This study compared middle and high school teachers’ perceptions toward existing classroom observation practices. Teachers’ attitudes regarding classroom observation practices were analyzed on four dimensions: instructional improvement, purpose, professional trust, and reflective thinking. The participants were from five school districts in Long Island, New York. A survey instrument that includ...

PURPOSE Teachers' perspectives on eye health can be limited, particularly in developing countries. The aim of this study was to assess teachers' knowledge and practices associated with eye health of primary students in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. METHODS This was a cross-sectional survey of primary school teachers. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 443 participants from 34 private...

AIM OF THE STUDY Traumatic dental injuries including avulsed tooth is a tragic and ignored problem among school children. As children spend much of their time in schools, school teachers form the group who commonly supervise the physical activity of the children, so awareness about avulsed tooth emergency management among school teachers is an important concept for long-term success and to prev...

there are no known studies that have been conducted focusing on the congruency or discrepancy of pre service agricultural education programmes in relation to secondary school agriculture teaching in zimbabwe. the purpose of this study was therefore to make a qualitative investigation on the contribution of pre service agricultural education training programmes to the teaching of high school agr...

Excellent senior high school physics teachers are the backbone power in the new course reform of physics in China. The excellent senior high school physics teachers’ professional growth actuality in Shandong is surveyed in this article by the self-made “Questionnaire of Excellent Senior High School Physics Teachers’ Professional Growth”, and by the survey, the total status and the professional ...

Background. School teachers have an internationally recognized potential role in school-based dental education and considerable importance has therefore been attributed to their dental knowledge. The objectives of this study were to determine the oral health related knowledge, attitudes, and approaches of pre-primary and primary school teachers in the city of Mumbai. Methods. The descriptive cr...

background: the role of individual healthy behaviors, like physical activity, nutrition and stress management, on reduction of the rate of disease mortality and morbidity is well known. the aim of this study is to determine the healthy life styles of teachers in district 4 of esfahan, iran, in 2010. methods: the participants of this cross-sectional study were 96 teachers in  district 4, selecte...

BACKGROUND Internationally and historically considerable research has been undertaken regarding the attitudes of secondary school teachers towards different types of ability grouping. There has been no recent research taking account of the changing educational context in the UK. AIMS This paper aims to explore secondary school teachers' attitudes and beliefs about ability grouping taking acco...