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Putwain, David W.; von der Embse, Nathaniel P. – Educational Psychology, 2019
Based on the Job Demands-resources (RD-R) model, the aim of the current study was to examine how pressure arising from imposed curriculum changes and teacher self-efficacy relate to perceived stress in teachers. Participants (839 teachers working in English schools) completed an online survey that contained questions about demographics,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Self Efficacy, Curriculum Development, Stress Variables
Croteau, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Background and Objective: Curricular activism is proposed as a means by which teachers may challenge educational inequity for marginalized students in our nation's public schools. This research aims to determine the frequency of teacher engagement in curricular activism, to explore the factors that predict this activism, and to examine activist…
Descriptors: Activism, Equal Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Min, Mina – ProQuest LLC, 2017
With increasingly diverse formal education settings around the globe, teachers' ability to differentiate curriculum is essential to meet the needs of students with varied cultural, socioeconomic, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Teachers' curricular autonomy is a prerequisite to diversify curriculum. Guided by sociocultural approaches to agency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Statistical Analysis
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Zhou, Mingming; Chan, Kan Kan; Teo, Timothy – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
Dynamic geometry environments (DGEs) provide computer-based environments to construct and manipulate geometric figures with great ease. Research has shown that DGEs has positive impact on student motivation, engagement, and achievement in mathematics learning. However, the adoption of DGEs by mathematics teachers varies substantially worldwide.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Structural Equation Models, Geometry, Mathematical Concepts
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Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Philippou, George N. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2010
This study brings together two lines of research on teachers' affective responses toward mathematics curriculum reforms: their concerns and their efficacy beliefs. Using structural equation modeling to analyze data on 151 elementary mathematics teachers' concerns and efficacy beliefs 5 years into a mandated curriculum reform on problem solving,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy
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McCormick, John; Ayres, Paul L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to study teachers' self-efficacy and occupational stress in the context of a large-scale curriculum reform in New South Wales, Australia. The study aims to follow up and replicate a study carried out approximately one year earlier. Design/methodology/approach: A theoretical framework, primarily based on…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Curriculum Development, Self Efficacy, Educational Change