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Badali, Salvador John. "Seconded teachers as teacher educators." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0006/NQ34509.pdf.

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Erickson, Stacy Johnson. "An examination of the relationship between professional development and teacher turnover /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1404348121&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (D. Ed.)--University of Oregon, 2007.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-98). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Bishop, Judith E. "Teacher supervision of preservice teachers : a naturalistic study of teachers' professional development /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7753.

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Player, Daniel W. "Monetary and non-monetary returns to ability in the market for public school teachers /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7505.

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Zhang, Jizhi. "Teacher Education and Beginning Teachers' Teaching Practices:An Observational Study of First-year Teachers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195283.

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The purpose of this study was to examine whether first-year teachers' teaching practices improve across time and to identify whether school level (elementary, middle, and high) influences new teachers' teaching practices as measured by the observation instrument. Also, the study examined the relationships between first-year teachers' teaching practices, teacher education, school level, and school SES.The current research included two studies. Study One was carried out in the academic year 2003-2004, and Study Two in year 2004-2005. Both studies involved collecting teaching practices data through observations by trained researchers. Study One data were based upon observations of 113 first-year teachers and Study Two involved 139 first-year teachers. A correlational analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between first-year teachers' teaching practices and school SES. A mixed (2x3x2) Analysis of Variance model was employed to analyze how first-year teachers' teaching practices are influenced by types of teacher education, school level, and school SES.The study found that the majority of beginning teachers not only showed a desirable normative level of teaching practices, but also continued to teach at that level and made improvements as measured by the end of year teaching performance measure.Three main themes were found in this study: (1) Changes in first-year teaching practices across time were not correlated with school SES. (2) Elementary school teachers were observed to be more effective in Classroom Management practices. (3) There were significant interaction (time by teacher education and school level) effects on new teachers' teaching practices in Study Two. The results indicated that the study of teacher education requires a complex design. Different types of teacher preparation paths might suit in different contexts.
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Kim, Taehyung. "Teachers' conceptual metaphors for mentoring." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1189012812.

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Halladay, Patrick. "Mid-career changers an investigation of non-traditional entrants into teaching /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. K-12 Education Administration, Dept. of Education Administration, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 8, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-297). Also issued in print.
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Corkery, Debra L. "Developmental practices for effective teacher evaluation /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9962515.

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Kasperbauer, Holly Jo. "Student teachers' perceptions of important characteristics of cooperating teachers." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4372.

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A challenge faced by agricultural educators across the country is a lack of qualified teachers entering the profession. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between student teacher perceptions of the student teacher/cooperating teacher relationship and the decision to enter the teaching profession. Background/demographic characteristics were also examined to determine if relationships existed with the decision about entering teaching. These characteristics included gender, age, academic classification, race/ethnicity, previous agricultural work experience, and semesters of high school agricultural science courses completed. The target population of this study consisted of preservice agricultural education students at Texas A&M University. The sample consisted of 33 student teachers who completed their student teaching in the fall semester 2004. The instrument consisted of three parts. Part I of the instrument contained six background/demographic variables (gender, age, semesters of high school agricultural science courses completed, academic classification, race/ethnicity, and agricultural work experience). Part II of the instrument contained 14 items measuring student teacher perceptions of the student teacher/cooperating teacher relationship. For each item, participants were asked to indicate the importance of each characteristic and the current level of their cooperating teacher using a modified five point Likert-type scale. Part III of the instrument consisted of a single item, “Do you plan to teach agricultural science when you graduate?” accompanied by a seven point response scale ranging from definitely yes to definitely no. There was no relationship found between the student teacher/cooperating teacher relationship and the decision to teach. However, a relationship was found between previous agricultural work experience and the decision to teach, as well as a relationship between the semesters of high school agricultural science courses competed and the decision to teach. By knowing how many high school agricultural science courses a student had completed, one could better predict the decision to teach. As a result of the study, the researcher recommends that agricultural education programs recruit students who have completed high school agriculture courses. High school agricultural science teachers should encourage their students to pursue careers in agricultural education.
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Pettway, Martha Lee Williams Spencer William Allen. "Novice teachers' assessment of their teacher education programs." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Summer/doctoral/PETTWAY_MARTHA_27.pdf.

