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A Recovery Pathway After Covid-19 Teacher Burnout, Laura Sokal, Lesley Eblie Trudel
A Recovery Pathway After Covid-19 Teacher Burnout, Laura Sokal, Lesley Eblie Trudel
Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
Burnout in the helping professions, including teaching, has been well documented for over fifty years and has been captured within two seminal models offered by Maslach and her colleagues. For this study we interviewed 22 teachers bi-weekly to determine whether these models captured their COVID-19 pandemic work experiences during the 2020–2021 school year. Only one teacher, however, left work on a medical leave and then returned to work after burning out, and therefore provided a case study of the processes of both teacher burnout and recovery under pandemic conditions. The existing models of burnout were upheld as salient in understanding …
Family Factors In Career Decisions To Enter Education Amongst Black Urban Millennials, Christian Jacobs
Family Factors In Career Decisions To Enter Education Amongst Black Urban Millennials, Christian Jacobs
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractThe interactions a student has with a teacher help form their relationship with the educational experience. Importantly, a lack of representation can greatly impact the future impression of oneself and the world. For students of color, the balance of teachers who represent their ethnic and cultural diversity in the education field is greatly skewed toward White educators. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study, which was rooted in the self-determination theory, was to examine if and to what extent various factors, including parental, household, environmental, gender, and ethnicity impact Black millennials’ decision to go into the educational field. Participant criteria …
First Year Teachers’ Perspectives Of Their Self-Efficacy To Teach Writing In Elementary, Angelica Felicia Givler
First Year Teachers’ Perspectives Of Their Self-Efficacy To Teach Writing In Elementary, Angelica Felicia Givler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractWith the introduction of Common Core State Standards in 2009, there has been an increase in the expectations for writing instruction in the United States. Writing instruction standards are now part of language arts and other content areas, but many teachers feel unprepared to teach writing. There is limited research on teachers’ perspectives of their abilities to teach writing upon completion of a teacher preparation program. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to examine teachers’ perspectives of their ability to teach writing in elementary school and identify coursework they deem useful for enhancing their abilities to teach writing. …
Teachers' Perceptions Of Transition To Emergency Remote And Hybrid Instruction, Marni Ann Whitehead
Teachers' Perceptions Of Transition To Emergency Remote And Hybrid Instruction, Marni Ann Whitehead
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is a gap in understanding challenges rural high school teachers faced when adapting to remote and hybrid instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate challenges that teachers faced when implementing strategies, curriculum, and technology during the transition to remote and hybrid learning because of the pandemic. The conceptual framework of self-efficacy guided this qualitative case study. The research question addressed challenges that professional teachers at a rural public 9-12 grade high school faced regarding strategies, technologies, and curriculum as they transitioned to remote and hybrid instruction in the 2020-2021 school year …
Experiences Of Teachers Using Student-Centered Approaches In China, Raven Roytblat
Experiences Of Teachers Using Student-Centered Approaches In China, Raven Roytblat
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Schoolteachers in China are required by the government to transition from teacher-centered to student-centered instruction. Researchers have shown the challenges of and successes in implementing the instructional changes; however, a gap exists surrounding the challenges and successes of reforms from the perspective of teachers. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to better understand the experiences of Chinese schoolteachers as the system of education in China transitions from teacher-centered to student-centered classroom instruction. The conceptual framework for this study included Schön’s concept of the reflective practitioner and Liu and Hallinger and Knapp et al.’s work on the role of …
Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Student Disengagement And Its Role In Low Academic Achievement, Georgia Ross-Holmes
Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Student Disengagement And Its Role In Low Academic Achievement, Georgia Ross-Holmes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractDisengaged students display boredom, low achievement, and high dropout rates. The problem addressed in this study was the need for a better understanding of teachers’ perceptions about disengaged students, which is essential in developing interventions to support students’ school completion. This basic qualitative study explored teachers’ perceptions of the underlying reasons for student disengagement and explored how teachers perceived the role of disengagement in student academic achievement. The self-system motivational theory lens was the framework used to guide the research and address the research questions, which asked about middle school teachers’ perceptions of the underlying reasons for student disengagement and …