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Key pedagogical principles and their major obstacles as perceived by comprehensive school teachers
2011
The general pedagogical knowledge of teachers is not often investigated in comparison to content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. In this article, a more comprehensive outlook on teache...
Factors affecting Nigerian teacher educators’ technology integration : Considering characteristics, knowledge constructs, ICT practices and beliefs
2020
To provide a diverse comprehension of teachers' TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge) and how TPACK is reflected in practice, this study examined teacher educators' (TEs') conceptions of technology integration. Specifically, the main objective of the study was to investigate the factors influencing Nigerian teacher educators' technology integration using a self-completion survey administered to Nigerian teacher educators from three schools in the southern region of Nigeria. We utilized the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach for the data analysis. Two frameworks—TPACK and Second Information Technology in Education Study (SITES)— guided t…
Validating the early childhood classroom observation measure in first and third grade classrooms
2016
The present study reports on the psychometric properties of the Early Childhood Classroom Observation Measure (ECCOM) in Finnish and Estonian first and third grade classrooms. The observation data were collected from 91 first grade teachers and 70 third grade teachers. Teachers' curriculum goals, teaching experience and the classroom size were measured also. The results of confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of the three-factor model (management, climate, and instruction) for each dimension—child-centred, teacher-directed, and child-dominated—in both grades. The reliability of the dimensions and sub-scales was good, and some evidence was also found for criterion validity. The fin…
Teacher-perceived supportive classroom climate protects against detrimental impact of reading disability risk on peer rejection
2012
Abstract This study examined the role of a supportive classroom climate, class size, and length of teaching experience as protective factors against children's peer rejection. A total of 376 children were assessed in kindergarten for risk for reading disabilities (RD) and rated by their teachers on socially withdrawn and disruptive behaviors. The grade 1 measures included sociometric peer assessment and teachers' self-ratings of their supportiveness in the classroom, together with information on class size and teaching experience. The results showed, first, that the studied social and learning risk factors positively predicted peer rejection in grade 1. Moreover, teacher-reported supportive…
2021
Abstract Understanding the factors related to teacher burnout helps in creating schools which foster teachers’ job satisfaction and the delivery of high-quality education. We studied teacher burnout and its three subdomains across several teacher-, student-, and organisation-level variables, including teacher category, class size, number of students with support needs, attitudes towards inclusive education, and availability of support. The participants were 4567 Finnish primary school teachers consisting of 2080 classroom teachers, 1744 subject teachers, 438 special-class and 305 resource room teachers. Several associations between teacher burnout and the background variables were observed …
Classroom Management and Loss of Time at the Lesson Start: A Preliminary Study
2013
<p style="text-align:justify">Lesson starts are transitional events which may cause management problems for teachers. In this study 131 lesson starts of equally many teachers were observed in primary and secondary schools in Finland. The results indicated that, in general, the problems were minimal. However, for various reasons lesson starts were delayed by an average of about six minutes. Calculated on this basis, the total loss of instructional time in the whole school year was about five weeks of schooling. No statistically significant relationships were observed between disturbances in the classroom and any background variable studied including grade level, classroom type,(special…
Groups whose prime graph on conjugacy class sizes has few complete vertices
2012
Abstract Let G be a finite group, and let Γ ( G ) denote the prime graph built on the set of conjugacy class sizes of G. In this paper, we consider the situation when Γ ( G ) has “few complete vertices”, and our aim is to investigate the influence of this property on the group structure of G. More precisely, assuming that there exists at most one vertex of Γ ( G ) that is adjacent to all the other vertices, we show that G is solvable with Fitting height at most 3 (the bound being the best possible). Moreover, if Γ ( G ) has no complete vertices, then G is a semidirect product of two abelian groups having coprime orders. Finally, we completely characterize the case when Γ ( G ) is a regular …
Les sources de la qualité de l'éducation : une nécessaire distinction du niveau économique des pays
2006
06036; L'objectif de ce travail est de tester l'existence d'une fonction de production éducative à partir de données issues des enquêtes internationales sur les acquis des élèves. Les résultats des estimations avec l'échantillon global d'une part, puis avec distinction selon le niveau économique des pays montrent des différences significatives quant aux relations entreinputs et outputs éducatifs. On constate qu'à mesure que le niveau économique des pays s'élève, l'impact des variables financières de l'éducation sur la performance aux tests diminue. Les relations diffèrent également avec la variable taille des classes. Ainsi, les incohérences trouvées dans les analyses antérieures en matière…
La constitution des classes dans les écoles. Contraintes de contexte ou stratégies d'acteurs ?: Rapport intermédiaire pour le PIREF
2005
05004; Analyse des pratiques de constitution des classes (nombre et nature des classes au sein des écoles), puis des modalités d'affectation des élèves et des enseignants dans ces classes et enfin de l'efficacité pédagogique des différents types de groupement réalisés.
Mācību sasniegumus ietekmējošie faktori Latvijas vispārizglītojošās skolās
2017
Promocijas darba mērķis ir izpētīt datus par izglītojamo mācību sasniegumiem starptautiski salīdzinošajos izglītības pētījumos, valsts pārbaudes darbos un izglītojamo gada vērtējumiem mācību priekšmetos, sniegt rekomendācijas par iespējamiem Latvijas vispārējās izglītības optimizācijas virzieniem. Promocijas darba rezultātā ir izstrādāti ierosinājumi, kuru īstenošana ļautu paaugstināt izglītojamo mācību sasniegumus vispārējās izglītības posmā. Promocijas darbu veido ievads, sešas savstarpēji saistītas nodaļas par četrām tēmām un nobeigums. Atslēgas vārdi: vispārējā izglītība, izglītības sistēmas optimizācija, mācību sasniegumi, kavējumi, skolas un klases lielums, obligātās izglītības uzsākš…