Technology proficiency has widely been considered a necessary quality of school teachers, yet how to help teachers develop this quality remains an unanswered question. While teacher education programs often offer one technology course as a solution to this issue, scholars have recently argued that such technical skill-oriented courses are not sufficient to develop preservice teachers’ ability t...

Curricular issues of subject Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences are studied in relation to university entrance exams performed in several Spanish regions between 2009-2014. By using quantitative and qualitative analyses, it has been studied how these exams align with curriculum and how they produce a washback on curriculum and teachers' work. Additionally, one questionnaire about teachers' ...

OBJECTIVE Teachers often experience burnout and challenges during their active career. Different studies have shown that those directly involved with teaching children with special needs are more subject to burnout. Due to advance screening tools, more children with autism are now diagnosed and involved in special education. The aim of the present study was to investigate the professional burno...

We extend the literature on in-service teacher education by describing and evaluating a coaching model focused on classroom management skills and instructional practices across grade levels and subject areas. We present results from a block randomized trial examining the effect of MATCH Teacher Coaching on teachers’ instructional practices after completing four individualized week-long coaching...

This study follows in the tradition of research into the relationship between teachers’ espoused beliefs and their enacted practices (Beswick, 2007; Skott, 2009; Thompson, 1984). It draws on a multiple case study of the whole class interactive phases of the mathematics lessons of six English primary teachers and the rationales they offer for their actions. The data yielded two distinct groups o...

OBJECTIVE To explore the demographics of individuals teaching basic science courses in private nursing schools. METHODS The study was conducted in Karachi, and comprised teachers teaching basic science courses in 16 registered private nursing schools. A demographic questionnaire was used to collect data. The study was conducted in the year 2013. RESULTS Teachers holding academic/professiona...

introduction: evaluation of teachers is considered among top priorities in an educational institution. most of the universities around the world including universities in iran have considered feedback from students as the only or main source of assessment of the quality of teaching process for many years. regarding the existing disagreements in evaluation, the purpose of this study is to invest...

0 Introduction The relevance of teachers' domain-specific knowledge for high-quality instruction has been emphasised repeatedly, particularly in the context of mathematics teaching (e.g., Ball, Lubien-ski, & Mewborn, 2001). However, despite the eminent role that is attributed to teachers' professional knowledge for creating powerful learning environments, very few instruments are yet available ...