Search results for "contextual factors"

Training needs of teachers in ICT: Training profiles and elements of complexity

2011

Training needs of teachers in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is one of the key aspects for the integration of ICT in daily educational practice, along with competences in ICT and the use of these technological resources by teachers. The aim of this paper is to establish teacher training profiles and relate them to their competences in ICT and the use thereof, together with personal and contextual factors. To this end, it has been used a survey design, with the sample 868 teachers from primary and secondary education in the Comunidad Valenciana. The instrument for collecting information is a questionnaire. The results indicate that teachers demand higher-level training in p…

Las necesidades formativas del profesorado en TIC: perfiles formativos y elementos de complejidad

2011

Las necesidades formativas del profesorado en las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC) se constituyen como uno de los aspectos claves para la integración de las TIC en la práctica educativa diaria, junto con las competencias en TIC y el uso de estos recursos tecnológicos por parte del profesorado. El objetivo de este artículo es establecer perfiles formativos del profesorado y relacionarlos con sus competencias en TIC y el uso de las mismas, junto con factores personales y contextuales. Para ello, se ha utilizado un diseño de encuesta, con una muestra de 868 profesores y profesoras de Educación Primaria y Secundaria de la Comunidad Valenciana, siendo el instrumento de re…

Optimising the effects of physical activity on mental health and wellbeing: A joint consensus statement from Sports Medicine Australia and the Austra…

2023

Objectives Participation in physical activity can improve mental health and well-being, but effects are mixed. This consensus statement from Sports Medicine Australia and the Australian Psychological Society aims to provide guidance to practitioners on the ways that physical activity can be promoted to maximise benefits to mental health. Method Following the Clinical Consensus Statement protocol, an expert group comprised of eight members with expertise in physical activity and mental health articulated recommendations regarding five physical activity contextual factors: type, physical environment, delivery, domain, and social environment. Results To optimise the mental health benefits of p…

Factors influencing adjustment to remote work: Employees’ initial responses to the covid-19 pandemic

2021

The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted when, where, and how employees work. Drawing on a sample of 5452 Finnish employees, this study explores the factors associated with employees’ abrupt adjustment to remote work. Specifically, this study examines structural factors (i.e., work independence and the clarity of job criteria), relational factors (i.e., interpersonal trust and social isolation), contextual factors of work (i.e., change in work location and perceived disruption), and communication dynamics (i.e., organizational communication quality and communication technology use (CTU)) as mechanisms underlying adjustment to remote work. The findings demonstrate that structural and contextual fac…

Les déterminants de la réussite à l’université. Quels apports de la recherche en Éducation ? Quelles perspectives de recherche ?

2016

In France, the university is experiencing the problem of failure, especially in the first cycle. This article aims to establish, in a chronological perspective, a literature review of the contributions of educational research in the French context, the various factors contributing to this failure. The aim is firstly to show how evolved the research on the determinants of academic success since the 1990s. It is, secondly, to examine what types of research can still be conducted on the subject. That will lead us in particular that, despite questioning from several decades of university teaching, few studies have so far been conducted in the French context regarding the impact of teaching prac…

Female Leadership in Software Projects : A Preliminary Result on Leadership Style and Project Context Factors

2018

Understanding the Context of Teacher Professionalism in Education Systems Undergoing Transition – Kosovo Case

2014

Abstract This qualitative case study examines teacher professionalism in Kosovo in light of its rapidly developing education system. The study involves 14 teachers at the beginning of their careers (1-7 years of experience) examining teacher thinking against the evolving stages of teacher professionalism, namely pre-professionalism, autonomous professionalism, collegial professionalism and post-professionalism. The study reveals that Kosovo teachers reflect strong dominance of pre- professionalism and autonomous professionalism while they demonstrate a weaker reflection of collegial and post- professional aspects of teachers’ work. It provides insights for viewing teacher professionalism wi…

Trends in health complaints from 2002 to 2010 in 34 countries and their association with health behaviours and social context factors at individual a…

2015

BACKGROUND: This article describes trends and stability over time in health complaints in adolescents from 2002 to 2010 and investigates associations between health complaints, behavioural and social contextual factors at individual level and economic factors at macro-level.METHODS: Comprising N = 510 876 11-, 13- and 15-year-old children and adolescents in Europe, North America and Israel, data came from three survey cycles of the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Age- and gender-adjusted trends in health complaints were examined in each country by means of linear regression. By using the country as the random effects variable, we tested to what extent in…