionally use their voices in both speech and song.</p><p>
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Dickinson, Esther B. "The Impact of Collaborative Teacher Teaming on Teacher Learning." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/88.
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Schools have organized professional learning communities to support teacher learning and hopefully student achievement. An investigation of these learning communities may provide a description of professional teacher learning and suggest implications and implementation processes. The following question guided this inquiry: In collaborative groups, what learning is recognized by teachers and what do teachers think facilitates that learning? The qualitative study investigated how teachers that participate in collaborative teams describe the learning process. The teachers responded to interview questions following observations of team meetings. The findings reveal what teachers perceive about their learning. The findings suggest the qualities of the learning situations for the teachers, the learning as recognized by the teachers, and the changes in practices that the teachers implemented in the classroom. The study implies and/or suggests processes and procedures to guide and enhance teacher learning in collaborative groups.
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Dinning, Laura. "Parent and Teacher Perceptions of Student Teacher Assistance Teams." TopSCHOLAR®, 1997. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/775.
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The Student Teacher Assistance Team (STAT) method is one form of prereferral intervention that involves the problem-solving of teachers and other school professionals with the goal of obtaining more efficient and effective help for students in the regular education setting. After an examination of the research in the area of prereferral interventions, it was noted that few research studies mentioned parents' involvement in and none were found assessing parents' perceptions of the process. This study examines both parent and teacher perceptions of student teacher assistance teams (STATs) in a small rural county in Kentucky. Participants in the study involved 44 parents of children who have been involved in the STAT team during the 1996-97 school year and 49 teachers who currently teach in the school system. A questionnaire entitled "Parent's Expectations" was administered to the parents, and a questionnaire entitled "Teacher's Views of STAT" with 13 equivalent questions was administered to the teachers. Results of the surveys generally showed higher levels of agreement by parents than by teachers with the descriptors of the STAT process. Specifically, survey results showed that parents rated the following characteristics of the STAT process significantly higher than the teachers in the study: overall helpfulness, improvement in a child's behavior and school work, necessity for helping a child, a focus on a child's strengths and weaknesses, provision of ways to work with the child, and helping a child get along with others. Results also showed that parents and teachers hold separate beliefs about the STAT process. Teachers were significantly more likely than parents to view the process as only as a step toward testing. In contrast, parents were more likely to believe that the team will find the cause of their child's problems and will tell them what the future holds for their child. Further results showed that views differed between those teachers who have been a member of a STAT team and those who have never participated in the process. Teachers who have been a member of the STAT team were more likely to believe that the team will listen to what they have to say, while those who had been a team member were more likely to believe that the STAT team will provide them with ways to work with their students. In addition, results also showed that teachers of higher grades (4-8) viewed the process in a more positive manner than did teachers of lower grades (K-3).
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James, Nalita. "Teacher professionalism, teacher identity : how do I see myself?" Thesis, University of Leicester, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/30828.
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This doctoral thesis describes a research study that explores how academic psychologists see themselves in the communities in which they live and work - in this context higher education and their professional body, the British Psychological Society. It examines how professional identity is constructed in such communities and how they underpin their teacher professionalism. A detailed literature review has taken place, involving an examination of two theoretical concepts - the nature of teacher professionalism and professional identity. The epistemological framework of the study and the narrative inquiry approach both provide a way of understanding the academic psychologists' experiences as lived and told narratives. The relationships that define their lives have also been explored - these include talking to Society staff and students studying on undergraduate degrees in psychology. A narrative method of inquiry has been used in the form of email interviewing, offering an alternative site for the academic psychologists to reflect upon experiential events and write their accounts. This is complemented by the use of non-narrative methods such as email questionnaires delivered to the students and face-to-face interviews conducted with Society staff. Through the data analysis the emergent themes illustrate how the academic psychologists see themselves and how they are perceived by others. Conclusions drawn suggest an emerging model of teacher professionalism whereby the academic psychologists are engaged in critical self-reflection to explore their identities using self-images. They also highlight that a multiplicity of identities exist that are shaped by the academic psychologists' varied working communities and are interlinked with their personal lives. Recommendations for organisational practice have also been made, looking at how academic psychologists see themselves as members of the Society and the implications this has for supporting the development of the profession.
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Durr, Anthony John. "Identifying Teacher Capacities That May Buffer Against Teacher Burnout." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1227554195.
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Wilber, Danielle E. "TEACHER PERCEPTION VERSUS TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1466091902.
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Basich, Christopher William. "Teacher Leadership: Effects on Job Satisfaction and Teacher Retention." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1525452300333868.
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Greene, Terry A. "Impacting teacher beliefs: A whole language teacher education program." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187335.
