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Sahin, Ahmet – SAGE Open, 2021
This study investigated teachers' use of humor in school settings. Eleven lower secondary school teachers from different branches volunteered in this qualitative study. I collected data through individual, face-to-face interviews and used content and descriptive analysis methods for data analysis. In conclusion, the participants mostly said that…
Descriptors: Humor, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Geelan, David – Research in Science Education, 2013
Video recordings of Year 11 physics lessons were analyzed to identify key features of teacher explanations. Important features of the explanations used included teachers' ability to move between qualitative and quantitative modes of discussion, attention to what students require to succeed in high stakes examinations, thoughtful use of…
Descriptors: Physics, Video Technology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
Gözpinar, Halis – Online Submission, 2014
In order to see English Teachers' attitudes towards learning and teaching proverbs, descriptive methods and quantitative approaches were used, and a questionnaire was answered by 84 English Teachers from grades 9 through 12 in two different cities Ordu, Turkey and Akhaltsikhe, Georgia.
Descriptors: Proverbs, English Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Lehtimaja, Inkeri – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This article demonstrates, using conversation analysis, how students use address terms when reproaching the teacher. The data consist of videotaped lessons of Finnish as a second language in secondary school. The analyses show, first of all, that teacher-oriented address terms can be used separately as reproaches, in which case they are marked…
Descriptors: Cues, Interpersonal Communication, Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis