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Akgün, Nuri; Özdemir, Tuncay; Yildiz, Kaya; Cerit, Yusuf; Yilmaz, Ömer – Online Submission, 2019
The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between paternalistic leadership and the level of classroom teachers' ostracism. The participants for this study consisted of 101 classroom teachers at primary schools located in Bartin. Data in this study were collected by using paternalistic leadership scale developed by Aycan,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Isolation
Bauer, Scott C.; Silver, Lori; Schwartzer, Jessica – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
Isolation has affected the quality of the work experience for employees in education for decades. This study explores the role that isolation plays in impacting the quality of the work experience among new principals. Building on recent studies, the analysis tests whether isolation serves as a mediator in the relationship between factors that are…
Descriptors: Professional Isolation, Beginning Principals, Persistence, Work Experience
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Schlendorf, Christine; Kelly, Angela M.; Krakehl, Robert – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
Student performance in high school Earth Science coursework often depends upon access to high quality teaching and resources. This study employed a non-experimental correlational research design to explore teacher-level and school-level variables and their relationship to students' Earth Science performance. The theoretical framework is derived…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Achievement, Science Education, Access to Education
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Bauer, Scott C.; Silver, Lori – Journal of Educational Administration, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test the model first presented by Federici and Skaalvik (2012) involving the relationships among four attributes of principals' work--self-efficacy, burnout, job satisfaction, and intention to leave (persistence). The model is then extended to test the role of isolation as a precursor.…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
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Krakehl, Robert; Kelly, Angela M.; Sheppard, Keith; Palermo, Martin – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Physics, as a foundational science, has particular importance in predicting the postsecondary success of students who major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This quasiexperimental, observational study examined teacher-level and school-level predictors of student performance in physics, with a focus on isolated teachers. A New…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Physics, Professional Isolation, Context Effect
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Beyth-Marom, Ruth; Harpaz-Gorodeisky, Gal; Bar-Haim, Aviad; Godder, Eti – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Tutors working for The Open University of Israel (OUI), a distance learning institution, are often the only academic staff who have direct contact with students. Their performance is therefore crucial for the university. The nature of their job, however, might hinder optimal performance: they are temporary and part time employees, and thus have…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Academic Freedom, Job Satisfaction, Distance Education