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Office Of Teacher In Times Of School Reform, John Van Dyk
Office Of Teacher In Times Of School Reform, John Van Dyk
Pro Rege
No abstract provided.
Sharpening Our Vision, Engaging In Learning, Renewing Our Practice, Robert Koole
Sharpening Our Vision, Engaging In Learning, Renewing Our Practice, Robert Koole
Pro Rege
This article was originally presented at the 1996 B. J. Haan Education Conference at Dordt College.
Correlates Among Teachers’ Anxieties, Demographics, And Telecomputing Activity, Judith B. Harris, Neal Grandgenett
Correlates Among Teachers’ Anxieties, Demographics, And Telecomputing Activity, Judith B. Harris, Neal Grandgenett
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
Are educators' anxiety levels or demographics related to their voluntary use of networked resources? In this study, one year of logins and online time for 189 randomly selected educators with accounts on Tenet (Texas Education Network) were correlated with six interval-level subject attribute variables: (a) writing apprehension, (b) oral communication apprehension, (c) computer anxiety, (d) age, (e) teaching experience, and (f) telecomputing experience. The usage data were also correlated with three nominal-level subject attribute variables: (a) gender, (b) professional specialty, and (c) teaching level. Results indicated that writing apprehension was significantly and negatively correlated with network use, and that telecomputing …
Crossing Borders: Transformative Experiences Of Euro American Bilingual Teachers In A Spanish Speaking Context, A Participatory Study, Margaret C. Laughlin
Crossing Borders: Transformative Experiences Of Euro American Bilingual Teachers In A Spanish Speaking Context, A Participatory Study, Margaret C. Laughlin
Master's Theses
Digitized thesis
0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Point Pleasant, West Virginia, teacher. Papers consist primarily of letters written to Mrs. Rayburn from West Virginia state legislators regarding her lobbying efforts to raise teacher retirement benefits. Includes material related to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and local history of Point Pleasant and Mason Co., West Virginia.
Boys' Participation In Junior Secondary School Physical Education And Sport, Lynn Embrey, M. Drummond
Boys' Participation In Junior Secondary School Physical Education And Sport, Lynn Embrey, M. Drummond
Research outputs pre 2011
According to social lore, boys are meant to be good at Physical Education and sport. There is, however, increasing evidence to the contrary and it is now essential to consider why boys drop out of Physical Education and sport. There has been a good deal of research and subsequent literature detailing the plight of girls' involvement in Physical Education and sport. However, a dearth of literature and research exists where boys Physical Education and sport are concerned. Out of research comes practical implementation strategies that can be adopted by teachers to create a more favourable learning environment. Extensive research on …
Researching Education : Making Meanings To Make Better Schools, Bernard T. Harrison
Researching Education : Making Meanings To Make Better Schools, Bernard T. Harrison
Research outputs pre 2011
No abstract provided.
The Interplay Of Formal And Informal Rule Systems In Government Primary Schools, Raymond Knight
The Interplay Of Formal And Informal Rule Systems In Government Primary Schools, Raymond Knight
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the effects of regulation upon the practice and behaviour of teachers within a bureaucratic educational organisation. More specifically, the study had been designed to understand how teachers make sense of the rules and regulations of their organisation and identify strategies that they apply to make these rules serve these interests. The rule system theory of Swedish sociologist, Burns and Flam, was employed to inform the study. Thirty teachers, employed at two school sites, were included in this qualitative study. The initial data were collected by questionnaires and a survey of formal rules. …
Occupational Stress, A Cross-Sectional And Logitudinal Analysis, Nigel V. Jones
Occupational Stress, A Cross-Sectional And Logitudinal Analysis, Nigel V. Jones
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study investigated the presence of occupational stress among teachers. It did not set out to identify and explain variables associated with stress among teachers, rather the study focussed on the multitude of variables identified in the literature and sought to include these in a more extensive causal model. The study was conducted in two main stages. Firstly, a cross-sectional survey investigated the presence of stress among 230 teachers, as measured by Psychological Stress, Physical Health, Job Satisfaction and & desire to Leave their Job. The survey obtained information on stress outcome variables (Psychological Stress, Physical Health, Job Satisfaction and …