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Grider-Mehaffey, Alice A. "Teacher attitudes of principal leadership practices : teachers hired by the principal vs. teachers inherited." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1272424.

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The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' perceptions of middle school principals' leadership practices. The researcher specifically examined whether teachers hired under the current principal perceived the principal's leadership practices differently than teachers who were already at the school when the principal was hired. Kouzes and Posner's Leadership Practices Inventory On-line was used to determine whether there was a difference between group perceptions.Thirty-eight principals who were members of the Indiana Middle Level Education Association participated in the study (41 % of principal members). Survey data was collected using the LPI-Online. Principals responded to the 30 item LPI-Online Self. Teachers responded to the LPI-Online Observer. Principals distinguished teachers hired from teachers who were already at the institution when the principal was hired.A statistically significant difference (p < .05) was found between the perceptions of the hired and inherited groups on three of the five leadership practices: Challenging the process, enabling others to act and encouraging the heart. There was no statistically significant difference in principal and hired teachers' perceptions, or between principal and inherited teachers on subscales inspiring a shared vision and modeling the way.Based on the findings from this study, the researcher suggested there are important dynamics involved in the changing of team members, especially the principal during times of school change initiatives. Based on the findings from this study the researcher concluded principals and hired teachers tend to exhibit a more positive interpersonal relationship than the principal and inherited teachers.
Department of Educational Leadership
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Holbert, Romena M. Garrett. "Student Teachers’ Perceptions of Cooperating Teachers as Teacher Educators: Development of Standards Based Scales." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1292943698.

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Çapa, Yesim. "Factors influencing first-year teachers' sense of efficacy." The Ohio State University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1110229553.

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Yalcin, Tugba. "Classroom Teachers And Teacher Educators&#039." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612167/index.pdf.

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This cross sectional survey study examined the perceptions of classroom teachers in urban regions of Kars Province including its towns and teacher educators in Kafkas University about the new elementary school curriculum in Kars Province. It also revealed their perceptions about the strengths and weaknesses of the elementary school curriculum, students&rsquo
educational needs from the window of local characteristics of Kars, and classroom teachers&rsquo
needs with regard to the new elementary school curriculum. The data were collected from classroom teachers based on the responses they gave on a survey questionnaire and from interview data with teacher educators that was collected through a semi-structured interview form. Data gathered were analyzed utilizing content analysis method. The major findings of the study revealed the following about that the new elementary school curriculum: (1) active student understanding and common skills were mentioned
(2) its appropriateness to students&rsquo
level
(3) relevancy to students&rsquo
everyday life
(4) its comprehensiveness
and (5) variety that were somehow achieved. On the other hand, the findings also showed that there were problems with regard to the new elementary school curriculum: (1) lack of parental involvement to educational process in Kars
(2) over crowding of classrooms
(3) insufficient materials in schools
(4) insufficient in meeting local characteristics and conditions of Kars.
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Klitsie, Clara. "Teacher conversations : what happens when teachers talk." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020081.

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Teaching has a primary focus on engagement with students, but paradoxically, it can be experienced as lonely, private work, in classrooms behind closed doors, with an accompanying sense of deep disconnection from peers. When six experienced teachers sought to counteract this isolation, they formed a group which embarked on a shared journey of reflection and conversation, with the purpose of increasing selfknowledge, clarifying a sense of self as teacher, extending understanding of the selfhood of other teachers, and exposing the deeper sources of meaning underlying the vocation of teacher. This study sought to describe the information, opinions and beliefs which were exchanged among participants within the group and to describe the dynamics within the group. Furthermore, it sought to identify and describe the self-perceived impact of the experience of such a group, on the vocational vitality of each of the participants. Within an interpretivist epistemology a qualitative phenomenological research approach was adopted for the study. Data were obtained from two sources, consisting of transcripts of conversations from the meetings of a collaborative reflective group and from semi-structured individual interviews with group participants. These were analysed using an inductive approach with the aid of qualitative data analysis software: Atlas ti®. Findings from the study show that a high level of trust and a sense of safety were created through the use of guiding principles for meetings. Content chosen for reflective conversations and the general experience of meetings was perceived as providing a rare opportunity for participants to discover their selfhood as teachers. They reported that this understanding was further broadened by exposure to the selfhood of other teachers. Furthermore, members of the talk group reported that participation had resulted in a lowering of their sense of professional isolation and a renewal of vitality in their teaching. It is hoped that the findings from the study will inform an understanding of the experience of dialogue in a reflective, peer group where teachers focus on exploring together “who they are” as teachers. It provides valuable insights of the personal and professional transformations which can take place for teachers participating in conversations which focus on their inner landscape. Furthermore, the study has the potential to inform South African teacher professional development programmes with approaches which focus on teacher vocational renewal and vitality.
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Helsby, Gill. "Educational reform, teachers' work and teacher professionalism." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310453.

