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Dudenhöffer, Sarah; Claus, Matthias; Schöne, Klaus; Letzel, Stephan; Rose, Dirk-Matthias – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of the present study was to investigate teachers' sickness presenteeism (SP). We examined the prevalence of SP in a sample of teachers as well as work-related and health-related influencing factors of teachers' SP. We used a cross-sectional study design. Teachers working at different types of schools in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Diseases, Attendance, Case Studies
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Ning, Hoi Kwan; Lee, Daphnee; Lee, Wing On – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
The development of teacher professional learning communities (PLC) has attracted growing attention among practitioners, policy-makers and researchers. The aims of this study were to identify typologies of professional learning teams based on measures of professional learning engagement, and assess their linkages with teachers' value orientations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Multivariate Analysis, Values
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Nemeržitski, S.; Loogma, K.; Heinla, E.; Eisenschmidt, E. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
Teachers' innovative behaviour influences not only their teaching practices and professional habits, but also has an impact on students' creation of novel and original ideas. In spite of the increasing demand for innovative behaviour, and also relatively high academic achievements of Estonian students in international comparison, teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Teacher Behavior, Educational Environment