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Teacher Working Conditions: Perceptions of Novice and Experienced K-12 Virtual School Teachers
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Francis, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine if there is a difference between novice and experienced teachers' perceptions of the working conditions at the K-12 virtual school. This study examined the teachers' total years employed at the school to determine if a difference exists in the groups' perceptions of the teacher working conditions. Teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Teacher Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, Experienced Teachers
Instructor Time Requirements to Develop and Teach Online Courses
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Freeman, Lee A. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2015
How much time does it take to teach an online course? Does teaching online take more or less time than teaching face-to-face? Instructors, department chairs, deans, and program administrators have long believed that teaching online is more time-consuming than teaching face-to-face. Many research studies and practitioner articles indicate…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Faculty, Time Management, Time
Educational Reform and Teachers' Decision Making: Relationship between the Intended and the Implemented Reading Curriculum in Dominican Primary Schools
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Scheker Mendoza, Ancell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this dissertation is to characterize and analyze the specific implementation decisions made by teachers in Dominican primary schools. A new curriculum was developed in 1995 as part of a Ten-Year Plan to reform the educational system. Analyzing what teachers do and the factors that shape their instruction is relevant for improving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation, Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research
Job-Related Stress among Secondary Agricultural Education Teachers: A Comparison Study
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Torres, Robert M.; Lawver, Rebecca G.; Lambert, Misty D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The study sought to explore and compare the current level of job stress among secondary agriculture teachers in Missouri and North Carolina. The accessible populations consisted of secondary agriculture teachers (n = 252) in Missouri and (n = 118) in North Carolina. Data were collected using the Job Stress Survey (Spielberger & Vagg, 1999).…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teaching Conditions, Stress Variables, Comparative Analysis
Making Preschool More Productive: How Classroom Management Training Can Help Teachers
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Morris, Pamela; Raver, C. Cybele; Millenky, Megan; Jones, Stephanie; Lloyd, Chrishana M. – MDRC, 2010
This report presents results from the Newark, New Jersey, site of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) Demonstration, an intervention and random assignment evaluation of a curriculum designed to target children's behavior and emotional adjustment through the training of preschool teachers. The demonstration adopted the model used by CSRP (formerly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Readiness, Emotional Adjustment, Workshops
Making Preschool More Productive: How Classroom Management Training Can Help Teachers. Executive Summary
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Morris, Pamela; Raver, C. Cybele; Millenky, Megan; Jones, Stephanie; Lloyd, Chrishana M. – MDRC, 2010
This report presents results from the Newark, New Jersey, site of the Foundations of Learning (FOL) Demonstration, an intervention and random assignment evaluation of a curriculum designed to target children's behavior and emotional adjustment through the training of preschool teachers. The demonstration adopted the model used by CSRP (formerly…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, School Readiness, Emotional Adjustment, Workshops