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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"teachers' work"”.
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Technology in Teachers' Work Lives: Tensions and Tactics
… of tensions occurred very rarely due to the teachers' lack of language for thinking critically about educational technology. Also, educational systems allowed very little space for teachers to question and resolve conflicts, resulting in limited teacher experience in this regard. To …
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Deficit Discourse, Urban Teachers' Work and the Blame Game
… dissertation explores how urban public school teachers navigate the contradictory social position of having little power over their work and considerable power over their students. This qualitative interpretive study begins from a perspective that is attentive to and critical of both (a) …
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Developing a school based science curriculum: Teachers' work as language work
… recognised that language is consequential in teachers' work within the classroom, this thesis argues that it is also consequential in their curriculum development work outside the classroom. The study takes a phenomenological approach based in a single school, and the key data sources are …
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The effects of restructuring on primary teachers' work : a sociological analysis
… it means a fundamental re-definition of the work of teaching. In the restructuring process not only does the nature of work change but also school organisation and teacher culture. This study seeks to understand the teachers' experience of work in the restructured school. Restructuring is …
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A critical analysis of devolution and the corporate reform of teachers' work
… Devolution has impacted heavily on schools and teachers' work. Evidence presented in this thesis suggests that the corporate values and practices that dominate the organisation and management of schools create personal and professional conflict for many classroom teachers. Devolution and …
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Teachers' work in times of restructuring: On contextual influences for collegiality and professionality.
… this thesis is situated in the intersection of teachers’ work and contexts of education. It departs from an interest in contextual influences on teachers’ work and professionality under restructuring. It is to be understood as a criticism of a widespread focus, sometimes met in research and in …
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Illuminating Art: A Philosophical Perspective on Students’ and Teachers’ Work in Art Education
… disposition where wondering with the artwork and relating with its inherent elements becomes one and the same activity. Second, this investigation proposes the notion of respiration as a lens that allows seeing art as a fact that assumes and surpasses similar and contrary interpretations …
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Politicizing Equity: Ghana’s Free Senior High School Policy and its Implications for Teachers Work
… and its implications for equity and teachers’ work. This dissertation considers power through FSHSP policy, particularly how it operates at two scales/moments. In Part One of the dissertation, I focus on the broader context of influence in which FSHSP was justified and promoted. …
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Teaching, activism, and the purposes of education: Toward an integrated vision of teachers' work
… was to consider the political dimensions of teachers' work through a conceptual comparison to the work of social activists. The author developed a four-part analysis of the work of activists through a reading of the social movement literature and compared that analysis to the work of teachers …
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The Influence of Incentives and Rewards on Teachers Work Performance in Mbeya Region, Tanzania
Teachers’ high performance in schools has been discussed lot throughout the world by many researchers. The objective to the study in general was to explore the influence of incentives and rewards on teachers’ work performance. The specific objectives of the study were, to examine how teachers’ …
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Teachers' work experiences, portrayals of teachers in policy, and teacher perception of policy during COVID-19
… state governance were public-school classroom teachers. Historically, this top-down dynamic is certainly not new for the teaching profession (Lortie, 1975; Cohn et al., 1993; Gratch, 2000). Intersecting with this reality is the view of teachers as executors of policy that others create (Cohn et …
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An investigation of the relationship between the satisfaction with school communication system and teachers' work motivation
… between the school communication system and teachers' work motivation. The theoretical basis for the study was Barnard's (1938) contention that communication is a vital element in organizations in that it serves as a vehicle for transmitting knowledge of purpose and as such is necessary for …
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The Effects of Training on Teachers’ Work Performance : A Case Of Public Secondary Schools In Bagamoyo District, Tanzania
… to assess the effects of training on teacher’s work performance in public secondary schools. The study is grounded on three research questions which are, what are the current training practices used in secondary schools, to what extent teacher training relate to teachers’ work performance and …
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Assessing the impact of the duration of pre-service training on teachers work performance and teaching competences in Tanzania: The case of Nyamagana Municipality
… pre-service training on teaching competences and work performance; the classroom management strategies demonstrated and the duration of pre-service training; adherence to professional ethics and duration of pre-service training. Case study design was used to suitably utilize qualitative approach …
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Assessing the impact of the duration of pre-service training on teachers work performance and teaching competences in Tanzania: The case of Nyamagana Municipality
… pre-service training on teaching competences and work performance; the classroom management strategies demonstrated and the duration of pre-service training; adherence to professional ethics and duration of pre-service training. Case study design was used to suitably utilize qualitative approach …
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Lärares arbetsglädje : Betydelsen av emotionell närvaro i det pedagogiska arbetet
This thesis aims to explore teachers’ ‘work enjoyment’ and thereby deepening our understanding of teachers’ work and professionality. Positive emotions in teachers’ work are an underestimated and under-researched dimension of teacher practise and professionality. Through interviews that have …
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From Technicians to Teachers: The New Zealand Curriculum and the Development of Ethical Teacher Professionality
… curriculum development and significant shifts to teachers' practice. Will the implementation of this curriculum policy encourage the development of ethical teacher professionality? The dominant critical position in New Zealand education theory is that teaching has been 'deprofessionalised' by the …
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LABOURING TO TEACH: ACCOUNTING FOR POLICY TRANSFORMATIONS IN TEACHERS' LABOUR AND INSTITUTIONAL REGIMES IN CHILE BETWEEN 1980-2021
This dissertation explores changes in teachers’ work in Chile between 1980 and 2021. It focuses on the cultural and structural mechanisms through which teachers have been made accountable, with an emphasis on state transformations and ideational resources. Aimed at providing a comprehensive and …
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Recipients' perceptions of the Malaysian excellent teacher award scheme
This study explored the role of teachers' incentives in motivating teachers to change their attitudes, teaching practice and contribution to improve the quality in teaching and learning in Malaysian context. This research looked at the Guru Cemerlang Malaysia Award Scheme (GCM) or Excellent …
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Primary teachers' recontextualization of a curriculum innovation in Uganda
This study constructs an account of teachers' recontextualizations of the 'problem solving approach', a pedagogic approach prescribed for teaching primary school science by Uganda's official curriculum. It describes how sixteen teachers, located in eight primary schools, interpret and enact the …
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