Understanding preservice teachers’ thinking styles and dispositions and how these are related to positive changes in their teacher behaviors provide valuable information for teacher preparation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between preservice teachers’ critical-thinking dispositions and three thinking styles (judicial, legislative, and executive) and their behavior change in...

one of the identified risk factors for anxiety disorders in adolescence and adulthood is inhibited behaviors in childhood. the present study sought to examine the relationship between behavioral inhibition with some of the internal (personal) and external (family environment) factors in a sample of preschool children in kindergartens. in a cross sectional study in 2009, data was collected troug...

©ARC Page | 62 Abstract The main focus of the study was to investigate the challenges of free primary education in public primary schools since its inception in 2003 in Kenya. The study was carried out in 9 public primary schools in Mombasa County, Coast province. The sample consisted of 9 head teachers, 36 teachers, and 18 pupils randomly selected. The study adopted a descriptive survey design...

This mixed methods research study explored Iranian high school English teachers' perceptions of the CLT approach and the problems that may hinder teachers from implementing CLT in classes. In addition, this study investigated the relationships between teachers' backgrounds and their beliefs towards CLT approach. In the quantitative phase of the study, 70 teachers responded to the Attitudes towa...

ABSTRCT: This paper proposes the method to extract the friendship relations of children by using motion sensors. Children learn to fit into society through living in a group, and it's greatly influenced by their friend relations. Although preschool teachers need to observe them to assist in the growth of children's social progress and support the development each child's personality, only exper...

Abstract This qualitative analysis of peer observation practices is part of a larger, comparative case study, “Developing Human Capital Within Schools,” conducted by the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers. Within one city, we interviewed 142 teachers and administrators in six high-poverty schools (traditional, charter, and turnaround), all of which had achieved the highest rating in the...