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Teater, Barbra; Mendoza, Natasha – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
This study delineated academic work type and time by examining data from a cross-sectional survey of social work academics (N = 392) in relation to their perception of universities' expectations of workload, actual workload, and factors that contribute to time spent on research. Findings revealed a disconnect between what academics perceived…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Social Work, Teacher Researchers, Time on Task
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Mutisya, Dorothy N.; Makokha, George L. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2016
Public universities in Kenya are, today, turning to the use of e-learning in an attempt to cope with the rapidly increasing demand for university education. This research was conducted between February 2012 and February 2014 to determine the challenges affecting the adoption of e-learning in these institutions of higher learning. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Adoption (Ideas), Electronic Learning
HECK, WILLIAM; AND OTHERS – 1965
TO DETERMINE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OTHER THAN TEACHING, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO 1,200 TEACHERS IN THE GAMMA EPSILON (INDIANA) AREA. ANALYSIS OF 630 RETURNS (311 ELEMENTARY, 166 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 153 HIGH SCHOOL) SHOWED THAT TEACHERS SPENT 25-30 HOURS A WEEK IN NONTEACHING ACTIVITIES, AS FOLLOWS--(1) ABOUT 3 HOURS A WEEK IN BUILDING…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Extracurricular Activities, Inservice Teacher Education, Noninstructional Responsibility
Gardener, Clark Edward – 1986
Questionnaires completed by 374 teachers were used to determine differences in the instructional and noninstructional responsibilities of elementary teachers in very small, small, and medium school districts in Montana. Questions about instructional duties related to number of courses and grade levels taught, pupil/teacher ratio, teacher role in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Multigraded Classes, Noninstructional Responsibility
Koos, Leonard V. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Until the past decade or two, educational administration has been notably laggard in attacking its problems by methods approximating the scientific. Tradition, sentiment, rule of thumb, temporizing compromise--these have been, and unfortunately still are, the dominant methods in this important field of human enterprise. One of the largest problems…
Descriptors: Educational History, Questionnaires, Higher Education, Educational Administration
California Community and Junior Coll. Association, Sacramento. – 1978
This study was conducted through a mailed survey of randomly selected full- and part-time faculty at 15 California community colleges. Responses came from 1,302 full-time (49.3% reporting) and 1,544 part-time faculty (32.9% reporting). Respondents represented a wide range of teaching fields. Of full-time respondents, 69.3% reported seven or more…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Workload, Noninstructional Responsibility