International schools, loosely defined as those involving students, teachers, curricula and/or languages not from the host country, form a significant sector of education worldwide, with numbers estimated at more than three thousand and predicted to grow rapidly over the next de…
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One result of the political changes in Hungary in 1989-90, was the sudden switch, within state education, from compulsory study of Russian to a free choice of foreign languages. Most pupils (or their parents) opted to study English or German. Opportunities to study these languag…
This thesis presents a description and analysis of scaffolding in the construction of teaching knowledge in a pre-service teacher training course in a Turkish university. Prior research in the area of scaffolding in primary school classrooms has focused on pupils operating in th…
The study has two central purposes: firstly, to undertake the first comprehensive analysis of a particular policy-making process, the Scottish Tertiary Education Advisory Council's work in the mid '80s on the future strategy of higher education in Scotland; and, secondly, to use…
This doctoral project included an extensive literature review and product, which was comprised of three 50-minute workshops designed to inform general education teachers about different components of inclusion and to help them to feel more confident in implementing inclusion in …
Providing facilities and training for teachers to use computers effectively in their classroom instruction is not sufficient. There are many other factors that need to be examined in order to ensure that teachers will use computer technology effectively in their classroom instru…
This study examines the social and cultural contexts, and factors of global and local sources, which influence teacher preparation and which may serve to impede or facilitate the training of public and private school English teachers at the “University of Banten,” in Serang, Ind…
Current educational reform initiatives in Bangladesh focus on classroom teaching as a direct path to improving student learning outcomes and indicate a shift away from the teacher-centered, authoritarian education model of the past with a preference for a more constructivist ped…
Since mobile phone ownership and use saturate the developing world, teachers there could use their mobile phones to receive teacher training as distance education (West & Chew, 2014). However, the challenge remains that the vast majority of mobile phones used in developing count…
The Indonesia Open University (Universitas Terbuka or UT) face-to-face tutoring program for in-service teacher training is intended to improve teacher trainees' course completion rates. The university has attempted to intensify trainees' motivation to participate in the tutoring…
Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (EBDs) are often pushed out of the least restrictive schooling environment due to schools’ inability to meet their unique learning needs (OSEP, 2020). School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) is a rese…
The purpose of the study was to examine and evaluate the effectiveness of the social studies teaching programs in the Al-Jouf Education College, which had not been done previously. This research focused and answered six research questions concerning teacher perceptions regarding…
This study was designed to examine the perceptions of stakeholders on the implementation of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Law of 2005 (amended 2007) on inclusive education in Kaduna State. It was set to investigate the extent of the success of inclusion at the basic…
The modernization of Iran resulted from the impact of the West on the traditional society of Iran. With the emergence of modern Iran, a new system of education was developed to serve the contemporary needs of the country. Many complex problems are associated with the new educati…
This case study assesses the educational needs of the teachers, students and women of a remote, isolated school community in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It also addresses the cultural, social and religious obstacles that girls, women and teachers face, while identifying appropriate …
The purpose of this qualitative method case study was to explore teachers' observational practices and beliefs about child narrative observation. The participants were six early childhood teachers and 15 children--two teachers and five children in each of three classrooms. The s…
The purpose of the study was to examine and evaluate the effectiveness of the social studies teacher training program in Tabouk Teachers' College in Saudi Arabia. This research addressed six questions concerning teacher perceptions regarding the effectiveness of the teacher prep…
The purpose of this study was to determine the status of Mu'tah University faculty attitudes and their perceptions of the competencies of teacher education programs regarding the integration of technology into classroom instruction in the Kingdom of Jordan. This research intende…
This case study investigated the process of adopting and integrating interactive whiteboards into the daily practice of teachers and compared the findings to relevant theoretical models. Participants were drawn from a small international school in Damascus, Syria, where interact…