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Yadav, Aman; Gretter, Sarah; Hambrusch, Susanne; Sands, Phil – Computer Science Education, 2017
The increased push for teaching computer science (CS) in schools in the United States requires training a large number of new K-12 teachers. The current efforts to increase the number of CS teachers have predominantly focused on training teachers from other content areas. In order to support these beginning CS teachers, we need to better…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies
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Nolan, Andrea; Morrissey, Anne-Marie; Dumenden, Iris – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2013
This paper presents preliminary data from a mentoring program, initiated in response to widespread Government reform policy that targeted early childhood teachers who were new or professionally isolated. It was implemented over a period of two years (2011-2012) in the state of Victoria, Australia. The paper focuses on the voices of these future…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Holloway, Yolanda Boyd – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Racial integration and its outcomes have been critiqued for nearly 60 years. While the impact on teachers was vast, data on the impact on teachers outside of the American South is limited. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of 6 African American teachers who described experiences of racial integration and its progress in a…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Rural Schools, Whites, Teacher Attitudes
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Handal, Boris; Watson, Kevin; Petocz, Peter; Maher, Marguerite – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2013
Why teachers in remote and rural schools do not remain longer in their posts is a central concern in Australian education. In particular, the lack of mathematics and science teachers in regional areas has reached critical levels endangering the adequate delivery of the curriculum to thousands of school students. While many teachers' personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover