Purpose: This article aims to consider teacher's views about intervisitations regarding its application and its usefulness as a community-enhancer. Many educators venture into the world of teaching because they love learning and value learning from their peers (rather than merely from text or administrators); however, teacher reservations or…

Mid-adolescence has been identified as a period of considerable potential growth in the language skills and practices that support reading and writing at school, but little research has examined mid-adolescents' use of connectives in school-relevant persuasive writing. In this study, we define connectives as cohesive devices that signal to a…

This study was an exploration of COVID-19 anxiety and its relationship with teacher burnout. The study was a cross-sectional survey research design with a convenience sample drawn from a population of K-12 public school teachers. A non-parametric statistical test, Kruskal-Wallis, showed a statistically significant difference in teacher burnout…

This mixed methods case study dissertation research aimed to examine specific characteristics of general education teachers (non-arts-based, non-gifted-education-based) related to how teachers foster creative classroom ecologies in their traditional classroom environments. The targeted characteristics involve two dimensions potentially related to…

Since the turn of the century, China has shown its determination to change its examination-oriented tradition. It started assessment reforms and raised a series of expectations regarding teacher assessment literacy. At the same time, China experienced rapid internal migration, with urban public schools accepting huge numbers of migrant students in…

The purpose of the study was to better understand the extent to which middle school principals' transformational leadership styles affect teachers' data-informed instruction, the influence of teachers' data-informed instruction on middle school student achievement, and the extent to which transformational leaders affect student achievement through…

Multiple studies have been conducted across a variety of industries to measure the impact of leadership on motivation in the workplace. In the field of education, these studies often focused on specific leadership style behaviors and did not account for the level of motivation that the employee possessed. The purpose of the study was to explore…

This study addresses the emergence of unwarranted conflicts and raptured ties within teacher-to-principal and teacher-to-teacher interactions. It highlights the neglect of emotions in relationships, which has been a gap in this research. Unlike existing scholarly focus on cognitive and pragmatic aspects of relationships, this study explores…

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that millions of special education students in the United States receive the support and services they need for academic and personal development. Despite legal mandates, conflicting perspectives and inconsistent inclusion policies exist nationwide. The problem addressed in this study…

This qualitative study provides insight into the lived experiences of public middle school teachers who have taught for more than five years. This research investigates what systemic supports can positively impact the personal health and wellness of educators to create a whole teacher approach. Using a narrative inquiry, this study used the…

This study examines teacher perceptions of the media and public's portrayal of teachers and teaching during COVID-19 from the initial school closures in March 2020 through the reopening process of the 2020-2021 school year. Drawing upon data from 122 full-time, public-school teachers in Massachusetts, findings include teacher perceptions of such…

This study is framed within Norton's notion of 'investment' to explore the factors influencing teachers' reasons and decisions to participate in continuing professional development (CPD) activities. Data were collected from 522 junior high school teachers in the Central region of Ghana using a survey and in-depth interviews. The findings reveal…

This study focused on middle school teachers at AB Academy lived experiences of general education teachers who taught students with emotional behavior disorders (EBD) in their inclusion classroom. Due to legislation regarding the students with disabilities being educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE), general education teachers have…

In 2013, as a strategy to enhance academic performance, the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE) published several English Across the Curriculum (EAC) manuals to guide in-service teachers who did not have prior knowledge of how to integrate the teaching of content subjects with language learning. The DBE introduced the EAC strategy as…

The purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental, correlational study is to compare teachers' plans to leave the teaching profession for the school year 2021-22 in rural and urban area schools, and teachers' plans to leave the teaching profession for the school year 2021-22 in teachers with under and over fifteen years teaching experience. The…