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Factors Influencing Teachers' Willingness to Move in the Chinese School System
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Wang, Fuyan; Tang, Hanwei; Shen, Wei; Wang, Yan; Lo, Leslie N. K. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
A recently introduced national policy in China, "Opinions on Promoting the Rotation of Principals and Teachers in Compulsory Education Schools within the County/District," mandates teacher mobility between urban and rural areas, thereby ensuring a more equitable distribution of human resources. This study investigated a key but…
Descriptors: Influences, Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility, Educational Policy
Teacher Resilience Matters: A Buffering and Boosting Effect between Job Driving Factors and Their Well-Being and Job Performance
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Chen, Junjun; Lee, John Chi-Kin – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
This study investigated the mediation role of teacher resilience between job demands and resources and their well-being and job performance using a sample of 407 teachers from Hong Kong, SAR and mainland China. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were employed to deal with the dataset. The results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Resilience (Psychology), Well Being, Job Performance
Understanding Intrinsic Challenges to STEM Instructional Practices for Chinese Teachers Based on Their Beliefs and Knowledge Base
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Dong, Yan; Wang, Jing; Yang, Yunying; Kurup, Premnadh M. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2020
Background: China has great student participation in STEM education. Chinese society has a progressive and positive attitude towards STEM as it is considered to provide more opportunities in life. Teachers play a vital role in the success of any STEM program in K-12 schools. However, teachers are facing instructional challenges because of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Teacher Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Chinese Secondary Physical Education Teachers' Depth of Specialized Content Knowledge in Soccer
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Ward, Phillip; He, Yaohui; Wang, Xiaozan; Li, Weidong – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2018
Purpose: Accurately measuring the content knowledge of teachers is critical to designing professional development to support their teaching. We examined the depth of specialized content knowledge (SCK), defined in terms of instructional tasks reported by teachers and factors that could affect their SCK. Method: Content maps were used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Teachers' Engagement at Work: An International Validation Study
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Klassen, Robert M.; Aldhafri, Said; Mansfield, Caroline F.; Purwanto, Edy; Siu, Angela F. Y.; Wong, Marina W.; Woods-McConney, Amanda – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
This study explored the validity of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in a sample of 853 practicing teachers from Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Indonesia, and Oman. The authors used multigroup confirmatory factor analysis to test the factor structure and measurement invariance across settings, after which they examined the relationships…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis