this is a descriptive comparative field study. the aim is to describe views of male nurses and teachers about increasing population and then compare the view with each other. sample was 40 male nurses and 40 male teachers which selected by simple random sampling. the tool for data gathering was a questionnaire with three parts. the first part was demographic data, the second and third part were...

The key to a great educational system is built upon great teachers. In former President Clinton’s 1997 State of the Union address, he stated that education would be the number one priority for the next four years, and that a good education begins with first-rate teachers; “To have the best schools, we must have the best teachers” (http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/SOU97). In 2001, President Bush reit...

This quasiexperimental study measured the impact of Project Lead the Way (PLTW) instruction and professional development training on the views and expectations regarding engineering learning, instruction and career success of nascent precollege engineering teachers. PLTW teachers’ initial and changing views were compared to the views exhibited by a matching group of high school STEM teachers. T...

The study describes changes occurring in instructional practices of teachers in technology-enriched classrooms and their relationships to students’ and teachers’ views concerning the meaning and role of information and communication technologies (ICT), and to students' views on learning in a technology-rich environment. The study was performed in the context of a 3-year longitudinal project in ...

Children with special needs such as those with autism spectrum disorder have been recorded as ostracized and stigmatized in many parts of the world. Little is known about whether such negative views are present among mainstream teachers in Oman. A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate school teachers' awareness about autism spectrum disorder in an urban region in Oman. A total of 164 ...

This study examines ideas of pre-service teachers on goals of biology practical in three purposely selected Colleges of Education. To this end, A researcher designed questionnaire which was adapted titled ‘views of preservice teachers on biology practical’ to elicit information, and findings of a survey administered to 405 preservice teachers revealed divergent views with gender stereotypes on ...

This article reports on an exploratory, longitudinal study, which examined six teachers' views on the factors that affect technology use in classrooms. The research examined teachers of grades 4, 5, and 6—for three years, studying the teachers both as a group and as individual case studies. Three case studies were selected for analysis, with the aim of exploring the relation between the changes...