Comparative study on teacher training for school disaster management in Armenia and Japan

Purpose – Teacher training is significant for effective school disaster management. The purposes of this paper are: first, to set items for analysis of teacher training program of Armenia through identification of teacher training program of Emergency And Rescue Team by school staff in Hyogo (EARTH) to understand the characteristics of teacher training program of Armenia; second, to identify common points and different points of school disaster management and teacher training between EARTH and Armenia to understand the characteristics of one of training program of Japan; and third, to propose improvement of teacher training of Armenia through identification of problems to give suggestions to improve teacher training program of Armenia. Design/methodology/approach – One of teacher training program for school disaster management in Japan can be considered as a good practice. The objectives are achieved through the comparison of teacher training program between Armenia and Japan. Findings – In Armenia, there are three training targets. Training contents should be developed after the clear concept development of training for each target. This paper proposed the concept based on EARTH training program. Normalization of school including psychological care is the main contents for school directors and deputy directors. Disaster management system and disaster management drill are the contents for military science teachers. Disaster education is the main contents for general teachers. Originality/value – This paper considered mainstreaming school disaster management from the aspect of teacher training and application of training program to other countries.

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Teachers’ Misconceptions in Science: Implications for Developing a Remedial Teacher Training Program

Global Social Sciences Review ◽

10.31703/gssr.2019(iv-iii).28 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol IV (III) ◽

pp. 221-228

Author(s):

Saria Rasul ◽

Abid Shahzad ◽

Zafar Iqbal

Keyword(s):

Teacher Training ◽

Training Program ◽

Science Teachers ◽

Prospective Teachers ◽

Experimental Treatment ◽

Study Data ◽

Second Phase ◽

Future Teachers ◽

Teacher Training Program ◽

Third Phase

This study is designed to investigate future teachers’ misconceptions in heat and temperature concepts. The objectives of the study were to find out (i) misconceptions of future teachers in concepts of heat and temperature, (ii) to develop a counteractive teacher-training program for certain misconceptions and (iii) to establish the efficiency of treatment. The study sample was 96 prospective science teachers. Convenient sampling method was used in the study. Data from 96 respondents were collected in phase one of the study. Experimental treatment (lesson) based on the 5Es learning model was prepared in the second phase of the study and implemented in the third phase of research. A two tiers test, consisting of 12 items was used to collect data. Each tier was based on choices. The data were analyzed using ANOVA and t-test. The study explored the misconceptions of prospective teachers’ about heat and temperature concepts and established the importance of experimental treatment.

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Dormitory management and boarding students in China's rural primary schools

China Agricultural Economic Review ◽

10.1108/caer-05-2012-0048 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 523-550 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ai Yue ◽

Yaojiang Shi ◽

Fang Chang ◽

Chu Yang ◽

Huan Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Service Life ◽

Health Behavior ◽

Training Program ◽

Primary Schools ◽

School Personnel ◽

Sudden Increase ◽

Content Type ◽

Teacher Training Program

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether an in-service life teacher training program can improve boarding students’ health, behavior, and academic performance. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial to measure the effect of life teacher training on student health, behavior, and academic performance among 839 boarding students in ten central primary boarding schools in Shaanxi. And the authors also tried to identify why or why not life teacher training works. Both descriptive and multivariate analysis are used in this paper. Findings – The authors find significant improvements in health and behavior. Specifically, compared to boarding students in control schools, 15 percent fewer students in treatment schools reported feeling cold while sleeping at night. The results also showed that student tardiness and misbehaviors after class declined significantly by 18 and 78 percent, respectively. However, the in-service life teacher training program had no measurable impact on boarding students’ BMI-for-age Z-score, number of misbehaviors in class, and academic performance. The analysis suggests that improved communication between life teachers and students might be one mechanism behind these results. Originality/value – This is the first empirical work which explored how to improve the welfare of boarding students via their life teachers. Because of the sudden increase in boarding students in rural China, it is almost certain that school personnel lack experience in managing boarding students. As such, one promising approach to improving student outcomes might be in-service training for life teachers.

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