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Zamir, Sara – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2021
The authority given to teachers within the school setting is vital to any educational work. According to its most widely accepted meaning, this concept signifies teachers' legal and social right to teach, counsel or guide that derives from a formal recognition of their ability to do so. As a concept, authority in the education system has undergone…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
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O'Farrelly, Christine; Hennessy, Eilis – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2014
Unlike the transitions children make between settings, those they undertake between age groups within early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings are seldom studied. Accordingly, this exploratory study followed seven preschool children (three boys and four girls) as they moved to new rooms in five ECCE settings. Structured observations of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
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Nelson, Larry J.; Hart, Craig H.; Yang, Chongming; Wu, Peixia; Jin, Shenghua – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study examined via teacher reports the behavioral correlates of different forms of nonsocial play among Chinese preschoolers, as well as potential gender differences in the linkages in a sample of preschoolers (249 boys, 257 girls) from two cities in mainland China. Measurement models estimated with two-group confirmatory factor analyses…
Descriptors: Play, Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Females
Nishimura, Amy – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
Teaching within institutions that prototypically privilege the social order of language is often problematic for both genders, especially because we tend to occupy masculine lines of rhetoric. The "standards" that women adhere to are not always associated in the feminine construction, and when we question "standards," the…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Altruism, Females, Figurative Language
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Spittle, Michael; Petering, Felicity; Kremer, Peter; Spittle, Sharna – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
Stereotypes and self-perceptions are important in understanding how people develop their self-knowledge and social identity, become members of groups, and view groups and their members. While we have some understanding of the stereotypical view of the physical education teacher, we currently have little knowledge of how physical education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Student Attitudes
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Tom, Shelley R.; Schwartz, David; Chang, Lei; Farver, Jo Ann M.; Xu, Yiyuan – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study reports two separate cross-sectional investigations that focus on bully/victim problems among Hong Kong school children. Study 1 included 1361 children (670 boys, 691 girls; mean age = 12.6 years) and Study 2 included 288 children (153 boys, 135 girls; mean age = 9.6 years). Children's social and academic functioning was assessed with…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Correlation