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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Teacher voice"”.
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Teacher Voice
In many of today's education debates, "teacher voice" is invoked as a remedy to, or the cause of, the problems facing public schools. Advocates argue that teachers don't have a sufficient voice in setting educational policy and decision-making while critics maintain that teachers have too strong an …
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Text memorisation in China: hearing the learner and teacher voice
… and empirically inquire into Chinese learners/teachers’ practices and perceptions of the inclusion of text memorization in foreign language learning and teaching.<br/><br/>The review of literature shows that (text) memorisation had been widely practiced in other parts of the world until …
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Increasing Trust and Teacher Voice in Order to Improve Teacher Evaluation in Chicago
<p>Chicago Public Schools’ teacher evaluation program includes cycles of observation and feedback as well as student test scores to determine teacher evaluation scores. Teachers have expressed support for and trust in this teacher evaluation program, yet they have misgivings about the inclusion of …
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The Effect of More and Less Relevant Details and Teacher Voice on Student Retention and Problem-Solving Transfer in Teacher-Created Multimedia
<p>Many teachers create multimedia resources for their students, but most are uncertain as to what factors to consider regarding the design of multimedia instructional materials. Prior research identified instructional design principles for multimedia including the coherence principle and voice …
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The relation between pedagogic text and pedagogic practice: a study of two grade seven science classes
… are the strength of the classification of teacher voice and text voice and everyday and scientific knowledge exhibited in pedagogic practice. It is suggested that strong classification of teacher voice and text voice facilitates an orientation to meaning that privileges the authority of …
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Every voice matters: developing learning through collaborative observation within the collegial and dialogic culture of a learning organisation in the primary school
This thesis argues that the voices of both pupils and teachers must be heard to maximise classroom learning, and that including pupils in lesson observations is a useful mechanism to support listening to all voices and promote learning when it is part of a learning organisation culture. The …
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Career and technical education faculty retention: a leadership study
Attracting and retaining qualified teachers is a necessary component for successful schools. Literature on faculty retention abounds (Ingersoll, 2001; Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2007; National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium, …
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Principals' Perceptions of Leadership Practices that Influence Teacher Retention
As schools continue to face teacher shortages, further research into the effective principal leadership practices that contribute to high teacher retentions rates is recommended and could have implications for schools across the country. The purpose of this research study was to investigate how …
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An Exploration Of Massachusetts Public Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of School-Based Professional Development For Implementing Response To Intervention
… to explore Massachusetts public middle school teachers’ perceptions of school-based professional development (PD) for implementing Response to Intervention (RtI). This study examined how teachers experienced PD in relation to RtI implementation, including its relevance, structure, and ongoing …
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A Heuristic Narrative Exploration of Teacher Perception: The Usefulness of Teacher Evaluation
… of this heuristic narrative study was to use teacher voice to gain a stronger understanding of what teachers need for the meaningful use of the evaluation process for improving teaching and learning. Data collected and analyzed from eight co-researchers, who represented eight different …
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Who do you think you are? An arts-based narrative inquiry of teacher personal identity and professional learning
The connection between identity and teacher professional learning is fundamental, as teachers’ development of effective classroom practices is intricately linked to their sense of self. Teachers’ self-concept plays a vital role in shaping their professional goals and actions, encompassing aspects …
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Perceptions of the Elementary Principal Role in Teacher Well-Being
This study explored teacher and principal perceptions concerning a principal’s role in teacher well-being. To explore the principal role in supporting teacher well-being through school working conditions, a qualitative case study method using interviews with elementary teachers and principals …
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Assimilating digital immigrants into high-access learning environments
… are not allocating enough time and resources for teacher professional development (Sawchuck, 2010). This has contributed to a digital divide between teachers in districts across the state, and, even, within grade levels at the same school. The result is an epidemic of classrooms with high access …
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From student to newly qualified teacher : a study of beginning teacher's training experience and how this impacts on practice
… model to explore the experiences of beginning teachers working within the training standards (QTS) framework which defines teacher training in the England. Research has been carried out using a constructivist grounded theory approach where theoretical insights into beginning teacher practice …
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Blended Learning in Context: How District, CMO, and School Environments Enable and Constrain Blended Learning Implementation
… and exhibit strong social contracts between both teachers and administrators, and students and adults. In these cases, internal accountability for personalized blended learning use is enabled by a set of school-level practices, including: explicitly linking innovation and blended learning to the …
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Exploring teachers' professional development and digital literacy: a grounded theory study
… literacy and numeracy. But in order for teachers to help students develop their digital literacy they need support too. This became particularly important in relation to educational technology when in 2012 the UK's primary organisation for supporting the professional development of …
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An Examination of Teacher Supports
… The union of the American Federation of Teachers identified 4 characteristics in its 2022 report, “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow,” that impacted teacher retention: compensation, climate, culture, and working conditions. During the 2022 school year a teachers union reported 55% of its members …
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Teachers’ perspectives of the role of music and creativity in music teaching and learning in the Irish primary level classroom: exploring policy, curriculum and practice
… music education model at primary level from the teachers’ perspectives, reflecting upon the history of music education within government policy, education curricula, and in wider society in Ireland throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century, to inform how this has impacted upon the current …
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Teachers' lived experiences of responsible leadership: a transcendental phenomenological study
… practice. There also seems to be a lack of the teacher voice in informing general school leadership and Responsible Leadership of schools. In response, this study intended to address Responsible Leadership from the perspective of middle school teachers. The purpose of the study was to construct …
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Critical Pedagogy and literacy teaching in Grade 4 classrooms
… Western Cape. Its purpose was to provide Grade 4 teachers in disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats with an opportunity to share their experiences of teaching literacy. The research approach is qualitative and used a case study of two randomly sampled Quintile 1-4 schools. The exploration sought …
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