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Mazzone, Angela; Pitsia, Vasiliki; Karakolidis, Anastasios; O'Higgins Norman, James – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
This study investigated the experiences of workplace bullying among primary and postprimary school staff in Ireland. A sample of 630 teachers and members of the Senior Management Team (SMT) completed an online survey inquiring about their own experiences of bullying in the workplace, as targets, bystanders, and perpetrators. Information about…
Descriptors: Empathy, Administrator Attitudes, Work Environment, Bullying
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Maeda, Mitsuko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
This study examines Cambodian students' exam cheating practices throughout their schooling. Based on a thorough analysis of interviews with 19 university students, the study found that, although cheating was more prevalent at the secondary level, individual students' cheating experiences varied in frequency and timing (i.e. when they started,…
Descriptors: Tests, Cheating, College Students, Student Experience
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Joseph, Stephen; Thomas, Marlene – Cogent Education, 2020
A single group pre-test, post-test quasi-experimental design was utilized to triangulate quantitative and qualitative data obtained from a questionnaire, field notes, classroom observation, and practicum test scores, to determine changes in the questioning behaviours and practices of 31 prospective teachers involved in a three-week practicum…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Behavior Patterns, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Macleod, Gale – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2014
In this largely theory-focused paper it is argued that there is a tension between demands for particular knowledge, relevant to local policy contexts, and calls for universal, generalizable evidence to inform policymaking. Some consequences of this tension, in terms of the forms of knowledge that may be drawn on in policymaking at the local level,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Student Behavior, Policy Formation, Foreign Countries
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Hu, Yiling; Wu, Bian; Gu, Xiaoqing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
Problem solving is considered a fundamental human skill. However, large-scale assessment of problem solving in K-12 education remains a challenging task. Researchers have argued for the development of an enhanced assessment approach through joint effort from multiple disciplines. In this study, a three-stage approach based on an evidence-centered…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Evidence Based Practice
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Milovanovitch, Mihaylo – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2019
In this article we present results from research on how education environments may influence the propensity of education participants to engage in corrupt practices. We approached this task with the help of a conceptual framework that draws on rational choice and routine activity theory, and on economic models of human behaviour. The framework…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Deception, Crime, Behavior Patterns
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Taylor, Tony; Collins, Sue – Curriculum Journal, 2012
This article reviews the relationship between the conservative newspaper "The Australian" and the development of a national history curriculum in Australia. The lead author surveyed the major Australian press in the five-year period between 2007 and 2012 and found clear patterns of difference between "The Australian" and other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Newspapers, Relationship
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Boxer, Paul; Huesmann, L. Rowell; Dubow, Eric F.; Landau, Simha F.; Gvirsman, Shira Dvir; Shikaki, Khalil; Ginges, Jeremy – Child Development, 2013
Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model proposes that events in higher order social ecosystems should influence human development through their impact on events in lower order social ecosystems. This proposition was tested with respect to ecological violence and the development of children's aggression via analyses of 3 waves of data (1 wave…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Conflict, Observation
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Gencer, R. Timucin; Boyacioglu, Hayal; Kiremitci, Olcay; Dogan, Birol – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
"Work-Related Behaviour and Experience Patterns" (AVEM) has been developed with the intention of determining the occupation related behaviour and lifestyle models of professionals. This study has been conducted to test the validity and reliability of MEDYAM, the abbreviated Turkish equivalent of AVEM. 373 teachers from 10 different…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Burnout, Employment
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van den Beemt, A.; Akkerman, S.; Simons, P. R. J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
The intensive use of interactive media has led to assertions about the effect of these media on youth. Rather than following the assumption of a distinct Net generation, this study investigates diversity in interactive media use among youth. Results from a pilot study show that contemporary youth can be divided into clusters based on the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Opinions, Factor Analysis, Internet
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Engstrom, Lars-Magnus – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2008
Background: Many studies have found that there is a low-to-moderate association between exercise during adolescence and exercise habits in adulthood. A question that arises from these earlier studies, with a follow-up period of about five to 20 years, is how children's and adolescents' physical activity affects their inclination to exercise later…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Exercise, Grades (Scholastic), Leisure Time
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Usman, Syaikhu; Akhmadi; Suryadarma, Daniel – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2007
This paper uses the first nationally representative survey of teacher absence collected through direct observation to determine the patterns of absence among full-time teachers in public primary schools in Indonesia. Based on the survey data, the authors found a national teacher absence rate of 19%, with almost half of the absences due to…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Teacher Attendance, Foreign Countries, Attendance Patterns
Walcot-Gayda, Elizabeth – Education Canada, 2004
Knowledgeable persons within the field frequently criticize definitions of "learning disabilities" for the choice of vocabulary, phrasing and implied ideas. Although there may never be a universally accepted definition, a definition that reflects current research is used in this article to make evident some of the cognitive and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education