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Benoliel, Pascale; Berkovich, Izhak – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
This article explores the link between the OECD TALIS 2013 survey's framework for defining the ideal teacher and national educational goals by focusing on the teacher self-efficacy items, using cross-country comparisons. Surprisingly, cross-country analysis of the TALIS 2013 data combined with World Value Survey data about Desired Child Qualities…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Professionalism, Correlation
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Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: In developed countries, it is challenging for teachers to select pedagogical practices that encourage students to enrol in science and technology courses in upper secondary school. Purpose: Aiming to understand the enrolment dynamics, this study analyses sample-based data from Finland's National Assessment in Science to determine…
Descriptors: Intention, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Science, Physics
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Paulsen, Jan Merok; Hjertø, Kjell Brynjulf; Tihveräinen, Saku Petteri – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between school leadership practices and teacher empowerment in the Finnish policy culture. Specifically, moral leadership and distributed leadership enacted by school principals are tested in a simultaneous design as predictor to two distinct yet related aspects of teachers' sense…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Educational Policy, Moral Values, Principals
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Malinen, Kaisa; Tolvanen, Asko; Ronka, Anna – Family Relations, 2012
In this study, relationship maintenance and its connections with positive and negative relationship quality were examined among Finnish parents (N = 177 women and 153 men; i.e., partners from 150 couples and 27 women and 3 men whose partner did not participate in the study). Relationship maintenance was measured using Stafford, Dainton, and Haas's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marriage, Positive Attitudes, Evaluation
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Bundick, Matthew J.; Tirri, Kirsi – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
With the growing interest in the development of purpose in youth, one important role that requires attention is the school teacher. The current article explores student perceptions of the role teachers can play in fostering purpose in their students in the mid- and late adolescent years, and the teacher competencies that facilitate purpose…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Resources, Teacher Competencies, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
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Ziebertz, Hans-Georg; Kay, William K. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2009
Based on original empirical data collected from adolescents in Europe (N = 9003) this paper focuses the lifeworlds of young people. It analyses negative and positive patterns of attitude and combines them with further concepts: personal life perspectives, various key values and political attitudes. Technically, the attitude towards Europe acts as…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
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Hoskins, Bryony; D'Hombres, Beatrice; Campbell, Joann – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
In the European context Active Citizenship has been promoted within the education and training Lisbon Strategy as a tool to support the continuation of democracy, human rights and greater social inclusion. In this article the authors analyse the impact of education on Active Citizenship and contribute to the existing debates relating to education…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Attainment, Lifelong Learning, Citizenship Education