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What Really Matters to Faculty Members Attending Professional Development Programs in Higher Education
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Muammar, Omar M.; Alkathiri, Mohammed S. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2022
This study aimed to identify which factors have the greatest influence on the satisfaction of faculty members who attended higher education professional development programs in teaching. The study included 2,330 cases collected over a three-year period. The results highlighted seven factors that explained 72% of satisfaction and had the greatest…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes, Participant Satisfaction
The Association between Preschool Teachers' Beliefs and Practices about Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Mohamed, Ahmed Hassan Hemdan; Al-Qaryouti, Ibrahim Amin – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore whether preschool teachers' self-reported beliefs could predict their self-reported practices about developmentally appropriate practices (DAP). A related purpose was to examine whether classroom size and teachers' experience are significant predictors of their self-reported beliefs and practices. A total…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
The Power and Promise of Early Learning. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 186
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Shuey, Elizabeth A.; Kankaraš, Miloš – OECD Publishing, 2018
Early learning matters and can be strengthened and supported through contexts where children spend much of their time. Strong early learning experiences provide young children with opportunities to enjoy exploring their own interests and growing capabilities. Strong early learning also positively predicts well-being across a range of indicators in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Well Being, Predictor Variables
Effectiveness of Early Entrepreneurship Education at the Primary School Level: Evidence from a Field Research in Morocco
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Hassi, Abderrahman – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2016
The present research is designed to identify the appropriate and relevant objectives that need to be pursued through entrepreneurial activities targeting elementary school children. It assesses the effectiveness of early entrepreneurship education. To do so, children aged 11 and 12 attended an entrepreneurial program and completed two versions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Elementary School Curriculum, Program Effectiveness
Attainment of Developmental Tasks by Adolescents with Hearing Loss Attending Special Schools
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Martin Pinquart; Jens P. Pfeiffer – American Annals of the Deaf, 2014
The investigators compared the perceived attainment of developmental tasks by 181 German adolescents with hearing loss and 254 peers without hearing loss. The adolescents with hearing loss were attending special schools for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. On average, the two groups perceived similar levels of success across the assessed…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Adolescents, Special Schools, Deafness
Teachers' Beliefs and Practices regarding Developmentally Appropriate Practices: A Study Conducted in India
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Hegde, Archana V.; Cassidy, Deborah J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2009
The study assessed kindergarten teachers' beliefs, stated practices and actual practices regarding developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) in India. Forty kindergarten teachers from the urban city of Mumbai (India) participated in the study. Overall, the results indicated that teachers' beliefs were more developmentally appropriate than their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
Predictors of Preschool Process Quality in a Chinese Context.
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Rao, Nirmala; Koong, Maggie; Kwong, Margaret; Wong, Margaret – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
This study examined predictors of process quality among Hong Kong preschools. Findings indicated significant intercorrelations among structural, management-related, and process measures of quality. Process quality (teacher-child interaction, curriculum goals) was higher in preschools exceeding government requirements for staff qualifications,…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices