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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Teachers' Lives"”.
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Effective Middle School Teachers : Becoming "Real"
… This study looks at four effective middle school teachers' stories in order to understand the experiences and beliefs which impact their choice to use developmentally responsive classroom practices. There is general agreement in the literature concerning characteristics of effective middle school …
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Life histories of Muslim teachers in Birmingham primary schools
The life histories of Muslim teachers in Birmingham schools have been collected in this research. This interpretive research involved a systematic gathering and analysis of data using semi-structured in-depth interviews. Thirteen primary school teachers voluntarily participated for this to happen. …
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Whole Teachers: A Holistic Education Perspective on Krishnamurti‘s Educational Philosophy
… teacher. Four participants (teachers) were interviewed from the Oak Grove School, an alternative, holistic school founded by Krishnamurti in 1974. This inquiry probed into teachers’ thinking, teachers’ lives, teachers’ inner lives, teachers’ contemplative practices, teachers’ …
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River Plate College : an Historical Study of a Missionary Institution, 1898-1951
… of the school. The example given by the teachers' lives was large the means by which students learned to be Christians. Until 1950, 70.43 percent of the college's graduates entered church work.</p> <p>4. Innovations that River Plate College introduced in the Argentine educational system …
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The influence of learner bullying behaviours on teachers in selected schools in Ehlanzeni district
… the influence of learners’ bullying behaviour on teachers in selected schools in Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga Province. A qualitative approach was applied in this investigation, and a sample of six teachers was purposefully selected from three high schools in the District. The data were …
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Working in a web of relationships: Experiences of selected second-level teachers in Ireland
… these relationships, and their implications for teachers’ lives and careers. It investigates the experiences in teaching of five second-level teachers in Ireland. It uses a constructivist, broadly narrative approach in which participants actively engaged throughout in constructing both their …
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Student Teachers’ Voices: A Historical Exploration of Teacher Education in Shanghai, China (1949-1982)
… the hidden and often untold stories of ordinary teachers’ lives from the past, this research project seeks to construct a more authentic and comprehensive historical account of teacher education in China from 1949 to 1982. It also strives to help in raising an awareness among teachers, …
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What Does It Mean To Be A Learning Support Teacher? A Life-History Investigation Of Ten Learning Support Teachers In The East-Coast Of Ireland
… with approximately one in fifteen primary-school teachers currently working as learning support teachers (LSTs). Although there is a small body of quantitative research on LS teaching, there are no qualitative studies on LSTs themselves. This gap in the research is unfortunate because of the …
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Embracing ICT in a Second Level School: Challenges and Implications for Teacher Attitude, Role, and Development
This study researches teachers’ attitudes to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a particular second level school in Dublin, Ireland. Within this context, it examines the challenges for teachers which are raised by the adoption of ICT in schools. The study also outlines the …
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An Arts Based Narrative Inquiry into Children's Experiences of the Five Foundations of the Social-Emotional and Academic Learning Program you can do it! Program Achieve.
… explore the impact the program has had on their lives on and off the school landscape. I also present and explore how eight primary school children composed their individual stories to live by, a narrative form of identity (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000), through stories shared throughout this …
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From school to faculty: stories of transition into teacher education
… or post-graduate qualification. Thus school teachers who make the move into teacher education must enter the different world of Higher Education. This professional doctoral thesis had the aim of identifying key issues in the transition of teachers from a school setting to working as teacher …
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Beyond hope: Rhetorics of mobility, possibility, and literacy
When writing teachers enter the classroom, they often bring with them a deep faith in the power of literacy to rectify social inequalities and improve their students’ social and economic standing. It is this faith—this hope for change—that draws some writing teachers to locations of social and …