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Trejo-Guzman, Nelly Paulina. "The teacher self construction of language teachers." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/97914.

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The main purpose of this thesis is to deepen the current understanding of how the teacher self is constructed. Specifically, the study intends to integrate into this understanding the way in which language personal, professional, and student teacher identities inform this process. A special emphasis is placed on the role that language teachers’ life histories play on the construction of teacher selves. Narrative research constitutes the research design for this thesis project since I strongly believe that selves are narratively constructed through stories. This study is focused on the storied self (Chase, 2005) that is co-constructed between the researcher and narrator that reveals how personal, professional, and student teacher identities resist and interact with discursive environments in order to create and recreate a language teacher’s self. Life histories constitute the source of data collection in this study. This facilitated the construction of a broader understanding of how six language teachers’ personal, professional, and student teacher identities are shaped throughout a lifetime and the way these impact the formation of the teacher self. The results suggest that language teachers’ selves are in close relation to emotions. Language teachers negotiate their identities and emotions in order to make sense of the different sets of values that the social context presents to them. This in turn leads them to create/recreate their own teacher selves that serve as sources of agency that generates new sets of social/moral rules or stagnation that leads to the preservation of the current status quo. The thesis concludes by providing a series of suggestions tailored to the needs of the teaching context where this research took place with the purpose of fostering a continuous engagement with individual actors and socio-cultural factors that motivate transformation through reflection.
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Hall, Megan Olivia. "Teacher Clarity Strategies of Highly Effective Teachers." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6572.

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Teacher clarity supports both cognitive and affective learning for all learners. The scholarly literature lacks research related to teacher clarity in nonlecture learning environments. The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover teacher clarity strategies that effectively promote student learning, particularly in nonlecture learning environments. The conceptual framework involved cognitive load theory and constructivism. The research questions explored how highly effective teachers experience clarity to promote student learning in nonlecture learning environments and what innovative strategies highly effective teachers practice to ensure clarity in nonlecture learning environments. For this in-depth qualitative interview study, data were collected through virtual synchronous focus groups and interviews with 10 State Teachers of the Year and State Teacher of the Year finalists and analyzed using manual and digital coding of emergent themes. Key nonlecture teacher clarity strategies discovered emphasized the importance of interaction, facilitation, and responsiveness through the establishment of safe and inclusive learning environments, active monitoring of student work and understanding, individualized application of strategic ambiguity, and utilization of technology tools. Further research is recommended in strategic ambiguity, interaction through facilitation, safe and inclusive environments, and teacher clarity through technology tools. By contributing to the body of knowledge of educational practices that improve student learning, my study has the potential to empower individual teachers to benefit all learners, and to support organizations in delivering equitable instruction in diverse secondary school settings.
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Denton, Eric Matthew. "Teachers' perceptions of how leadership styles and practices of principals influence their job satisfaction and retention." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Stearns, Catherine L. "Student Teachers’ Changing Confidence in Teaching." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801883/.

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Research shows that student teachers find the mentor teacher and the student teaching experience itself the two most influential factors in their practicum experience. This study examined five student teachers and the two mentor teachers of each in elementary school settings within a metropolitan school district in North Texas. Lave and Wenger’s (1991, 2002) community of practice theory informed this study. Data sources included mentor teacher interviews, student teacher interviews, student teacher observations, student teacher/mentor teacher dialogue journals, and student teacher reflections. A collective case study approach was followed to gain a detailed understanding of the experiences of the five student teachers, looking specifically at their confidence in teaching and the factors associated with it. Findings indicated that the confidence in teaching of all five student teachers changed throughout their practicum experiences. Results suggested many factors influenced these changes. Student teachers shared that the student teaching experience, the grade level/subjects taught, their relationships with their students, and their relationships with their mentor teachers contributed to their confidence. The mentor teachers perceived that student teachers’ confidence could be influenced by consistency in classroom management and their interactions with their mentor teachers. Two areas of influence on student teacher confidence not uncovered by other researchers were the quest of student teachers for perfection while teaching and the need of mentor teachers for control of the content presented by the student teachers, especially during the months prior to state-mandated testing. Implications of the study included the need for university supervisors to mediate between student teachers and mentor teachers in promoting shared ownership of student learning within that community of practice enabled by student teaching.
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Epps, Rebekah Barnes. "Cooperating Teacher Effectiveness as Perceived by Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers in Ohio Agricultural Education." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1280772093.

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Slye, Gail Lynn. "The relationship between teacher empowerment and teacher satisfaction for novice and veteran teachers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9946296.

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Rodriguez, Caroline M. "Attitudes of teachers and teacher trainees towards faculty unionization /." View online, 1988. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211998881742.pdf.

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Wutke, Michael A. "Missouri new-teacher attrition : why are they leaving the profession? /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3164553.

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Giacometti, Karen S. Myers. "Factors affecting job satisfaction and retention of beginning teachers /." Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2005. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152005-172907/.

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Lavigne, Alyson Leah. "Beginning Teachers Who Stay: How Beliefs Buffer the Challenges of the First Years of Teaching." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193771.

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Teacher attrition, particularly of beginning teachers, is concerning. Extensive research has been conducted on teacher attrition and teacher characteristics; however, less research exists on teacher retention and related teacher belief systems. This study examined the beliefs of a particular subset of teachers - teachers who have stayed in the profession in their first 3-5 years (N = 67). It explored if and how initial and current beliefs about students buffer the challenges teachers face in their entry years in the profession, if these beliefs change across time, and if these beliefs vary across grade level and school-level socioeconomic setting (SES). This study also examined a subset of teachers (n = 21) to explore how preservice teacher and classroom observation data can inform teachers’ beliefs about student learning in their first years of teaching. Results indicated that teachers’ beliefs about students become more integrated across time and demonstrate growth in expertise in teachers’ beliefs about students. Also, teachers held more positive perceptions of students over time in addition to a greater emphasis on the importance of preparation, completion, trying another way when you struggle, finishing strong, and having a plan when you are done. Grade level differences in beliefs existed in the first year, but disappeared across time. Further, no significant differences in beliefs about students across school-level SES were present as teachers entered the classroom and did not change as they adapted to these settings. The positive and more coherent beliefs that teachers held in their third, fourth, and fifth year of teaching (as compared to their first) suggest that these beliefs help them cope in their first five years in the profession.
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Lockman, Alison Schirmer. "Changes in teacher efficacy and beliefs during a one-year teacher preparation program." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1163188044.

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Chan, Pui-wah. "A case study on the induction of novice expatriate English teachers in a caput secondary school." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17602002.

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Groves, Katherine A. (Katherine Alice). "A Comparison of Teachers' Sense of Efficacy of Traditionally and Alternatively Certified First Year Teachers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1998. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278702/.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the self-efficacy of two groups of first year teachers working in a large urban school district in North Texas. Twenty-eight of the participants were certified teachers. Ten participants held college degrees unrelated to teaching and were undergoing an alternative certification process. The Teacher Efficacy Scale was administered at the beginning and the end of the school year. Data from this scale was analyzed to determine if there were differences between the regular certification teachers and the alternative certification teachers at the beginning and the end of the school year, and to determine if their sense of efficacy changed over the course of the school year.
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Enow, Linda. "Teacher cognition : a study of secondary English teachers." Thesis, University of Reading, 2016. http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/66017/.

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Contemporary education research identifies the quality of the teacher as a major determinant in the pace of achievement of the learners. In seeking to understand teacher quality, this study investigates teacher cognition. The premise is: how a teacher thinks during the planning phase of the lesson is paramount in establishing the level of expertise in facilitating learning. However, when presented with a lesson focus, teachers with different levels of expertise demonstrate different thought patterns. The key question is: how do expert teachers think? To attain expert performance, it is vital to capture how experts think. With English being one of the core subjects of the secondary curriculum, and also the language of instruction, it is imperative to focus on Secondary English teachers as the main articipants in this study. The Dreyfus model of expertise has been used to identify and group participants for this study. The focus is to capture the thought processes involved during the lesson planning phase and to study the patterns generated. An in-depth study of the different groups of participants, using multiple data collection methods and data analysis procedures, situates this study within multimethod research. The interpretive framework facilitates an intrinsic understanding of each group; as well as, identification and analysis of patterns across the different groups. Patterns of teacher cognition therefore become ‘overt’. The identification of patterns at different levels of expertise makes the continuum of expertise in secondary English teaching explicit. Progression on this expertise continuum becomes more ‘attainable’ as the characteristics of each level of expertise are identified. With the establishment of cognition, inherent cognitive processes and their interplay have been captured; revealing the mind of the teacher, during lesson planning, as intricate and evidence of the complexity of teaching.
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Kavanagh, Michael Christopher. "Teacher cognition among tertiary-level Chinese English teachers." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/42620.

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Thesis (DAppLing)--Macquarie University, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Department of Linguistics, 2009.
Bibliography: p. 246-275.
Introduction -- The research context -- Literature review -- Research methodology -- Case study 1 (Lily) -- Case study 2 (Ailing) -- Case study 3 (Xinyu) -- Cross-case study -- Conclusions.
Teacher cognition studies are rare in the mainland Chinese context; they are also rare in other contexts similarly defined by common features such as non-native speaking language teachers, large classes, publicly-funded institutions, and mandated curricula or materials. This broadly qualitative investigation of three tertiary-level Chinese English teachers sought to elicit views and beliefs about language learning and teaching, their sources, and their links with classroom behaviour. A cyclical series of data collection (including autobiographical writing, interviews, lesson observations and stimulated-recall interviews, documentary data, and a group discussion) was employed to produce four linked studies: three individual case studies and a cross-case study. Interpretive data analysis, achieved through a process of constant comparison, was employed to reveal each teacher's views and beliefs. In order to ensure an emic perspective, each teacher's 'voice' is given prominence through the presentation of data. The interpretation of data suggests the importance of various levels of context to teachers' thinking, including the background Confucian approach to education, previous experiences as learners and teachers, and the situation the teachers encounter at both classroom and institutional levels.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
275, [140] p. ill
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Rawal, Shenila. "Teachers : an investigation into teacher quality and effectiveness." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020767/.

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This thesis presents a descriptive statistic and econometric analysis of differential teacher effectiveness in developing countries. The first chapter uses several different datasets to exam1ne South Asia's track record with regards to teacher quality. This quantitative analysis contributes to the evidence-base and confirms that teachers' subject-knowledge, management and accountability are vital aspects of teacher quality and require much improvement. The evidence also indicates that there is a growing use of contract teachers to help address rising student numbers by financially constrained governments, and that observable teacher characteristics play a limited role in explaining differential teacher effectiveness. These crucial findings are then investigated further. In the second chapter a systematic review of the international literature is conducted to examine whether contract teachers are indeed a cost-effective intervention. The stringent review process and methodology used provide significant and comprehensive evidence that contract teachers are as effective, if not more so, than regular teachers, and are conclusively more cost-effective than regular teachers. The final chapters test the hypothesis that differential teacher effectiveness stems from more than observable teacher characteristics, and more innovative reasons behind these differences are examined, with data from India and Pakistan. In particular, the social distance between the teacher and the taught as well as teacher attitudes and opinions are investigated, to give a more holistic approach to researching teacher effectiveness and its impact on student learning. The stringent pupil fixed effects methodology results show that a student's achievement in a subject in which teacher and pupil share the same gender, caste and religion is, on average, nearly a quarter of a SD higher than the same child's achievement in a subject taught by a teacher who does not share the same demographic characteristics (India). It also shows that teachers' attitudes and opinions can significantly affect students' educational outcomes (Pakistan).
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Van, Keulen Michael J. "Teachers' Pedagogical Responses to Teacher-Student Sociocultural Differences." Thesis, Capella University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10837378.

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This study employed a model of basic qualitative research which explored teachers’ pedagogical responses to the unique cultural gaps they experienced in schools where most students were of minority cultural identity. Eight teachers who self-identified as majority culture identity formed the sample group for this study. Semistructured interviews were used to collect their insights regarding their pedagogical decision making they used with the students in the school where they were teaching. Additionally, teachers shared what they described were culturally responsive curriculum samples and then provided a reflection on how they implemented this curriculum. The data showed that these teachers understood the value of providing a culturally responsive pedagogy in their classrooms. Despite this, for numerous reasons, teachers struggled to develop and then apply culturally responsive pedagogy that aligned with models described in literature.

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Moran, Kelly A. "Teacher Empowerment: School Administrators Leading Teachers to Lead." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1443197279.

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Wyandt, Beth A. "Teachers' Dispositions toward the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1459773952.

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Ollison, Jacquelyn. "Improving Teacher Retention by Addressing Teachers' Compassion Fatigue." Scholarly Commons, 2019. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3602.

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California is experiencing a massive teacher shortage, and urban schools are disproportionately affected by it negatively. Retention efforts to date have not included strategies to address Compassion Fatigue (burnout and secondary trauma) teachers experience when working with traumatized students at urban schools. This dissertation explores whether Compassion Fatigue is an unaddressed reason for teacher attrition at urban schools. A mixed method practical action research approach using the Professional Quality of Life Scale Version Five (ProQOL 5) and qualitative interviews, portions of which were turned into illustrative vignettes drove the exploration. Approximately 114 teachers completed the ProQOL 5. Statistical analysis of the ProQOL 5 results showed that female teachers experience more compassion fatigue than male teachers; compassion fatigue is more acute with beginning teachers than with veteran teachers; and that teachers working at high-poverty schools experience statistically significant differences in compassion satisfaction and fatigue than teachers at low poverty schools. Correlation tests revealed statistically significant relationships between compassion fatigue and the school’s racial demographics even when controlling for the socioeconomically disadvantaged status of the school and teacher ethnicity. Linear regression models showed that the percentage of African American students in the school is a statistically significant predictor of compassion fatigue. Qualitative interview analysis showed that secondary trauma from students is not the only trauma teachers are experiencing, and that school climate and conditions matter when attempting to retain teachers. In the final phase of the action research, a policy brief was developed through a collaborative and iterative process, based both on the findings and engagement with stakeholders. If California is serious about producing and retaining high-quality teachers at all urban schools,’ efforts to mitigate compassion fatigue should be undertaken immediately.
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McCollum, Irish Phaletta. "Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of a Teacher Mentoring Program." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/152.

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The decline in teacher retention is a growing problem in the 21st century. Beginning teacher turnover rates have grown by 50% over the past decade, with the national rate increasing to over 20%. Beginning teachers entering the profession are leaving within their first 3 years, with half leaving the profession in the first 5 years. To meet their growing needs, districts and states spend billions of dollars to recruit, hire, and try to retain new teachers. The purpose of this case study was to examine beginning teachers' perceptions of their teacher mentoring program located in an urban school district. Bandura's social cognitive theory, socio-cultural theory, and Knowles's adult learning theory were used to frame this investigation. The research questions examined the extent to which beginning teachers perceived their current mentoring program's strengths and weaknesses, the mentoring strategies used, and the improvements that could be made to the program. Interview data and transcripts from 10 beginning teachers were examined through coding that established common themes among teacher perceptions. The results revealed the importance of having a mentor and the need for more structure, more collaboration, and more support in the program. The findings from this study were used to create a 3-day workshop that includes the identified themes. Implications for positive social change include strengthening mentoring programs through professional development with more attention to structure, collaboration, and support to help transition beginning teachers into the teaching profession so that they remain.
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McCray, Jr Harold Anthony. "Teachers' Perceptions of Factors that Influence Teacher Turnover." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4534.

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Teacher turnover is a critical issue for the public education community because it influences student performance, school climate, and employee morale. In a large urban school district in the northeastern United States, the turnover rate has been high; teacher morale is low, and teacher participation in the school community is lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of novice teachers about factors that influence their job satisfaction and their future employment. Guided by Maslow's theory of motivation-which is characterized by motivational needs that drive individuals to improved performance-this study examined the perceptions of novice teachers about job retention. The research questions focused on teachers' perceptions about factors that could influence their decision to continue or leave their teaching positions. A case study design was used to capture the insights of 8 participants using semistructured interviews, reflective journals, and a focus group. Eight emergent themes were identified from the data through open coding; they involved performance affirmations, administrator and resource support, and professional development. The findings were validated through triangulation and member checking. According to the results, novice teachers sought to collaborate in a professional learning community and to expand their professional development opportunities. Hence, a project was designed to engage teachers and administrators in initiating and sustaining professional learning communities. This study may promote positive social change by increasing employee morale, staff cohesiveness, teachers' effectiveness and reducing teacher attrition rates among novice teachers.
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Gunn, Kelly. "White Teachers/Black Classrooms: A Tale of Two Teachers." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1275922987.

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Gordon, Terry W. "Leadership characteristics of mentor teachers as perceived by mentor teachers/teacher leaders in the induction process /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267024995135.

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Lunn, Jillian Mary. "A Study on Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Leadership: The Teachers' Viewpoint." The University of Waikato, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2296.

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This study looks at the current situation of how teachers view the concepts of teacher professionalism and teacher leadership in New Zealand primary schools. It is a small scale study located in two large city primary schools, where it was identified by others in the profession that sharing of leadership was a common practice, and that they were high performing schools. I was interested in gathering the information from teachers with a range of teaching experience, and finding out what were the common understandings surrounding these concepts. The literature reviewed shows there is an international focus on developing leadership capacity within schools. It is argued that in order to sustain the development of schools in such complex times while remaining focused on the core business of the learning of the students, leadership is an activity that all teachers should be involved in, as it is a recognized component for improving the professional role of the teacher. The study was carried out by interviewing twelve teachers who had a range of experience and held a range of leadership positions from beginning teachers through to deputy principals. The findings showed the teachers in this study understood there is a close link between their leadership and their professionalism and that one reinforced the other. The teachers were empowered to take their professional development to new heights as the school culture reinforced the collective responsibility the teachers had for school development.
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Biggs, Amy M. "Teaching Teachers: How Teacher Educators View the Curriculum of Teacher Education." Ashland University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1243514747.

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Goldstein, Alison. "Teachers' Perceptions of the Influence of Teacher Collaboration on Teacher Morale." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/223.

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Currently in secondary education, there is an impetus to have educators collaborate; however, teaching has often been perceived as a solitary occupation, and often logistics prevent collaboration from occurring. Furthermore, the stress of the job, teaching of different disciplines, and low morale can often prevent teachers from collaboration. The research problem addressed in this study reflects the challenges that teachers have with engaging in collaboration. The purpose of the qualitative case study was to understand how teachers are affected by collaboration, the barriers that prevent collaboration, and the possible benefits of collaboration. This case study is grounded in the constructivist theory, which holds that people learn from sharing in social settings. A qualitative case study design focused upon interviews with 18 educators, observations of collaborative sessions, and document analysis. Textual analysis of the interviews and documents through a taxonomic system of coding helped to generate themes about collaboration. Furthermore, these interview data were triangulated with observations and collaborative documents and showed consistent themes. This resulted in an aggregate of five themes including consistent definitions of collaboration and morale, an understanding that collaboration has positively affected the morale of these teachers in terms of more planning time, and a more collegial atmosphere; however, barriers such as time , which was still perceived as preventing the collaborative process. Implications for positive social change include a higher morale throughout the school that will foster a greater sense of community and environment more conducive to learning as teachers are better able to dedicate themselves to their profession, colleagues, and students.
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Caresio, Denise Ann Adler Susan A. "Teachers' perspectives of pedagogy in a learning community Critical Friends Group /." Diss., UMK access, 2005.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education and Social Sciences Consortium. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005.
"A dissertation in education and social sciences consortium." Advisor: Susan A. Adler. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed May 31, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-195 ). Online version of the print edition.
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Ivey, Hannah Worth. "An evaluation of a job embedded professional development program at Lincoln Academy." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-1/iveyh/hannahivey.pdf.

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Johnston-Anderson, Natalie. "Teacher career trajectories and aspirations in context: A mixed methods study of second-stage teachers in New South Wales." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15549.

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The aim of this thesis is to describe, interpret and explain the career trajectories and aspirations of second-stage teachers in New South Wales and to identify the key contextual factors influencing their careers. Successive government reforms targeting teacher quality and professionalism have significantly shifted the work landscape for teachers. The concept of ‘career’ provides a useful conceptual lens through which to analyse teachers’ work patterns and goals. Recent studies suggest that some teachers are redefining what it means to have a teaching career and seeking alternative trajectories that may expand their job roles (Peske, Liu, Johnson, Kauffman, & Kardos, 2001; Rinke, 2009, 2011; Rippon, 2005; Smethem, 2007). Whilst levels of teacher attrition are described as having “reached epidemic proportions” in Australia, the U.S and U.K (Gallant & Riley, 2014, p. 562), current research has given insufficient attention to the within-career issues that shape teacher career decision-making (Buchanan, 2009b; Clandinin et al., 2015; Lindqvist & Nordänger, 2016). Whereas beginning teachers have been given considerable research attention, this thesis examined ‘second-stage teachers’ in their fourth to tenth year of teaching (Kirkpatrick & Johnson, 2014). Having overcome their early survival concerns, second-stage teachers shift focus to the future and contemplate how, if at all, they might develop a teaching career. This study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design, wherein both qualitative and quantitative data were collected in parallel, analysed separately and finally integrated. This study had three data sets: policy documents, workforce statistics and semi-structured interviews with twenty-four second-stage teachers representing a range of ages and school levels, sectors and locations. This cohort of teachers is the first generation for whom compulsory Standards and accreditation has applied under the New Scheme system. This thesis offers two original contributions to the knowledge base. Firstly, this thesis identifies six specific career trajectories that second-stage teachers aspire to, recognising these as different roles that teachers may shift between rather than pre-determined pathways. The model presented here offers a more nuanced understanding of teacher retention/attrition that extends beyond classifying teachers as stayers/leavers.Secondly, this thesis brings to light three key contextual factors that influence second-stage teachers’ careers: professional cultures amongst teachers, the current status of teaching and the practical implementation and enactment of policy agendas. The thesis concludes by highlighting points of convergence and divergence within the data to show how the current policy context is not well aligned with second-stage teachers’ lived career experiences.
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Bennett, Douglas Shields. "Teacher efficiency in the implementation of new curriculum supported by professional development /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2007. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-09142007-115147/.

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Price, Beverly Pearson Witte Maria Margarita. "Teacher perceptions of the impact of professional development and teacher-student relationships on school climate." Auburn, Ala, 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SPRING/Educational_Foundations,_Leadership_and_Technology/Dissertation/Price_Beverly_52.pdf.

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Gardner, Robert D. "The development of a theoretical model to predict retention, turnover, and attrition of K-12 music teachers in the United States : an analysis of the Schools and staffing survey and Teacher followup survey (1999-2001) /." Digitized version, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5828.

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Hooten, Dorleen Billman. "Novice Generalist and Content teachers’ Perceptions of Contextual Factors Affecting Personal Teaching Efficacy." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84221/.

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New teachers begin the school year with optimism and enthusiasm, but their excitement quickly wanes as they encounter the realities of the everyday life of a teacher. When they do not experience the successes they predicted, many begin to doubt their capabilities, which results in a lowered sense of teaching efficacy. This descriptive study was designed to identify the contextual factors novice teachers perceive as influences on personal teaching efficacy and to examine the relationships between the factors. Two groups of novice teachers who were concurrently enrolled in a post-baccalaureate accelerated educator preparation program and working as first-year teachers were the participants in the study. Data were gathered for the study through focus group activities, twice weekly journal entries completed during the teaching year, and a culminating “lessons learned” paper written during the last month of the first year of teaching. Each of the two focus groups identified nine contextual factors they perceived to affect personal teaching efficacy. Six factors were identified by both groups: parental involvement, support from administrators and colleagues, classroom discipline, testing results, teaching strategies and outcomes, and relationships with administrators and colleagues. The groups, however, perceived the relationships between the contextual factors differently. The generalists perceived recursive relationships between the factors, while the content group perceived a linear relationship.
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