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Teachers' beliefs about grade retention
… was used to gain a better understanding of teachers' beliefs about retention in grades K-7. The participants in this study were the 135 classroom and specialty teachers in one school division (with six elementary schools, K-7). Two survey instruments were developed: (a) the Teacher Retention …
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Teachers’ Beliefs About Mental Health Issues
<p>This study examined teachers’ beliefs about mental health issues in students. A quantitative research method was utilized, and survey instrument was created modeled after the theory of planned behavior. Thirty-seven teachers were surveyed in five areas in relation to their beliefs about …
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Elementary preservice teachers' beliefs about teacher effectiveness
… this study was to explore elementary preservice teachers' beliefs about effective classroom instruction and the characteristics and behaviors of effective teachers, and to examine how these beliefs may vary across teacher education. Participants were 24 students enrolled in a teacher education …
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Teachers' Beliefs About Socializing Children's Emotional Development in Preschool
Preschool teachers acknowledge children's emotional development as important for later schooling or school adjustment. They believe that children should build emotional competence as early as possible. However, emotional competence was most often defined narrowly and in terms of control. Teachers …
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Preschool teachers' beliefs and practices: Emergent literacy in inclusive preschools
<p>This study examines preschool teachers' beliefs and practices related to emergent literacy learning for both children who are typically developing as well as those with identified disabilities. The sixty-eight teachers who worked in preschool programs that enrolled children with and without …
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Taiwan's Values Teaching Program: Teachers' beliefs regarding implementation and effect
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' and administrators' beliefs about the Values Teaching Program and its implementation in Taiwan. The focus was on what teachers' beliefs about what curriculum principles of the VTP were implemented in the current Life and Ethics program; and what …
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Exploring primary teachers' beliefs and practices with technology in Cyprus
… uses of educational technology as echoed in teachers' beliefs and classroom practices. The research is situated in Cyprus, where integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in schools remains in its infancy. The literature reveals that the 'impact' of ICT use on education …
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Preschool teachers' beliefs about classroom practices and how preschool students learn
… in this study investigated how preschool teachers' beliefs about teaching practice, children, and discipline and behavior management related to the preschool teachers' level of education, type of teaching certification, years of teaching experience, and race. The method consisted of each …
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An Examination of Teachers’ Beliefs about Critical Reading and Academic Writing
… overwhelmingly supports the notion that teachers are an important factor in students’ academic success, and that in order to be academically successful, students need to have critical reading and writing skills, there has been little research about how teachers' beliefs and knowledge …
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High School Social Studies Teachers Beliefs and Education for Democratic Citizenship
This study explores secondary social studies teachers' beliefs about the concept of citizenship. The development of citizenship in young people is an often-stated goal for schooling in the USA. The most prominent social studies professional organization, the National Council for the Social Studies, …
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Advanced Placement Classes and Its Racial Gap – Teachers’ Beliefs and Perceptions
<p>This mixed-methods study focused on teachers’ beliefs about Advanced Placement (AP) equity and access policies within the ABC School District in Middle Georgia. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the beliefs held by AP teachers regarding the implementation of …
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Teaching Science for Social Justice: An Examination of Elementary Preservice Teachers' Beliefs
This qualitative study examines the beliefs and belief changes of eleven elementary preservice teachers about teaching science for social justice. Using constructivist grounded theory, it forwards a new theory of belief change about teaching science for social justice. The theory posits that three …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Core French Teachers' Beliefs and their Instructional Practices
… relationship between beginning Core French (CF) teachers’ beliefs about Core French teaching and their instructional practices. As a former teacher educator, one of my principle preoccupations was the challenge faced by many of my Core French teacher candidates (TCs) to enact practices aligned …
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Exploring Kuwaiti mathematics: student-teachers' beliefs toward using Logo and mathematics education
… on Kuwaiti elementary mathematics student-teachers’ beliefs about Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Logo. The Logo module incorporated ICT, in particular the Logo programming language, as a cognitive tool, that supports the constructivist perspective for mathematics …
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Form-focused instruction: A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ beliefs and practices
Despite the reported powerful influence of teachers’ beliefs on their pedagogical practices in the classroom, very few in-depth case studies of foreign language teachers’ beliefs and the correspondence between their beliefs and instructional strategies have been internationally published – Woods …
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Honors-for-All: The Effect of Detracking on Teachers' Beliefs and Pedagogy
… policy with an honors-for-all approach impacted teachers' beliefs and pedagogy. Data were collected from documents and interviews with six school and district personnel and analyzed using inductive coding techniques until a mutually exclusive scheme of categories had been generated. The study …
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Thai Teachers' Beliefs about Learner-Centered Education: Implications for Success For Life Thailand
… Thai early childhood educators' learner-centered beliefs and practices, (b) identify if the SFLT training workshop affects teachers' learner-centered beliefs and practices, and (c) examine if other variables, along with familiarity with the SFLT program, predict teachers' learner-centered beliefs …
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Turkish teachers' beliefs regarding moral psychology and implicit moral education: a case study
… reports a mixed method case study of Turkish teachers’ and trainee teachers’ beliefs and attitudes regarding aspects of moral education and moral psychology, and the development of these beliefs and attitudes through teacher training and experience. Both internationally and in Turkey it is …
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