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Nepras, Karel; Strejckova, Tereza; Kroufek, Roman; Kubiatko, Milan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Climate change is not a future problem, it is a significant variation of weather conditions becoming warmer, wetter or drier. It is the longer-term trend that differentiates climate change from natural weather variability. The aim of this research was to determine primary school students' knowledge and attitudes related to climate change among…
Descriptors: Climate, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
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Li, Christine Jie; Monroe, Martha C. – Environmental Education Research, 2019
Hope is an important component that helps engage people in solving problems. Environmental educational resources addressing climate change effectively should ideally nurture hope as well as increase understanding about the issue. However, hopefulness about resolving climate change challenges is a relatively new construct in the literature and…
Descriptors: Climate, Psychological Patterns, Environmental Education, High School Students
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Isik, Ali – English Teaching, 2021
This study attempted to investigate the factors affecting the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of English teachers in Turkish state high schools within the framework of job satisfaction, emotional commitment, and demographic factors. The data, which were collected through a questionnaire given to 269 English teachers, were analyzed…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Behavior, Teacher Characteristics
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Wu, Jing; Otsuka, Yoshiki – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
As human-induced climate change rapidly increases, information about climate change permeates each aspect of society. This study examines how learning sources pertaining to climate change influence self-reported pro-climate behaviour in adolescents. Cross-tabulation method, combined with correspondence analysis, has been conducted on data obtained…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Student Behavior
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Freedman, Shin; Vreven, Dawn – College & Research Libraries, 2016
Recent media reports have increased awareness of workplace incivility and bullying. However, the literature regarding workplace incivility and bullying in academic libraries is under reported and under researched. This study examines the current state of librarians' perceptions on workplace incivility and bullying and evaluates the effects of…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Conflict, Work Environment
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Straus, Hildy; Bondie, Rhonda – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2015
This study examined the self-efficacy of paraeducators serving students with moderate to severe disabilities in a specialized public school. Quantitative methods explored the relationship among paraeducator self-efficacy, personal factors (including work experience, age level of teaching assignment, and disability served), and organizational…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Performance Factors, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Severity (of Disability)
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Hanson, Janet; Bangert, Arthur; Ruff, William – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
According to school growth mindset theory a school's organizational structure influences teachers' beliefs in their collective ability to help all students grow and learn; including those from diverse cultural, religious, identity, and socioeconomic demographics. The implicit theory of growth mindset has been quantified for a school's culture on…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Beliefs, Administrative Organization, Organizational Climate
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Burns, W. R. Travis; DiPaola, Michael F. – American Secondary Education, 2013
Emerging research suggests that teachers' perceptions of fairness with respect to interactions with school administrators, decision-making processes, and decision outcomes can contribute greatly to understanding effective schools. This study of Virginia public high schools used correlational analysis to measure the strength of the relationships…
Descriptors: Correlation, Measures (Individuals), Justice, Public Schools
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Tsai, Ming-Tien; Cheng, Nai-Chang – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
The research includes various constructs based on social exchange theory and social cognitive theory. This study mainly explored the relationships among organisational justice, trust, commitment and knowledge-sharing cognition and verified their mediating effects through two variables of trust and commitment. A survey utilising a questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Epistemology, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy
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Kisoglu, Mustafa; Gürbüz, Hasan; Erkol, Mehmet; Akar, Muhammed Said; Akilli, Mustafa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2010
The fundamental factor of environmental education is teachers who are well-informed about environmental issues. This research aimed to determine prospective Turkish elementary science teachers' knowledge level about causes, consequences and reducing of the greenhouse effect and to investigate the effect of gender, information source and membership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Smith, Andrew; Oczkowski, Eddie; Noble, Charles; Macklin, Robert – 2002
The changing nature of the demand for training in Australian enterprises adopting new management practices and the implications of those changes for training providers were examined. More than 3,400 private sector enterprises were surveyed by mail, after which follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with 80 human resource practitioners from…
Descriptors: Contract Training, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Educational Demand
Jensen, Jane; Haleman, Diana; Goldstein, Beth; Anderman, Eric – 2000
The reasons why undereducated individuals choose not to participate in adult education were examined in a comparative, qualitative case study that was conducted in eight nonmetropolitan sites (including the pilot site) in diverse economic regions across Kentucky. Data were collected from the following sources: in-depth interviews with 84 adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences