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Hanson, Josef – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2017
Gifford Pinchot III coined the term "intrapreneur" to recognize "dreamers who do": individuals who transform ideas into new endeavors within existing organizations. The purpose of this study was to gauge the salience of intrapreneuring for K-12 music teachers and examine how its attributes and behaviors relate to teachers'…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Music Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Eroglu, Cihan; Unlu, Huseyin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study's main aim was to determine physical education (PE) teacher candidates' self-efficacy levels and attitudes toward the PE teaching profession. Designed on a survey model, this study was conducted during the 2011-2012 academic year. A total of 601 PE teacher candidates studying in the PE and sports teaching programs of six different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Malechwanzi, J. Muthiani; Lei, Hongde; Wang, Lu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This study aims to investigate whether there is significant relationship between students' perceived faculty competencies and faculty evaluated competencies. The study identified four main dimensions for measuring faculty competencies namely: teaching, research, additional services and advising. This study adopted a mixed method design. The study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Competency Testing
Duhn, Samantha Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Changes in a multitude of factors including the economy, student enrollment, university goals and policies, and the available talent pool have created an imbalance in the supply and demand for qualified part-time faculty. The unmet demand has prompted university leaders to seek an understanding of part-time faculty affective commitment, job…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, College Administration
Cwik, Lawrence C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study is a quantitative investigation of the relation of middle school science teachers' attitudes and beliefs about inquiry-based instruction to their accumulated amounts of science content preparation, content and pedagogical professional development, and their pedagogical content knowledge. Numerous researchers have found that even though…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Education, Faculty Development
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Hughes, Gail D. – Journal of Educational Research, 2012
The researcher utilized block-entry regression analysis to determine the impacts of teacher characteristics, school characteristics, organizational characteristics, and teacher efficacy on retention in teaching from 782 teacher surveys. Findings indicated that 83.50% of participants planned to teach until retirement. Wald statistics indicated that…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Persistence, Student Participation
Gray, Patrick Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Retaining teachers continues to be problematic for educational leaders across the country. With these numbers steadily increasing, one must examine the reasons as to why teachers are leaving the profession and how school administrators can address these problems if schools are going to maintain and increase their levels of success. Reasons…
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence
Hardman, Brenda Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Teachers' perceptions of their school leaders influence student achievement in their schools. The extent of this influence is examined in this study. This quantitative study examined teachers' perceptions of the leadership style of their principals as transformational, transactional or passive-avoidant in improving and non-improving schools in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership Styles, Leadership, Stimulation
Hadis, Benjamin F. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2005
International educators in general, and study abroad advisors in particular, have recognized for many years that United States college students returning from studying abroad show positive changes. According to their impressionistic perceptions, international educators often identify improvements in terms of concern about international affairs,…
Descriptors: College Students, Outcomes of Education, Educational Benefits, Statistical Significance
Blust, Ross S. – 1986
This study investigated the use of teacher perceptions of school effectiveness variables as part of the Pennsylvania state assessment program and briefly reviewed the teacher survey instrument development. Data were available for 155 of the 500 school districts from the 1985 Educational Quality Assessment administration. A norm sample included 111…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education