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This multi-case study focuses on a preservice teacher education program and four of the teacher candidate participants. It is important to the field as the focus is on teacher candidates at a mid-point in their professional coursework and also provides an in depth description of the learning experiences provided in a constructivist teacher education program. The teacher education program known as "the whole language block" consists of undergraduate methods instruction in reading, language arts, and social studies and an apprenticeship experience on-site at Borton Primary Magnet School in South Tucson, Arizona. The philosophy of whole language guides the instruction of the block. The case studies focus on the personal beliefs about learning and teaching of four teacher candidates and provide a "window" into the block experience. The data consists of two participant interviews, participants journals, daily field notes, participant exit cards, participant mid/final reflections, interviews with faculty instructors, and personal reflections of the researcher. The data was used to construct and critically analyze two "typical" days of the whole language block; and to construct four case studies of the experiences of the participants. The results of the study demonstrate a change in the teacher candidates' personal beliefs after participating in the whole language block. Additionally, the results speak to the importance of the use of a constructivist philosophy like whole language in teacher education programs. The critical role of an apprenticeship experience for teacher candidates is also supported.
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Sharp, L. Kathryn. "Building a Better Teacher: Teacher Preparation at a Crossroad." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4268.
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Sleppin, David S. "New teacher isolation and its relationship to teacher attrition." ScholarWorks, 2009. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/635.
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Studies suggest that many promising new teachers who experience isolation do not reach their full potential and may leave the teaching profession prematurely. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between the experience of isolation among new teachers and the potential for teacher attrition in an urban school district in the northeastern U.S. Grounded in constructivist theory, the phenomenological research design examined in-depth interview data collected from 8 new public elementary school teachers with three or less years experience. A coding procedure began by extracting key phrases and statements from the raw data and reduced information into categories and themes based on frequency and alignment to the research focus. An analysis of the thematic data revealed several shared factors regarding mentoring and isolation including consensus that mentoring was instrumental in reducing feelings of isolation, that isolation is experienced in different ways and to varying degrees, and that new teachers have a strong desire to remain in the profession, but might leave their current assignment due to feelings of isolation. It was concluded that new teachers participating in the study found that mentoring and a strong belief in the importance of education helped them feel less isolated and more connected to their learning community. Recommendations for action included implementing quality induction programs for new teachers, requiring participation in these programs for at least two years, and providing better peer mentoring experiences for new teachers. These recommendations have the potential to create a more positive experience for new teachers. This study has implications for positive social change in new teacher training which involves mentors, school leaders, peer coaches, and communities of teachers working together to meet the needs of today's new teachers.
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Chambers, Dyna M. "Elementary School Teacher Perceptions of Factors Influencing Teacher Morale." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1582.
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The 28th annual MetLife survey of 1,001 American teachers in the United States indicated that low teacher morale is a common problem faced by many public schools. In one public elementary school located in a Southern state, the teacher attrition rate increased from 30% to 40% within 2 years. The purpose of this mixed method study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of morale and their perceived factors that influence low morale at the school. Maslow's theory of motivation was used to understand the impact of teacher satisfaction on teachers' morale and self-motivation for leading change. The research questions were focused on teachers' perceptions of morale, teachers' perceptions of factors that influence their morale, and teachers' suggestions of what could be done to improve their morale. Data were collected through surveys and interviews with 25 study participants who were selected via convenience and purposeful sampling. Descriptive statistics were conducted to describe the quantitative data. Qualitative data were analyzed for emergent themes. Data analysis showed that teacher morale was low. Teachers identified support, leadership, and motivation as factors that influenced their morale. They also suggested that support, leadership, and motivation could improve their morale. These identified factors were used to inform a 3-day professional development training focused on leading change and teacher leadership through participative leadership. Teaching participative leadership might promote positive morale for the principal and teachers. These actions could contribute to positive social change by building leadership capacity and sustaining high levels of morale among school personnel to increase student achievement and teacher retention.
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Weatherwax, Amanda Luke. "Becoming Teacher: How Teacher Subjects Are Made and Remade in Little Turtle High School's Teacher Academy." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1271103334.
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Duquette, Cheryll A. "Teacher attitudes toward mainstreaming related to teacher perceptions of mainstreaming and teacher observations of principal behaviours." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/21354.
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Ng, Kevin (Kevin Y. ). "Design of a teacher education model that improves teacher educator efficiency in processing teacher candidate data." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119729.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2018.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-50).<br>Existing state of the art practice-based teacher education models either rely on heavy teacher educator time commitment to process teacher candidate performance stored in rich media like audio or video, or rely on teacher candidates to voluntarily share experiences with minimal teacher educator interaction with data. Using an iterative design process, I work with teacher educators to gauge interest in and build a new teacher education model that simplifies how teacher educators interact with rich media. The new model builds on Teacher Moments, an online simulator for preservice teachers, and takes advantage of state of the art speech recognition and data visualization technology to help teacher educators learn the contents of rich media generated by teacher candidates without dedicating the time to listen or watch media. In my investigation, I find that there is an interest in such a model and that the new model succeeds in empowering teacher educators with the ability to use teacher candidate data to inform instructional decisions and substantiate discussion point during group debrief sessions.<br>by Kevin Ng.<br>M. Eng.
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Owho-Ovuakporie, Kesiena. "Using "teacher moments" as an online practice space for parent-teacher conference simulation in preservice teacher education." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111318.
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Thesis: S.M. in Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, Technology and Policy Program, 2017.<br>Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75).<br>The aim of this thesis is to investigate and improve the suitability of Teacher Moments as an online practice space for parent-teacher conference simulation in preservice teacher education. We evaluate Teacher Moments by means of a playtest conducted with students of a preservice education class for undergraduates in the Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) at MIT. We set out to answer 3 research questions. 1) How do users perceive the authenticity of parent-teacher conference simulations in Teacher Moments? 2) How do students' reflections relate to the learning objectives after completing a parent-teacher conference simulation in Teacher Moments? 3) How do new users perceive the ease of use of Teacher Moments interface? Most of the preservice teachers in our study felt the simulation experience was authentic and the user interface was easy to use. The main themes we identified in the students' reflections and class debrief were aligned with the simulation learning objectives.<br>by Kesiena Owho-Ovuakporie.<br>S.M. in Technology and Policy<br>S.M.
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Warren, Amber N., and Natalia A. Ward. "“It Didn’t Make Me a Better Teacher”: Inservice Teacher Constructions of Dilemmas in High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5584.
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This article explores how inservice teachers articulate and challenge notions of effective teaching as part of an environment of high-stakes teacher evaluation (HSTE) in Tennessee. Drawing on data from public forum speeches at school board meetings, policy documents, and interviews, we used thematic discourse analysis to investigate how teacher effectiveness is discursively constructed by teachers. Findings demonstrate how participants drew upon competing definitions of effective teaching to build a discursive case for potential areas for improvement regarding the observation of teaching as part of HSTE policies. Because measures of teacher performance are an issue of much debate in the United States, teachers’ descriptions of the relationships between teaching evaluations, observations, professional development, and student learning are critical to understanding how to develop effective procedures for observation and evaluation. Implications for developing evaluation informed by teachers’ experiences are discussed.
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Moore, Thomas O. "Teacher perceptions of the benefits of teacher collaboration and an analysis of indicators of potential teacher attrition /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3061.pdf.
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Moore, Thomas Owen. "Teacher Perceptions of the Benefits of Teacher Collaboration and An Analysis of Indicators of Potential Teacher Attrition." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1811.
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Teacher collaboration is being implemented in many schools for a number of reasons with various claimed benefits. Collaboration is being heralded by many as a fix for many of the problems affecting teachers. This study shows that teachers believe that collaboration improves their ability to teach subject content, improves teaching methods, improves teacher's ability to manage students, and provides benefits to teachers in general. The majority of participants in this survey, whether currently participating in collaboration or not, indicated that they agree that collaboration provides these benefits. This study also examines four potential indicators of teacher attrition: administrative support, teacher salaries, excitement and enthusiasm toward teaching, and intent to stay in the teaching profession. The data showed that the effect of participation in collaboration has a slight positive effect on the indicators of potential attrition but not a statistically significant influence. Low teacher salaries remain a major area of frustration for the majority of teachers and should be further examined as a contributor to teacher attrition. Teacher attrition is a problem that must be addressed if a solution to the current and future teacher shortage is to be found. Further studies need to be conducted into this critical issue to determine the causes of this problem and find solutions.
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Fitch-Blanks, Connee R. Fisher Robert L. "Elected teacher leaders' perceptions of teacher leadership in changing schools." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3172877.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2004.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed November 17, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Robert L. Fisher (chair), Allen E. Bearden, Albert T. Azinger, Barbara L. Nourie. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-96) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Studevan, Russell H. "Relationship between teacher absence and factors in teacher-principal relationships." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1987. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/1576.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between principal-teacher relationship and teacher absence. The intent of this study was to analyze the effect of teacher absence rate on two variables: leadership and job satisfaction. The study posed the following questions:
1. Is there a significant relationship between the level of job satisfaction of teachers and the rate of teacher absence as measured by a supervision questionnaire?
2. Is there a significant relationship in the rate of teacher absence and selected independent variables: leadership, autonomy, morale, satisfaction, and production?
3. Is there a significant relationship between absence and job satisfaction of teachers in different school settings?
The study has investigated the role of the principal as the change agent. It was contended that a direct linkage existed between teacher absence, job satisfaction, and the principal's leadership. It was conceptualized that the effective leader, the principal, could improve job satisfaction through positive interaction that produced patterns of effective leadership, evidenced by a decrease in teacher absence. The study is concerned with how "what exists" (job satisfaction) is related to some preceding event (principal leadership) that may have influenced or affected a present condition (teacher absence).
The study followed an expost facto procedure because no manipulation of a treatment variable was included. The multiple regression technique was used to determine whether the independent variables, leadership, job satisfaction, morale, autonomy, and production, when taken together or individually, can be found to be significantly correlated with the dependent variable absence. There were 174 teachers in grades one through eight surveyed. The data collected were subjected to a Pearson Product-Moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression.
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Hypothesis 1 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and teacher absence.
Hypothesis 2 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between leadership and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 3 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher autonomy and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 4 is rejected that there is no significant relationship between teacher morale and teacher absence rate.
Hypothesis 5 is accepted that there is no significant relationship between production and teacher absence rate.
Analysis of Data
Analysis of the Pearson-Moment Correlation indicted a greater association with job satisfaction, leadership, autonomy, and the dependent variable absence. The variable production had no association. 2 Using absence as the dependent variable in a regression, sex, race, teaching position, age, years assigned to school, years of teaching experience, discipline, school race, and location of school as independent variables, only school race and location showed any significant influence on absence.
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Binks, Peter. "Teacher biography and teacher development : considerations for development through dialogue." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020466/.
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The thesis addresses the importance of the biographical in questions relating to professional development arguing that biography illuminates how individuals acquire knowledge and how perspectives on development are formed. From a perspective of Developmental Systems Theory change and development for teaching is viewed as selfreflexivity — a more contextually relevant concept than self-understanding. In exploratory interviews, different temporal orientations between teachers emerge. Extended, interpretative interviews take place employing an interview guide to test the link between biography, knowledge acquisition, practice and development. Five case studies are developed featuring teachers chosen for their diversity and interest and potential to contribute to an emergent theory. Respondents have been teaching colleagues for an average of ten years. A major theme is a differentiated ability to integrate past and present. This also relates to the degree of self-reflexivity. In addition, it is associated with a more differentiated approach to the future and development. Those embracing the future are more inclined to work collaboratively, have a flexible student oriented approach to planning and practice and are likely to engage in critical reflection. From this perspective, teacher development should emphasise goals of coherence and complexity. The process of dialogue is a crucial means of facilitating these. Key elements in a possible design for dialogue are developed through interviews and observations focusing on teacher learning experiences. Different pathways to dialogue relate to different biographical profiles and learning maps. Pathways for facilitating dialogue amongst teachers with a past time orientation are proposed. The model of development through dialogue so constructed meets the challenge of the present and allows individuals and organisations to negotiate the future with confidence.
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Fogelberg, Johanna, and Michelle Törnquist. "”Fröken kommer! Fröken kommer!” ”Teacher´s coming! Teacher´s coming!”." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27214.
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AbstractLeken är av stor betydelse för barns sociala och kommunikativa utveckling, vilket betonas i läroplanen för förskolan. Syftet med vår studie är att studera hur möjligheter och begränsningar för socialt samspel kommer till uttryck i barns kommunikation med varandra och i verksamhetens fysiska och sociala miljö. Med den fysiska miljön menar vi utrymme, möbler och material, och med den sociala miljön menar vi pedagoger och regler. Studiens metodologiska utgångspunkt är en kvalitativ metod. Vår empiri har samlats in genom observationer som har analyserats utifrån våra två frågeställningar, med hjälp av en innehållsanalys. Studien tar sin teoretiska utgångspunkt i ett sociokulturellt perspektiv som betonar det sociala samspelet och dess betydelse för utveckling och lärande. Resultaten visar att kommunikationen och miljön på avdelningen vi befann oss på, både möjliggör och begränsar barn för socialt samspel i den självinitierade leken på olika sätt. Barnen kan själva begränsa sitt sociala samspel genom både kroppslig och verbal kommunikation. Den fysiska miljön har vid våra observationstillfällen endast möjliggjort socialt samspel. Den sociala miljön har däremot utgjort begränsningar för socialt samspel i form av regler och tillsägningar. Utifrån våra resultat kan vi dra slutsatsen att det verkar som att det är förskolepersonalens förhållningssätt som ligger till grund för hur barns sociala samspel möjliggörs eller begränsas ur ett sociokulturellt perspektiv. Det innebär att pedagogerna behöver ha en medveten närvaro som gör det möjligt att stötta barnen när de behöver stöd. Det handlar också om att pedagogerna har ansvaret att utforma miljön utifrån barnens intressen och behov. Det framgår att pedagogernas säkerhetstänk går före barnens intressen och att inga alternativ till andra aktiviteter ges, och därmed hämmar barns sociala samspel. Däremot har barnen begränsat sina egna sociala samspel genom både verbal och kroppslig kommunikation.
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Fox, Emily E. "Traumatic Brain Injury: Teacher Training Programs and Teacher Candidate Knowledge." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1311003996.
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