... ; Hoppey and McLeskey, 2013 ; Mac Ruairc et al., 2013 ; Schratz, 2003). Booth and Ainscow (2002 , p. 15) described that successful school development hinges on the involvement of class teachers and senior staff. While teachers and students foster practices that contribute to inclusive school...

... methodology including an ad hoc questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Participants were 140 working teachers who had previously earned their degree in Early Childhood or Primary Education programs. Data analysis was carried out from an integrative perspective, using a basic descriptive focus...

...Daria Khanolainen Purpose In 2010, the Russian Federation began introducing the new educational standards as a national reform designed to improve education quality. This study aims to identify how teachers feel about the reform to evaluate its intermediate effects. Design/methodology/approach...

...Hassan Mirzajani; Rosnaini Mahmud; Ahmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub; Su Luan Wong Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify factors that affect teachers’ motivation to use information and communications technology (ICT) in the classroom. The study aims to determine the extent to which selected...

...Prof. Madhabi Chatterji and Prof. Kevin G. Welner; Sylvia Chong Purpose – Quality assurance and management is vital for the continuous improvement of the content, delivery and development of teacher education programmes. This paper seeks to explore theoretical issues and ideas in assessing...

...Seema Arif; Maryam Ilyas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore various dimensions of quality of work‐life (QWL) as it affects the life and attitude at work of teachers of private universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The study was quantitative in nature...

...Margaret Zeegers Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the suggestive possibilities of an approach to undergraduate English teacher education that the author has called the 3D Approach – Develop professional knowledge, Display professional knowledge, Disseminate professional knowledge...

... education. Design/methodology/approach The research is designed around questionnaires based on a knowledge management conceptual framework administered to random samples of 50 teachers in 25 Smart Schools and 25 Non‐Smart Schools so as to be able to make comparisons. Findings The findings provide...

...Charles Ellis; Kathryn Castle Purpose Teacher research (inquiry) has been characterized as practice improvement, professional development and action research, among numerous names and descriptions. The purpose of this paper is to support the case that teacher research is also a form of quality...

...Fatih Töremen; Mehmet Karakuş; Tezcan Yasan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent of total quality management (TQM) practices in primary schools based on teachers' perceptions, and how their perceptions are related to different variables. Design/methodology/approach...

... of teaching innocent children to persons without insisting on their possessing the required academic background and/or relevant pre‐service teacher education. Because of the specialized knowledge and expertise they possess, members of a profession have influence and power over those for whom they provide...

...Moses Waithanji Ngware; David Kuria Wamukuru; Stephen Onyango Odebero Purpose To investigate the extent to which secondary schools practiced aspects of total quality management (TQM). Design/methodology/approach A cross‐sectional research design was used in this study. A sample of 300 teachers...

... Examinations Teachers Administrator reliance upon student evaluation of teaching (SET) surveys to evaluate teaching effectiveness is an important and sensitive issue facing today’s college‐level faculty and administrators. There is growing controversy in the literature regarding the use...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2003 Teachers Students Professional qualifications Process planning Research methods Improvement Research examining seems to attract anecdotes like a magnet. Who has not heard horror stories about what a cruel examiner has done or a hapless student suffered...

... in teaching. However, we can use a number of complementary methods in order to evaluate teachers. The aim of this paper is to discuss the aspects that must be considered in order to succeed in the implementation of the critical friends technique to improve teaching, based on the experience of a group of six...

...Mariano Ubé; Inmaculada Plaza; Carlos Medrano; Alfonso Blesa Aims to show that quality concepts can be used in a real university world case by teachers who are voluntarily charged with the task of developing a program designed for helping new students. The first step toward considering the analysis...

... to high. Similarly, Jones (1989) examined the question of whether students can validly judge teaching effectiveness without having their ratings distorted by irrelevant contextual variables. The results of this study indicated that student ratings of a teacher’s personality and teaching competence...

...”. “Supportive lecturer who does not make you feel stupid”. “A light touch, who can have a bit of fun”. “Can encourage risk taking and creativity in the group”. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Quality Students Perception Teachers Performance The discourse on quality in higher education...

...Eunice Mathers Russell   Joseph . Stress Free Teaching: A Practical Guide to Tackling Stress in Teaching, Lecturing and Tutoring . London, UK : Kogan Page   2000 . 144 pages , ISBN: ISBN 0 7494 3114 8   £12.99 (softback) Teachers Stress There are many books...

... should be based on documented multiple lines of evidence reflecting the contributions of individual teachers in the specific context of their schools. It questions “The usefulness, even fairness” of using standardised forms of evidence to evaluate all teachers. After reviewing the need...