In this paper, the authors introduce an innovative conception for a lecture course "Didactics of Informatics I”, in which Informatics student teachers learn teaching technical Informatics concepts to students of different secondary school types. Therefore, the organization of the German school and teacher education system is sketched at first. Afterwards, substantive requirements for such a cou...

Introduction Laboratory work and practical work are common and significant components of science education. Teachers are expected by tradition, culture and curriculum (e.g. Boud, Dunn and Hegarty-Hazel, 1989; Lunetta, 1998; Skolverket, 1998) to involve labwork as a part of science education. Swedish National Curriculum (Skolverket, 1998) renders objectives involving for example development of s...

How to cite this article: Louw, D.A., George, E., & Esterhuyse, K. (2011). Burnout amongst urban secondary school teachers in Namibia. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 37(1), Art. #1008, 7 pages. doi:10.4102/sajip.v37i1.1008 Orientation: Burnout seems to be particularly common amongst professionals who help and enable people to cope with the demands of their ...

BACKGROUND The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global crisis that affects the lives of millions of people. Although HIV counseling and testing (HCT) serves as the entry point for HIV prevention, treatment, and care, it remains a low priority in many settings. The aim of this study, therefore, was to assess the factors associated with HCT and their correlation with the sexual behavior of primary and seco...

The adoption and the effectiveness of game-based learning depend largely on the acceptance by classroom teachers, as they can be considered the true change agents of the schools. Therefore, we need to understand teachers’ perceptions and beliefs that underlie their decision-making processes. The present study focuses on the factors that influence the acceptance of commercial video games as lear...

A cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the factors related to smoking habits of secondary school teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia. A total of 180 male teachers and trainee teachers from four secondary schools in Kelantan and a Teachers' Training College were interviewed by using a structured questionnaire. Cluster sampling was applied. The significant findings found were current smoker...

Achieving quality education is nonetheless the welfare among teachers. This study ascertains effectiveness of Mindful Awareness Training teacher-leaders resiliency in public secondary schools Philippines amidst pandemics. The participants this were subjected to a 10-minute training mindful awareness at their own convenient time each day that good for one week. They asked give opinion before and...