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Assisting Struggling Teachers Effectively
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Yariv, Eliezer; Kass, Efrat – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
In this research, we examine strategies school principals have used to assist struggling teachers. In an open-ended questionnaire designed for this study, we asked 219 school principals to describe a successful intervention they held. The results show that principals prefer supportive assistance to organizational changes (such as moving the…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Principals, Teacher Competencies
A Systematic Literature Review of Using Immersive Virtual Reality Technology in Teacher Education
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Billingsley, Glenna; Smith, Scott; Smith, Shaunna; Meritt, Julia – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2019
Virtual reality (VR) technology offers promise in enriching learning opportunities in teacher education programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways immersive virtual reality has been used in teacher-training programs. This systematic review of literature examined eight studies where immersive VR was utilized to increase…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technological Literacy, Teacher Education Programs, Advanced Courses
Enhancing Motivation to Read and Reading Abilities in First Grade
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Nevo, Einat; Vaknin-Nusbaum, Vered – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined changes in reading motivation and reading achievement among Hebrew-speaking first graders following an intervention program designed to increase intrinsic reading motivation. The program was delivered by the class teacher and focused on choosing relevant reading materials, providing choices for reading and encouraging social…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Semitic Languages, Prediction
The Personal Relationship between the Kindergarten Teacher and the Parents as a Mediator between Cultures
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Eliyahu-Levi, Dolly; Ganz-Meishar, Michal – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2019
The purpose of the study is to describe the teacher's personal connection with parents as an intermediary factor between cultures and to examine the implications for the future of the migrant group in the receiving society. The study is a qualitative study based on the phenomenological approach and involved five teachers working with African…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Immigrants, Cultural Differences
Reducing Violence in Non-Controlling Ways: A Change Program Based on Self Determination Theory
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Assor, Avi; Feinberg, Ofra; Kanat-Maymon, Yaniv; Kaplan, Haya – Journal of Experimental Education, 2018
This paper presents and examines the first school change program focusing on violence and caring based on self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012). The program aimed at promoting teachers' capacity to cope with violence and enhance caring without becoming more controlling. Comparisons of the effects of a 22-month-long program in three…
Descriptors: Violence, Intervention, Coping, Caring
Students' Reaction to Classroom Discipline in Australia, Israel, and China
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Lewis, Ramon; Romi, Shlomo; Katz, Yaacov J.; Qui, Xing – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This study investigates the extent to which students from Australia, Israel, and China report that their teachers' classroom disciplinary behaviour affects their attitudes towards schoolwork and the teacher. They also report how justifiable a teacher's intervention appeared. In all three settings, both punishment and aggression relate…
Descriptors: Intervention, Discipline, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
A Values Clarification Intervention Aimed at Affective Education.
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Shechtman, Zipora; And Others – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1993
Analyzed effects of counseling-education classroom intervention program, based on Values-Clarification method. Intervention was designed to enhance pupil self-esteem, classroom climate, and internal locus of control, which are all components of affective education. Found significant improvement in two of three variables (classroom climate and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services, Foreign Countries