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Fang, Guangbao; Chan, Philip Wing Keung; Kalogeropoulos, Penelope – SAGE Open, 2021
Using data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS; 2013), this article explores teachers' needs, support, and barriers in their professional development. The research finds that Australian teachers expressed greater needs in information and communication technology (ICT) use and new technology training for teaching, while…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development, Educational Needs
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Sibanda, Doras; Amin, Nyna – SAGE Open, 2021
This study explores the link between a mentorship program for in-service teachers and their professional development. The participants are under-qualified mathematics, science, and technology teachers employed in junior secondary schools. Using a mixed-method approach, data were collected through a questionnaire responded to by 163 mentees, and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mentors, Intervention, Inservice Teacher Education
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Chen, Yi-Mei – SAGE Open, 2020
Communicative approaches have been a dominant paradigm in foreign/second language teaching since the 1980s. However, they are not widely accepted by teachers in many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. The current study adopted an action research approach to study classroom practice in a Taiwanese EFL secondary school, to identify and…
Descriptors: Action Research, English (Second Language), English Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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Raman, Arumugam; Thannimalai, Raamani – SAGE Open, 2019
Technology leadership is being redesigned to accelerate technology integration in schools to develop and sustain the skills needed to produce skilled manpower. Previous studies showed that the factors that prevented leaders and teachers from integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools are lack of ICT training, teacher…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Leadership Responsibility
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Chua, Wei Chuan; Thien, Lei Mee; Lim, Shun Yi; Tan, Chee Seng; Guan, Teik Ee – SAGE Open, 2020
Professional learning community (PLC) studies in the Asian Chinese nations remain scarce despite the emerging interest in the practice of PLC beyond the Western context. This study attempts to provide an understanding of the practices of PLC and challenges in implementing PLC in a Malaysian Chinese culture-dominated secondary school. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Program Implementation, Secondary Schools
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Podgornik, Vesna; Vogrinc, Janez – SAGE Open, 2017
In many countries in recent decades, great importance has been placed on the concept of quality assurance in education. In Slovenian schools, quality assessment and assurance processes are based on a combination of self-evaluation and external evaluation, although significantly more weight has been attached to self-evaluation than external…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Role, Teacher Role