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Cross, Dionne I.; Hong, Ji; Williams-Johnson, Meca – Teacher Development, 2011
The problem of teacher shortage is of grave concern internationally, impacting countries such as the US, England and Australia. One popular approach to addressing issues of teacher attrition has been to hire international teachers (a.k.a. overseas-trained teachers) to fill the gap. In this paper the authors document the challenges and barriers…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility
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Maclay, R. W. de M. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1970
Discusses the concept energy" in terms of its use as a unifying theme in secondary school science courses. (AL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Energy, General Science, Instruction
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Handal, Boris; Bobis, Janette – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2004
Teaching mathematics through themes has been praised for relating mathematics to real-life situations. However, research shows that the implementation of teaching mathematics thematically has not been widely adopted. In the present study, instructional, curricula and organisational factors that teachers perceive as obstacles to the implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Thematic Approach