Student Bullying in Kuwait Public Schools: How School Administrators and Teachers React

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Salem S. Alhajeri ◽  
Abdulaziz S. Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Middle Schools ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Future Studies

This study aimed to investigate how public school teachers perceive student bullying and how they perceive their own as well as school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A total of 238 elementary, middle, and high school teachers responded to 18 questions. The study found that student bullying exists in Kuwait public schools, it is more widespread in boys’ schools, and it occurs more in middle schools. Further, the study found a significant relationship between student bullying and school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A discussion of these results and relevant recommendations for future studies are included.

scholarly journals Teaching Mathematics at High School: A Comparison of Public and Private School Teachers’ Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol III (IV) ◽  
pp. 127-141
Author(s):  
Gulnaz Hameed ◽  
Intzar Hussain Butt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Private School ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Public High School ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Text Book

This paper compares the mathematics teaching practices of private and public high school teachers in Punjab. Two hundred public and 180 private school teachers were selected by using random sampling technique from district Sahiwal. The quantitative data was collected by using a Likert type 58 questionnaire items. The questionnaire consisted of six parts: mathematic teaching practices, mathematic effective students’ instruction, mathematic resources availability, use of mathematic resources, use of instructional techniques and evaluation techniques used by the teachers. The study indicated that private school teacher teach in cooperative environment, individual concentration, small group discussion and encourage students in mathematic classrooms as compared to public school teachers. They write equations to represent concept and then engage students in problem solving and practice computational skill as compared to public school teachers. Public school teachers highly believe that text book is primary instructional tool for teaching. They practice difficult problem by drill in their classes. Although Public school teachers are well trained, qualified and experienced yet they emphasize rote learning which is a big hurdle in conceptual understanding. Provision of material resources in public schools is high. Mathematic curriculum document, manipulative, measuring devices, and spreadsheets, worksheet calculators, teacher guide and computers as teaching resources are available in public schools. Whereas, helping books and calculators’ availability is better in private schools.

scholarly journals Assessing intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations between the public and the private high school teachers toward teaching as profession in Jordan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1807-1812
Author(s):  
Mohammed Eldahamsheh ◽  
Ali Dahamsheh ◽  
Khaled Alsalaiteh ◽  
Muneer Jaradat
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Private School ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Motivational Orientations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private High School ◽  
Better Than

The aim of this research paper is to assess intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations between the public and the private sector for high school teachers toward teaching as a profession. A sample of teachers were chosen from the public and the private school in Jordan (N=204). Four hypotheses were tested using independent-samples T-test, the result shows that private school teachers were more motivated by extrinsic compensation motives and extrinsic outward motives, while public school teachers were more motivated by intrinsic challenge motives and intrinsic enjoyment motives. The authors found out that private school teachers perceived themselves motivated by money and rewards, to be better than their colleagues in doing their job and need to have a recognition for their performance at their work. Public school teachers perceived themselves as enjoying tackling new problems and solving complex and difficult problems and considered their job as very important to them.

scholarly journals A AULA DE GEOGRAFIA NO ENSINO MÉDIO: do legado da tradição às possibilidades de renovação

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Lidiane Bezerra Oliveira ◽  
Armstrong Miranda Evangelista
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Geography Teaching

