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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"and Teacher Training"”.
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Teachers and Coursebook Use: The Role of the Coursebook and Its Implications for Materials Development and Teacher Training
… English as a Foreign Language (EFL) coursebooks and their development, empirical research that investigates how materials are used in actual classroom environments still remains quite under-researched. This thesis duly focuses on three qualitative case studies of three experienced and qualified …
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The relationship between desirable teacher competencies and years of trade experience, years of teaching experience, and teacher training of trade and industrial teachers in Virginia
… the relationship between ratings of desirable teacher competencies and selected personal and professional variables of the trade and industrial (T&I) teachers in Virginia. The variables were correlated and analyzed in order to explain the variance of teacher competencies. The independent …
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An Attempt to Identify Selected Legal Responsibilities in Off-Campus Student Teaching
… public schools in the education of prospective teachers, there is general agreement by authorities in the field of education on the need for identifying the legal responsibilities of the public schools and teacher training institutions during the student teaching experience. There is a need for …
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An Arts-Based Educational Framework for Fostering Intercultural Unity in Kenya
… problem since independence from Britain in 1963 and cultural diversity in Kenya has always posed great challenges to uniting Kenyans. In an attempt to address the challenges of cultural diversity in Kenya, this dissertation explores ways in which arts education could be instrumental in teaching …
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The effect of different-sex and same-sex cooperative learning groups on achievement
… study is to explore the effects of different-sex and same-sex cooperative learning groups on the achievement of fourth grade students. The subjects for this study are nineteen fourth grade students in a regular education classroom in a southern New Jersey elementary school. The students worked in …
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The Effects of the Toyota Production System on Student Academic Performance
… use relevant data to enhance student test scores and teacher efficacy by using the Toyota Production System model? Components of this study evaluated fifth-grade student math Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores, 4Sight Benchmark Assessment scores, and changes in teacher efficacy, as …
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Creation of a Training and Development Program for Teachers of Less Commonly Taught Languages at Brigham Young University: A Development Project
… report discusses the design, development, and evaluation of a teacher development program for teachers of less commonly taught languages in the Center for Language Studies (CLS) at Brigham Young University. Teachers hired to teach beginning language classes in the CLS are typically very …
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Parental involvement: a study of parents' and teachers' experiences and perceptions in an urban charter elementary school
… These factors include cultural, racial, and economic differences between the staff and families, parents' apprehension when confronting experts, work schedules, inadequate childcare, lack of transportation, and lastly, lack of effective communication. Fullan (1993) claims teacher …
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Empowering Early Childhood Teachers: A Community Based Participatory Research Approach
<p>Despite a significant increase in the demands for teachers’ professional development, the work environments of teachers have not developed at a comparable rate. Due to research on inequity in teacher work environment, the purpose of this case study was to explore the role of empowerment in the …
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Effective teaching characteristics as perceived by ESL students and instructors
… be taken into account when creating curriculum and teacher training programs. Previous literature has suggested student perception is a necessary component in a successful classroom and these perceptions are not always shared by instructors who are teaching the classes (Barkhuizen, 1998; …
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Primary concerns for successful inclusion
… supports, collaborative teaching, team-teaching, teacher training, materials and resources, and curricular modifications.</p> <p>The subjects of this study were a purposive sampling of the regular and special education teaching staff, as well as teaching aides and administrators who were directly …
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Student Achievement in Middle Grades: Gauging the Effect of Teacher Training on Student Learning
<p>In the United States, teacher certification has been a baseline measure of teacher quality and gateway to the teaching profession for many decades. Research suggests that teacher certification is beneficial to student achievement, with findings particularly promising when content area of teacher …
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Perceptions of Mentor Teachers in a Professional Development School
… development school (PDS) is an innovative teacher education</p><p>program, designed to foster simultaneous teacher and student development in K-12 schools and teacher training institutions. Built as a partnership between professional education institutions and K-12 schools, the program aims …
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Translingual students' dialogic influence on teacher centric pedagogies
… teaching practices is directed towards improving teachers’ pedagogical practices, student performance, and teacher training programs as a form of professional development (Lyle, 2008; Haneda, 2017; and Caughlan et al., 2013). Acknowledging the influence that students possess in a teacher’s …
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A Study on the Impact of Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic on Learner Performance in Grade 12 in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province
… learner performance in the Vhembe District. The pandemic had a severe effect on learners, particularly due to school closures, which disrupted teaching and learning. The significant loss of instructional time negatively affected learner performance for an extended period. Additionally, the study …
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Identification, Intervention and Outcomes for Children with Dyslexia
… programme delivered by a dyslexia qualified teacher. This research investigates the relationship between this preferred provision and the resulting outcomes achieved by a sample of fifty-two children with dyslexia. Dyslexia Action (the largest charity in the UK providing diagnostic …
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Analysis of Perceptional Differences Among Department Chairs, Faculty, and Instructors Toward the Barrier to Using Multiple Teaching Strategies in Two-Year Technical and Community College Electronics Courses
The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze perceptional differences among department chairs, faculty, and instructors toward the barrier to using multiple teaching strategies in two-year technical and community college electronics courses. The literature review focused on defining …
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Mentoring in the high school: An approach to improving pupil effort
… Educational Reform Act (ERA) attempts to raise standards, extend choice and produce a better education system that is more accountable and cost effective. Therefore the focus of this dissertation is to look at mentoring processes as a tool to enhance pupil effort and ultimately raise standards in …
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Factors that may contribute to the placement of Latino English language learners in special education: Perceptions of Directors of Special Education in California
… such as language barriers, transiency, poverty, and teacher training may create challenges for Directors of Special Education. Purpose. This study examined the factors that may contribute to the placement of Latino English language learners in special education as perceived by Directors of …
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