This study examined the relationships between primary schoolteachers' attitudes, efficacy beliefs and perceived support and their behavioural intentions in regard to teaching students who display inappropriate behaviour in regular classrooms. Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was used to guide the conceptual framework of the study. A total…

Framed by literature regarding classroom interactions that affect students' cognitive processing, this study provided an integrative approach to understanding distracting instructor and student communication. Participants qualitatively reported on either a distracting peer (n = 90) or instructor (n = 127). The responses were coded using…

The aim of this study was to evaluate teacher and student misbehaviours and the methods teachers use with regard to student misbehaviours in primary schools from prospective classroom teachers' point of view. The study used phenomenological method, a qualitative research design, since thorough data collection was performed based on personal…

Findings from this comparative study include students' perceived experience on the disruptive behaviour during class by utilizing a questionnaire administered in Norwegian and American schools. The sample in the study is 1153 students between 15-17 years old. We present the student perspective of how students and teachers react towards disruptive…

Many teachers and administrators recognize the importance of social and emotional development for student success but do not feel that they have the time or tools to support social and emotional learning (SEL). The American Institutes for Research developed the "Social and Emotional Learning Coaching Toolkit: Keeping SEL at the Center"…

Prior to this research study, it was not known if, and to what degree a relationship exists between the four key areas of Catholic school climate (collegial leadership, teacher professionalism, academic press and institutional vulnerability) and the organizational citizenship behavior of teachers. The purpose of this quantitative correlational…

This report concerns actions taken by the administration of University of Nebraska-Lincoln to suspend lecturer, Courtney Lawton from her teaching responsibilities--initially, for stated safety concerns. Lawton is a sixth-year doctoral student with a part-time appointment as lecturer for the 2017-18 academic year. She received threats after a video…

The aim of this study is to describe the perception on competency of the prospective secondary mathematics teachers in terms of general teacher behaviors. The sample consisted of 104 prospective teachers who were about to graduate. The data for the study were collected through "Prospective Teacher Competency Scale" including 5 dimensions…

The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study focused on emotional labor and the potential for such labor to influence relationships between secondary teachers and their students, administrators, and influences on personal life. Three research questions investigated the perceptions of teacher workplace emotional labor and any teacher…

St. Edward's University is a private, four-year institution affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church that traces its beginnings to 1877, when the Congregation of Holy Cross, an order of French missionaries, founded St. Edward's Academy on farmland south of Austin, Texas. St. Edward's received its charter as a college in 1885 and as a university…

This study examines the effects of co-teaching between native and non-native English teachers on English as a foreign language (EFL) students' English proficiency in China, and then explores the students' perceptions of the collaborative form of teaching. Based on the co-teaching schemes created by the previous researchers, this experiment adopted…

Male teachers are a minority in both primary teacher training courses and in primary schools around the world. Education research has identified numerous gender-related challenges faced by male primary teachers during their initial teacher training and later when teaching in schools. Despite noting that many males leave teacher training because of…

The main contribution of this paper is to highlight the pedagogical orientations of reception teachers in Norwegian schools. I explore reception teachers' approaches and their understanding of their own approaches when interacting with newly arrived minority language pupils (NAMLPs). The theoretical basis of the paper is L.S. Vygotsky's work,…

Commonly regulated structural quality features, like educator education levels and group size, are thought to be foundational to the quality of children's everyday experiences in early education and care settings. Yet little is known about how these features relate to the day-to-day interactions and activities that occur in these settings--or…

The school collegial climate presents an important context for teacher professional activities. This study investigated whether teachers' perceptions of school collegial climate characteristics (teacher-leadership collaboration, teacher-teacher collaboration, and teacher-teacher communication) are associated with teachers' active responses to…