A problemática deste trabalho consiste em investigar o desenvolvimento da aula expositiva de Geografia, em escolas públicas de Teresina-PI. Especificamente, buscou-se caracterizar os modelos de aulas expositivas de Geografia; caracterizar a aula expositiva de Geografia desenvolvida pelos professores do Ensino Médio; analisar como o professor usa a linguagem nas aulas expositivas de Geografia e, por último, debater uma proposta de sequência didática que promova a interatividade na aula de Geografia. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa. Do ponto de vista teórico-conceitual, o estudo foi desenvolvido com base nos seguintes eixos: primeiramente, considera as reflexões sobre a aula expositiva, tanto na perspectiva tradicional quanto na perspectiva dialógica. Em segundo lugar, focaliza a aula na prática docente em Geografia. E, em terceiro lugar, sublinha o papel da linguagem para o aperfeiçoamento da aula de Geografia. A partir deste quadro de referência, o texto está estruturado em sete seções, compreendendo a Introdução, caminhos metodológicos e três seções teóricas, uma de análise e uma propositiva. PALAVRAS-CHAVE Aula expositiva. Aula expositiva dialógica. Linguagem. Ensino de Geografia. GEOGRAPHY LESSON IN SECONDARY EDUCATION: the legacy of tradition to renewal of possibilities ABSTRACT The problem of this study is to investigate the development of lecture of geography in public schools in Teresina-PI. Specifically, we sought to characterize the models of lectures of Geography; characterize the lecture of Geography developed by high school teachers; analyze how the teacher uses the language in lectures of Geography and finally discuss a proposed didactic sequence that promotes interactivity in geography class. This is a qualitative study. From the theoretical and conceptual point of view, the study was developed based on the following principles: first, considers the reflections on the lecture, both in traditional perspective as the dialogical perspective. Second, the class focuses on teaching practice in geography. And thirdly, it emphasizes the role of language for the improvement of Geography class. From this frame of reference, the text is structured in seven sections, comprising the Introduction, methodological paths and three theoretical sections, one of analysis and one propositive. KEYWORDS Lecture. Dialogic lecture. Language. Geography teaching. ISSN: 2236-3904REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EDUCAÇÃO EM GEOGRAFIA - RBEGwww.revistaedugeo.com.br - [email protected]

scholarly journals Stress in the Workplace, Depression, and Academic Workloads of Public School Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-423
Author(s):  
Noel L. Dominado ◽  
Lilia G. Valdez
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Stress and depression are unavoidable in the workplace and have turn out to be a perennial have fascinated many researcher in modern eras. The current study aims to findings the relationship between demographic profile, stress, and depression in the workplace. A descriptive sequential explanatory research design was used. A questionnaire was adopted from the American Institute of stress (2011) and Depression organization New Zealand (n.d.), the open-ended question on academic workloads, and coping mechanism as the whole main instruments used to gather the data for the current study. A total of 100 public school teachers were randomly selected from 7 clusters in the Division of Pampanga – Philippines. The result showed that the majority of the respondents were between the ages 32-37 years old, 53% of them were male, 84% were junior high school teachers, and 26% had been serving four to seven years, the stress grand mean 2.13 which means they were disagreeing, a total score of 63% of the respondents was moderately well,  the depression grand mean was  1.76 with a descriptive rating of several days, a total score of 57.6%  of the respondents moderately well, but things may get worse. It is also revealed that there is no significant as to sex, depression, stress, teaching level, and educational attainment. While the age, depression, sex, stress, teaching level, depression, educational attainment, years in service to stress, depression stating that there is a highly significant.

scholarly journals Validation and application of a measurement scale on environmental practices for high school teachers in Patos, Paraíba

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 319
Author(s):  
Edevaldo Silva ◽  
Delyane Lima Soares ◽  
Habyhabanne Maia Olveira ◽  
Humarah Danielle Guedes Vieira
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Environmental Practices ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge

 The objective was to create, validate and apply a measurement scale on environmental practices for teachers of various educational areas (exact sciences, humanities, natural sciences and Portuguese), from six public high schools in the city of Patos, Paraíba. To that end, it was created a questionnaire related to the topic, consisting of 24 items in the Likert scale model, being statistically validated as its consistency and reliability by factor analysis and by the α-Cronbach’s test. The assessed measurement scale has been validated (n = 34) with the exclusion of five items, getting excellent α-Cronbach’s coefficient (0.95). In the application of the questionnaire (n = 68), most teachers had social and environmental practices little consistent with environmentally sustainable practices. The results suggest that the high school teachers of the surveyed public schools have inadequate knowledge and/or practices for teaching Environmental Education, revealing that, probably, the students are not receiving basic environmental knowledge for their critical and reflective thinking on the various environmental problems. 

