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Showing 1 to 20 of 208 for “"Teacher Interviews"”.
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Deconstructing narrative identity in English language teaching: an analysis of teacher interviews in Japanese and English
… modules, and explores narrative identity in interviews with English language teachers. It offers an analysis of how speakers used linguistic resources to construct identities for themselves during life story interviews. Both interviewer (the author) and interviewees (21 native English …
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A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic analysis of deaf reading practices in China: case studies using teacher interviews and classroom observations
… Chinese). This study investigates how deaf teachers introduce scripts and languages within a bilingual classroom in China. Qualitative data were collected through teacher interviews and classroom observations. The data analysis approach relies upon principles incorporated from Grounded …
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Redefining high school American literature in a diverse nation
… students (N=44) and American literature teachers (N=6) in a predominantly white high school. The study included a combination of textbook content analysis, teacher interviews, and an intervention consisting of a Latino literature unit taught to student participants. Key ideas in teacher …
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STUDENT BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT OF FIFTH-GRADE GIFTED STUDENTS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASS
… of Students in Schools instrument, and teacher interviews. The short response portion of the student surveys and the teacher interviews were coded and analyzed for common themes. The research questions that dictated the direction of this study included: Is student engagement altered by …
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The relationship between playfulness and creativity of Japanese preschool children
… assessed using The Child Behaviors Inventory, teacher interviews, and observations. Creativity was measured using The Creativity Thinking-Drawing Production Test (Jellen & Urban, 1986), The Drawing Test (Acharyulu & Yasodhara, 1984), teacher interviews, and observations. Although the …
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Staff Backgrounds and Priorities Within a Comprehensive High School Vocational Department
… priorities of the vocational staff (nineteen teachers) within a comprehensive secondary school are explored through the use of teacher interviews. The community and the school are also described to provide a context for the interviews. Ten teachers from two additional school systems were also …
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Healing Schools That Hurt: The Principal's Impact on School Improvement in High -Stakes Situations
… learning environment. Principal and teacher interviews also highlighted many of the negative and demoralizing aspects of high stakes situations. Culturally relevant leadership may also be beneficial in educating students of color in our urban schools. A sense of school ownership and a …
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Teachers' insights on character education
<p>The purpose of this study is to explore teachers' thoughts and concerns regarding the practice of teaching Character Education programs in elementary school. The subjects for this study are twenty-one elementary school teachers and the school's guidance counselor. This study used a survey …
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Parent and teacher perspectives on Congolese students in the American education system
… in the United States. Congolese parents and ESL teachers were interviewed about their experiences in the education of the local Congolese students. Parents were asked to explain their own educational backgrounds and experiences, what kinds of home educational practices they engage in with their …
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Choices Made By Elementary Teachers When Implementing Digital Literacies
… study was to determine what types of choices teachers make when choosing technology to implement in their ELA instruction. A funneling approach was used to collect the data over a period of six weeks. Sixteen teachers were anonymously surveyed followed by four teacher interviews. Lastly, two …
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Elementary school teachers' attitudes towards multilingualism and language policy: Kazan, Russia
… anthropology help understand the role of teachers in language education. Of particular interests are teachers’ attitudes towards multilingualism and language policies, namely, the learning and teaching of national (Russian), titular (Tatar) and foreign (English) languages, as well as …
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An Investigation of the Use and Effect of Literacy in Industrial Technology Curricula
… from informal reading inventories, student interviews, and teacher interviews. The focal group consisted of nine eighth grade students chosen based on their enrollment in industrial technology courses. This study found The Parke System increased independent reading levels and reqired the …
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Effects of an in-service training program on physics teachers' pedagogical content knowledge : The role of experiments and interacting bodies in teaching Newtonian mechanics
… development program a long-term physics teachers training program was organized. The aim of the program was to enhance teachers pedagogical content knowledge, especially regarding the role of experiments in physics education. The role of experiments was discussed based on a practical …
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Tools for learning: a socio-cultural analysis of pedagogy in early reading competency
… a research demographic of 126 learners, 14 teachers and five schools. Use was made of a basal reading test, comprehension test, problem -solving test, film observations of teachers giving lessons, and teacher interviews. A coding schedule was designed to facilitate the analysis of pedagogic …
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Does Grouping for Language Arts Have an Impact on Student Performance?
… Power Test, the New York State PEP test, and teacher interviews to determine reading levels. Analysis shows that the students placed in groups by reading level exhibit greater improvement in reading ability at the end of the year.
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HOW CAN SCHOOL LEADERS SUPPORT TEACHERS IN BECOMING CULTURALLY PROFICIENT? LESSONS FROM TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS THAT SUPPORT CULTURALLY RELEVANT TEACHING PRACTICES
… explored was how school leaders can support teachers to become culturally proficient in order to support underserved students. Employing a qualitative research methodology, with data gathered from school leader and teacher interviews, and document analysis, this study identified key …
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Teacher Evaluation Practices and Policy Implications: Effective Strategies for Changing Instruction
… is a program evaluation of the effectiveness of teacher evaluation practices in a small suburban elementary school district in Illinois from 2017-2019. The primary research question explored in this program evaluation is whether and to what extent the teacher evaluation process is changing …
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Transitioning from Elementary to Junior High: Action Research at Bark River-Harris School District
… collected from an on-line survey, focus group interviews, teacher interviews and student records. The seventh grade class of 57 students were recruited with twenty-four students participating. The key findings included both teacher behaviors and student behaviors which contributed to the trend …
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Examining the role of instructional rounds as a catalyst in building a learning organization
<p>This study sought to examine how teachers' experiences with instructional rounds helped develop the tenets of a learning organization. This case study used observations, semi-structured teacher interviews, and document analysis to gather data from a low-income, rural school located in …
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The Stalled Race to Close Literacy Achievement Gaps: Federally Legislating Public Education
… schools, physiological differences, as well as teacher interviews, indicates that federal legislation fails to adequately address the connection between poverty and low school achievement. If that does not change, as the federal role in education increases, it is unlikely that achievement gaps …
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