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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Education has been a priority for Ghana since its independence, with current expenditures representing double the average for Africa and other developing nations. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government aimed to enhance the quality of education and teacher attendance, including improving school infrastructure and providing textbooks and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Federal Republic of Nigeria had taken measures to improve the quality of education and of teachers' working conditions such as by improving school infrastructure and accelerating teacher training programs, and providing incentive schemes for teachers. While education is free and compulsory, Nigeria reports the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
In Rwanda, over 3.5 million children were estimated to be out of school in 2020 when the country closed all schools as a safety measure against the spread of COVID-19. The government quickly developed a national response plan and started the process of hiring teachers, constructing classrooms and training in-service teachers in remote-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
O'Keefe, Lynette; Dellinger, Justin T.; Mathes, Jennifer; Holland, T. L.; Knott, J. – Online Learning Consortium, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting education across the globe in early 2020, many educators found themselves rapidly transitioning to remote learning without the appropriate knowledge, skills or resources. For many higher education students, this resulted in less than optimal learning experiences. To ensure that high quality online learning is…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Online Courses
Sonmark, Kristina; Révai, Nóra; Gottschalk, Francesca; Deligiannidi, Karolina; Burns, Tracey – OECD Publishing, 2017
What is the nature of teachers' pedagogical knowledge? The Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning Teacher Knowledge Survey (ITEL TKS) set out to answer this question in a pilot study that ran in five countries: Estonia, Greece, Hungary Israel, and the Slovak Republic. Using convenience samples, the pilot assessed the pedagogical knowledge base…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Competencies, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2014
This is the companion report to "Early Progress: Interim Research on Personalized Learning" which documents the teacher survey results for the 2013-14 school year. Researchers obtained and analyzed both qualitative and quantitative data from each school to create a broad picture of the schools' efforts to implement personalized learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Charter Schools
Merrill, Lisa; Lafayette, Camille – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2018
Research has begun to show that certain schoolwide characteristics--such as student-centered learning environments, leadership, and safety--can be important for improving student outcomes. In keeping with these insights, school improvement efforts around the country are becoming less narrowly focused on the performance of individual students and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Whitebook, Marcy; King, Elizabeth; Philipp, George; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2016
Early childhood teachers routinely face insufficient teaching supports and inadequate rewards for their education and commitment (e.g., low pay, lack of professional supports, and lack of benefits). These shortcomings contribute to poor program quality and fuel high levels of teacher turnover, preventing program improvement and making it…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education
Soilemetzidis, Ioannis; Bennett, Paul; Buckley, Alex; Hillman, Nick; Stoakes, Geoff – Higher Education Academy, 2014
This survey continues a series of similar surveys conducted for the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) since 2006; this year it's been done in partnership with the HEA. It investigates the learning and teaching experiences of students, including: (1) satisfaction with courses; (2) reasons for dissatisfaction; (3) experience of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction, Higher Education
Gill, Brian; Walsh, Lucas; Wulsin, Claire Smither; Matulewicz, Holly; Severn, Veronica; Grau, Eric; Lee, Amanda; Kerwin, Tess – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2015
Online charter schools--also known as virtual charters or cyber charters--are publicly funded schools of choice that eschew physical school buildings and use technology to deliver education to students in their own homes. These schools typically provide students with computers, software, and network-based resources, while also providing access to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Technology Uses in Education
Karadima, Oscar – 1986
An analysis of academic activities of college faculty at the eight campuses of Chile's Universidad Tecnica del Estado was conducted. Activities were grouped into seven categories: direct teaching, indirect teaching, research, community services, faculty development, academic administration, and other activities. Following the narrative…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Departments, Educational Responsibility
Stokes, Laura; St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2008
The National Writing Project (NWP) is the nation's premier professional development network dedicated to improving the teaching of writing. The NWP network comprises nearly 200 local sites in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. This report presents the results of a seven-year survey study of teachers participating in NWP summer…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development, Summer Programs
Ratliffe, Sharon A. – 1993
In September 1992, a mail survey was conducted of staff development coordinators (SDC's) at California community colleges. A total of 56 colleges returned usable surveys. Where appropriate, survey results were compared with findings from 1990 and 1991 surveys of SDC's. Results from the 1992 survey included the following: (1) between 1990 and 1992,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrator Selection