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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Teacher Dispositions"”.
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An exploration of teacher dispositions: Expectation of potential
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An Exploratory Study On The Assessment Of Pre-Service Teacher Dispositions By Teacher Education Programs In Iowa
… education community there is discourse regarding teacher dispositions and the assessment of dispositions. Murray (2007) and Damon (2007) posited that additional scholarship and research were needed to provide a meaningful construct of dispositions. With this lack of consensus, teacher education …
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Using the Activity Vector Analysis to Determine Teacher Dispositions for Charter School Teachers in Urban High Schools
… to the Activity Vector Analysis by both teachers and students in two urban charter high schools. The premise of this research was that the five dispositions of assertiveness, sociability, calmness, conformity, and conscious restraint were needed to be successful particularly in teaching …
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Nurturing young learners in practice: a case study of key teacher dispositions that support child centered practice in an urban preschool environment
<p>This dissertation examines an educator's disposition to positively impact children's cognitive and social emotional development in the preschool setting as evidenced in child centered practices that arouse curiosity, foster social interaction, and promote children's learning as expressed in …
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The Intersection of Positive Psychology and Teachers' Dispositional Fitness: A Delphi Study
… renewed attention given to the importance of teacher dispositions as a component of the requisite tripartite of knowledge, skills, and dispositions. In this Delphi study, two previously unaligned constructs, positive psychology and teacher dispositions, were synthesized for the purpose of: a) …
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The relationship between professional development and the implementation of 1:1 technology in the middle school classroom
… The evidence from this study suggested that teacher perceptions of technology use and comfort level with technology result in deeper levels of technology implementation. Teacher dispositions in regard to 1:1 implementation result in higher levels of collaboration with technology specialists …
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Barriers to and facilitators of physical education teacher change
… Experts have called for physical education teachers to change their traditional practices and adopt strategies that promote lifetime participation in physical activity. Little, however, is known about the process of teacher change in physical education, including the internal and external …
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The State of State History: Teacher Perceptions Regarding the Place and Purpose of State History in K–12 Social Studies
… the 50 states, and in some cases, not at all. Teacher preparation and on-going support to teach state history in K – 12 education are also inconsistent and often disregarded. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative survey and interview study was to investigate teacher perceptions regarding …
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Intentions, Operations, Beliefs, & Dispositions of Teachers at Culturally Diverse Schools: Examining the Intricacies and Complexities of Great Teachers
<p>Currently there is an increasing focus on teacher quality in educational reform, a lack of empirical research on exactly what culturally responsive teaching looks like, and a great deal of confusion on how teacher dispositions may be important in education. This study seeks to examine what great …
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Examining the Dispositions of Music Educators: A Perceptual Psychology Theory
… primary purpose of the study is to extract the dispositions of music educators and to make connections among dispositions, identity, and behaviors, all from the music educators’ perspectives.</p> <p>The theoretical framework of perceptual psychology (Combs and Snygg, 1959) informs the data …
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The Development of an Instrument to Measure Teacher Education Candidates' Dispositions
… of a quantitative instrument that measures the dispositions of teacher education candidates as articulated by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (1991). To examine reliability, the statistical analysis included intraclass correlation coefficient and Cronbach's alpha …
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School Administrators' Identification of Desirable Dispositions in New Teacher Candidates: A Focus Group Study
Many new teachers will be hired in the decades to come. A school administrator screening candidates for teaching positions is faced with a decision that can have long-term consequences for a community, a school, and thousands of children. Finding the best candidates for teaching positions has never …
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Rural High School Mathematics Teachers' Response to Mathematics Reform Curriculum Integration and Professional Development
… was to examine rural high school mathematics teachers’ responses to the initial implementation of Louisiana’s Comprehensive Curriculum during their second year of involvement in a professional development program. The curriculum changes were the culmination of an alignment between standards, …