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Woods-Stevens, Augurie Ezioma – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In 1989, Liberia entered into a Civil War that was devastating to the population, which has not recovered since. The country's infrastructure was significantly destroyed. Eighty percent of schools were non-functional. The illiteracy rate was at 80% in 2017. The teacher population at the primary and secondary levels was 26,000, but, 65% of them had…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
Getchell, Leroy Alfred – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Our nation, if it is going to keep a competitive edge versus the rest of the world, must reform the current system of educating children. The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that implementation of one increasingly popular reform effort, the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IBPYP), changes teachers' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Effectiveness, International Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Myers, Brian E.; Barrick, R. Kirby; Samy, Mohamed M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess Egyptian Agricultural Technical School (ATS) teachers' implementation of active learning strategies in their classrooms. Methods: The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was administered to 230 participants in active learning workshops. After eliminating headmasters, supervisors and people no longer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Schools, Learning Strategies, Innovation
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Wishart, Jocelyn; Triggs, Pat – Computers & Education, 2010
In this paper we report on the successes and challenges of a creative project involving museums, schools and interactive technologies. The MuseumScouts project is EU Comenius 2.1 funded and involves teachers, teacher educators, museum staff, students and researchers from five European countries: Germany (Berlin and Munich), Lithuania (Vilnius),…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Museums, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Del Mar Marin Sanchez, Ma; Ronco, Alicia Mateos – Online Submission, 2010
The Spanish educational system will require certain changes in order to achieve the Bologna objectives for the European Higher Education Area, including a more professional profile, with new activities and roles for both students and teachers, who must assume new skills that will affect concepts and attitudes related to the teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning, Learning Processes