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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Teacher engagement"”.
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Leadership and Teacher Engagement: A Case Study
Teacher disengagement negatively impacts student learning and student outcomes. Highly engaged teachers, however, were found at Cristo Rey high schools that serve inner-city, under-resourced students. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to achieve an in-depth understanding of the …
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Alternative education: English teacher engagement with their craft and students
… to their educational process. AE English teachers act as guides, mentors, and leaders for students entering AE programs and schools and youth who are attempting to complete their education. For this research, English teachers in AE engage in their craft and with students to develop an …
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Veteran Teacher Engagement in Site-Based Professional Development: A Mixed Methods Study
<p>This research study examined how teachers self-report their levels of engagement, which factors they believe contribute most to their engagement, and which assumptions of andragogy most heavily influence teacher engagement in site-based professional development. This study employed a convergent …
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Study of Teacher Engagement in Four Dimensions of Distributed Leadership in One School District In Georgia
… purpose of this study was to understand teacher engagement within four dimensions of the distributed leadership model in one school district mandated to implement distributed leadership. The researcher administered a Likert-scale survey, Distributed Leadership Readiness Scale, developed …
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Parent-Teacher Engagement During Child-Centered Pedgogial Change in Elementary School: The Lived Experiences of Teachers and Involved Parents
… better position they are in to collaborate with teachers and to help their children academically and behaviorally. However, the lack of updated technology may be a serious concern for children living in poverty. For these and many other reasons, it is imperative that educators provide parents …
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Committed to encounter: Sources of teacher engagement with students in a cross -cultural study of two sister schools in Japan and the United States
… of this research is to examine the sources of teachers' motivations to engage with students. I have chosen care theory upon which to build the conceptual framework for this phenomenological study, and I consider both natural and ethical care as seen by Nel Noddings. I have also drawn upon the …
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Student and Teacher Engagement in a Scripted Literacy Program: a Case Study of the High Point Reading Intervention Program in an Urban Elementary School
<p>This case study focuses on the engagement levels of fourth grade students at one urban elementary school participating in High Point, a literacy intervention program. The study also examines teacher engagement in the program. High Point is a “late” literacy intervention program published by …
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Teachers’ Engagement in Continuing Professional Development: Exploring Profiles and Factors
… research, I had observed that the concept of engagement is receiving increased attention because it offers considerable benefits for research and classroom practice. However, compared with the rich body of research on work engagement and student engagement in the past decade, few studies have …
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Happiness Advantage: The Impact on School Culture
… psychology principles affects school culture, teacher engagement and student achievement. The program design incorporates whole district training, ongoing professional development for employees and the autonomy to generate new ideas to sustain a positive mindset for individual schools sites and …
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Transforming regular classroom instruction to differentiate for gifted and highly capable learners
… of learners. The participant-researcher led teachers in third through seventh grades with instructional program changes in social studies and science that implemented advanced differentiation using a curriculum compacting model. The two-fold purpose of the study explored how teacher …
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Exploring the attitudes and perceptions of Foundation Phase teachers towards Inclusive Education in Vhembe West District
… attitudes and “perceptions of Foundation Phase teachers towards inclusive education. Learners with special needs are often excluded or overlooked in early childhood education, yet it is enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa that every child has a fundamental right to education. An …
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Investigation of motivation strategies used by school teachers for workplace engagement
… to explore the strategies that elementary school teachers use to be engaged in their work. Participation was solicited from a random sample of schools stratified by location (i.e., urban, inner city, and rural) of a large school board. The study used an anonymous quantitative/qualitative …
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The physical educator and physical literacy : exploring connections
… explore the perceptions and roles of primary PE teachers on the concept of PL, as well as look into how the local curriculum supports PL. Subjective perceptions of eight teachers were captured via semi-structured interviews. Teachers appreciated and acknowledged the lifelong benefits of PL, …
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How to Awaken an Appreciation for the Value of Practicing Learning Skills in an Enviornment of Poverty, Theft, Destruction and Violent Behavior
<p>A first-year teacher thrust mid-term into a mixed-grade geometry class in a tough high school struggles to sort out what works and does not work to engage the students in meaningful •earning. The students are largely from low-income urban families and demonstrate a broad range of abilities and …
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BRINGING THE WONDER OF NATURE BACK TO EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS
… of this project was to educate early childhood teachers about nature’s benefits and provide them with the knowledge necessary to implement their own outdoor classrooms. The trainings focused on seven topics related to the importance and development of an outdoor classroom: introduction to the …
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One to one connections : building a community learning culture
… the appropriation of powerful ideas; and, teacher engagement in activity design with simultaneous support from a knowledge network of local and international colleagues and mentors. I introduce the concept of "whole-project" learning, which strategically integrates the elements of the …
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Exploring leadership styles and their influence on academic disparities: a comparative study in high and underperforming public secondary schools Lusaka district, Zambia.
… especially in terms of school climate, teacher motivation, and student engagement, which are vital for improving academic outcomes. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and academic disparities in Lusaka District, Zambia, with a focus on …
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Exploring leadership styles and their influence on academic disparities: a comparative study in high and underperforming public secondary schools Lusaka district, Zambia.
… especially in terms of school climate, teacher motivation, and student engagement, which are vital for improving academic outcomes. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and academic disparities in Lusaka District, Zambia, with a focus on …
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An Investigation of Preservice Teachers’ Engagement and Perceptions of Science Learning in Outdoor Learning Environments
… to investigate relationships amongst preservice teacher engagement during informal, outdoor learning activities, and perceptions about using informal resources during their future teaching career. During this study, preservice teachers (n=5) took part in a one- day, nature-based fieldtrip as part …
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