The History of School Teachers and Administrators

2019 ◽  
pp. 474-489
Author(s):  
Kate Rousmaniere
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Global Context ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Public School Educators ◽  
Relationship Of

This chapter is an overarching historical narrative of the development of the occupations of teaching and school administration, focusing on the history of educators who have worked as elementary and secondary public school teachers and local school administrators. The emphasis is on the historical development of Anglo and Anglo American education, with notations of patterns of change in a more global context. The chapter discusses the nature of research on the history of educators, and then introduces three themes that mark the history of teachers and school administrators: the creation of state systems of education, the troubled history of professionalization of education, and the historical relationship of public school educators to the state.

Missing Elements in the Discussion of Teacher Shortages

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 460-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Cowan ◽  
Dan Goldhaber ◽  
Kyle Hayes ◽  
Roddy Theobald
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teacher Shortages ◽  
Considerable Evidence

Though policymakers are increasingly concerned about teacher shortages in U.S. public schools, the national discussion does not reflect historical patterns of the supply of and demand for newly minted teachers. Specifically, the production of teacher candidates has increased steadily since the mid-1980s, and only about half of graduating teacher candidates are hired as public school teachers in a typical year. That said, there is considerable evidence of teacher shortages in specific subjects (e.g., STEM and special education) and specific types of schools (e.g., disadvantaged). We therefore discuss public policies that contribute to these specific shortages and potential solutions.

scholarly journals Relationship between Personality and Teacher Effectiveness of High School Teachers

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Buela ◽  
Mamman Joseph C.
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Teachers

Teacher effectiveness is a matter of the degree to which a teacher achieves the desired effects upon students. Teacher effectiveness is defined as, the extent to which the teacher possesses the requisite knowledge and skills, and teacher performance as the way a teacher behaves in the process of teaching (Dunkin, 1997). It is considered as the teacher’s effect on the students as the level of learning been done by teachers and students learn and the period to reach as the level understood by the students from the teacher. Objectives: the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between personality and teacher effectiveness of High School Teachers in Gulbarga. Method: purposive sampling method was used to select samples from 58 high school teachers of Government Schools in Gulbarga Corporation and survey method was used to collect data by administering NEO-Five Factor Inventory (McCrae and Costa, 1936) and Teacher Effectiveness Scale (Kulsum, 2000) with personal data sheet and the data were analyzed using correlation, t-test and ANOVA methods. Result: the findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between extraversion personality trait and teacher effectiveness(r=0.28; p<0.05), especially with dimension knowledge of subject matter of teacher effectiveness(r=0.29; p<0.05) and teacher character dimension(r=0.34; p<0.01) as well as agreeableness personality trait and interpersonal relationship dimension (r=0.27; p<0.05), whereas it was found that there was no significant relationship between teacher effectiveness and personality traits of openness to experience(r=0.05), neuroticism(r=-0.22) and conscientiousness(r=0.18). Experienced teachers are significantly higher in teacher effectiveness than less experienced teachers (F=3.66; p<0.05).

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction Among Public and Private School Teachers

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Maher Bano ◽  
Syeda Kaniz Fatima Haider ◽  
Alay Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Private School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Significant Difference

This paper compares job satisfaction of private and public school teachers in Peshawar. Sample comprised of sixty (N=60) teachers of both genders ranging in age from 25-50 years. Thirty (n=30) were public school teachers including fifteen (n=15 male) and fifteen (n=15) female teachers, thirty (n=30) private school teachers they included fifteen (n=15) male and fifteen (n=15) female teachers. The data was collected through non-probability sampling technique from Mardan city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A questionnaire was constructed for the purpose of measuring Job satisfaction for teachers. The alpha reliability coefficient was significantly high, thus ensuring the reliability of the scale. The results showed that public teachers are more satisfied with their job as compared to teachers working in private schools. It was further revealed that there was no significant difference between male and female teachers working in public schools and private schools.

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