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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Primary teaching"”.
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The Impact on Student Learning Outcomes of Video When Used as a Primary Teaching Tool in the Internet Hybrid Classroom
… more and more emphasis is being placed on teaching methods. Internet related infrastructure has become cheaper and more powerful, and online learning environments are taking a stronger presence in most higher education institutions with more video content being sought for these …
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Improving the quality of primary teaching in a developing country: an analytical evaluation of an in-service training programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan
… has had considerable donor investment in its primary education system through development projects since the 1960s. These have not made an observable impact on the quality of teaching in government primary schools. This research is an evaluation and study of a pilot in-service teacher training …
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They're learning, I'm learning, everybody is learning: the design and use of a questionnaire to deepen an appreciation of the role of formative assessment in primary teaching
… development of the questionnaire included six primary schools, fifteen Grade 6 teachers and two professional development teacher educators. During stage one, interviews were carried out with five teachers to familiarise the researcher with common approaches to assessment in schools. Findings …
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“They're learning, I'm learning, everybody is learning” : the design and use of a questionnaire to deepen an appreciation of the role of formative assessment in primary teaching
In trying to establish how teachers use assessment for learning, researchers have drawn on findings from questionnaires or interviews and/or classroom observations but, have usually only been able to describe what teachers say they do. With this problem in mind, the researcher set out to design a …
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Faculty Teaching Goals at Senior Research Universities
The purpose of this study was to identify faculty teaching goals at senior research universities and to determine variables which could be used to predict these goals. The eight disciplines used in this study were: accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, English, math, mechanical …
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The experiences of African, Caribbean and South Asian women in initial teacher education
… ITE. It also illuminates black women's views of primary teaching and their role as primary teachers. In addition, the inadequacy of multicultural and equal opportunities policies in teacher education are explored in this study. This is followed by an in-depth examination of the role of 'race' …
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The Effects fo a Changing Technical Graphics Curriculum
… manual drafting curricula continues to be the primary teaching method for beginning technical graphics classes. A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using CADD techniques and curricula as the primary instruction method within beginning technical graphics classes. The study …
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Primary school supervision in Pakistan : practice, purpose and potential
The system of supervising government primary schools in Pakistan is amatter of continuing debate. The performance of supervisors is frequentlycriticised, and their ability to improve the quality of education in primaryschools is questioned. Periodically it is suggested that improvement requiresa …
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A study of teaching assistants' engagement with a mathematics block of learning
… of The Open University’s Foundation Degree for primary teaching assistants. The key research questions seek to identify the outcomes and processes of the teaching assistants’ study in relation to their work ‘supporting’ children’s mathematical learning, and their wider experience as teaching …
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: a study of the effects of social and political change on primary schooling, 1878 – 2002
… the effects of social and political change on primary teaching in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study considers the literature relating to educational developments in post-communist countries in political and economic transition. From the literature key themes were developed as a basis from which …
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CONCEPTIONS OF SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE IN PRIMARY INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING: THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND TEACHER EDUCATORS
… school mentors in the context of undergraduate primary initial teacher training (ITT) in two post-1992 university providers. Subject knowledge has been a consistent feature of the policy context of ITT over decades, although disparities are apparent between the rhetoric of policy directives, the …
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Factors related to the attitude toward the FFA of eastern region secondary agricultural teachers
… examined: (a) years of vocational agriculture teaching experience; (b) number of teachers in the vocational agriculture department; (c) length of the annual teaching contract; (d) area of primary teaching assignment; (e) previous length of active FFA/NFA membership; (f) highest educational …
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‘Becoming the teacher’ – self and teacher identity in the context of training to teach on a school direct salaried employment-based route
… ‘becoming’ teachers in the context of the primary school. Drawing upon Beijaard’s (2006) theory that teachers experience ‘a constant becoming’ the study focuses on aspects such as what the trainees bring to their training from their own biographies and backgrounds, and the influence of the …
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Community college faculty attitudes and concerns about student learning outcomes assessment
… in which faculty members perform their primary teaching responsibilities. This result suggests there are differences between the hard-pure (e.g., biology, chemistry, math) and both the soft-pure (e.g., communications, English, psychology, social sciences) and soft-applied disciplines …
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A study of the agricultural extension service in the United States (North Carolina) and the agricultural extension service in Ghana
… base for the economy and again needs to be a primary source of income. The methods used in this study were as follows: A. Resources Review. A resource review was made of tha elements selected for the study. B. Sources of Information. Additional information was obtain.ea from other sources such …
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A study of the cooperative agricultural extension program in the United States with implications for the agricultural extension program in Sri Lanka
… planning and evaluation; flow of information and teaching methods; staff development; and 4-H activities were collected and compared with similar aspects of the agricultural extension program in Sri Lanka. The comparison of the Cooperative Extension Service in the United States and the …
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Teachers' Self-Perceptions of Their Role as Generalist: A Study of the Interpersonal Skills Necessary For Effective Leadership and Counseling
… as a natural consequence of their vocation. The primary teaching roles considered in the study were leadership, and counseling. The Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) was used to ascertain the teachers' opinion of their own interpersonal skills as determined by the Model of Interpersonal …
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Understanding teacher collaboration in disadvantaged urban primary schools: uncovering practices that foster professional learning communities
… is set in the context of disadvantaged urban primary schools in Ireland. It inquires into the collaborative practices of primary teachers exploring how class teachers and support teachers develop ways of working together in an effort to improve the literacy and numeracy levels of their …