HOW DO TEACHERS TEACH NATURE IN SCHOOL? TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS FORMS OF TEACHING AND THE USE OF ICT TECHNOLOGY IN NATURAL SCIENCE SCHOOL SUBJECT IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Author(s):  
Dunja Anđić ◽  
Kristina Žic Žic ◽  
Lea Marot
Author(s):  
Željko Burcar

The aim of this research is to examine teachers’ attitudes about principals’ communicational job. Secondary aim is to examine whether number of shifts, number of students, teachers’ level of education and teachers daily and weekly workload predict teachers attitudes about principals’ communicational jobs principals perform. Sample consists of school teachers (N=80) that covered ISCED 1, 2 and 3, educational level from the Republic of Croatia. Sample is intentional and occasional, and present experienced teachers suitable for this type of research. The scale constructed for this research has been extracted from the scale for principals’ role estimation constructed by Burcar (2010). Findings show existence of principals’ communicational jobs in the schools as informing, reporting and verbal communication. Gender differences in the scale exist and in the subscale for verbal communication as well. In the prognosis toward principals’ communicational jobs the level of teachers’ education has statistically significant but negative predictive value.


2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-194
Author(s):  
B. Zhetpisbayeva ◽  
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D. Dyakov ◽  
S. Shunkeyeva ◽  
G. Khamitova ◽  
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This article proposes a research vision of the problem of using CLIL training in the context of distance education in schools and universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The relevance of the study is due to the lack of the research devoted to the content analysis of the integration of CLIL learning and distance learning technologies, as well as the need to identify the features and universal problems, characteristic of the practice of CLIL learning in distance learning format. The diagnosis of this problem was carried out through an online survey of school teachers and university teachers acting as experts on the implementation of CLIL training in educational institutions of the Republic. To develop a methodology and tools for online survey of teachers scientific works in the field of CLIL training and distance education technologies on the creation of educational resources and a virtual learning environment and on the sociology of education were studied. When processing the results of the survey, we used statistical and descriptive research methods. The results of the online survey confirmed the hypothesis of the study that the main problem of using CLIL technology is the problem of resource provision of the CLIL training program in the context of distance education, as well as the level of methodological and IT-training of school teachers and university teachers. Other features of using CLIL technology in a distance format are as follows: the school teachers and university teachers have an appropriate set of basic competencies of a teacher practicing CLIL training, and, at the same time, their insufficiency for the implementation of the educational process in the context of distance education and, accordingly, the need to acquire additional competencies required by the teacher for the application of CLIL technology in a distance format


Author(s):  
Gulsum Sagyndykovna Ayapbergenova ◽  
Zara Kasymovna Kulsharipova ◽  
Botagoz Gabdullovna Sarsenbayeva ◽  
Kamila Mergenovna Bespayeva ◽  
Meiramgul Zhandarbekovna Khamitova

The article reveals innovative experience in the study of projective technologies in the training of primary school teachers in the general education system. In the practical part of the study, relevance of training primary school teachers to the use of wide opportunities in teaching children on the basis of new system values that orient themselves to a self-developing pupil who is able to flexibly use changing component life activities at a new level is substantiated. It also actualizes the need to study and use the experience of foreign countries, taking into account the specifics of domestic realities, and to make a comparative analysis of the theory, methodology and organization of future primary school teachers training in the context of modernization of the education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The primary education system is recognized as one of the most important priorities of the long-term Strategy «Kazakhstan – 2050».


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Višnja Rajić ◽  
Tomislav Rajić

Due to the changes in society and the new era of “super-diversity” (Vertovec, 2007) in European countries, intercultural competence is gaining importance both in everyday life situations and teacher training. In the academic year of 2014/2105, a research was conducted on a sample of 136 prospective secondary school teachers undergoing their pedagogical-didactical-methodological training in different universities in the Republic of Croatia. The tool that was employed in the self-assessment of intercultural competence was called Recognising intercultural competence: What shows that I am interculturally competent? The results showed that the examinees perceive their intercultural competence quite high; attitudes (M = 4,09); skills (M = 4,12); knowledge (M = 4,02). There is no significant difference between the perceived dimensions (p = ,282). Further research is recommended to better understand the insights about the examinees’ understanding of intercultural competence.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikaterini Gari ◽  
Kostas Mylonas ◽  
Sarka Portešová

The provision of gifted students with learning difficulties (GSLD) composes a complicated educational problem that deserves special care. This study explores teachers’ attitudes towards the GSLD in two samples of primary school teachers: 225 Greek teachers and 158 teachers in the Czech Republic, 40–59 years of age and with 14–28 years of teaching experience. A questionnaire of 26 questions, created for the purpose of this study, was administered referring to teachers’ attitudes towards opinions and information regarding the GSLD characteristics, along with three open-ended questions on the most preferable types of the GSLD educational provision. Through multidimensional scaling solutions in their trigonometric transformation (MDS-T) one large common and one minor separate system of items emerged for the two samples, which were meaningful in the direction of understanding teachers’ difficulties in accepting the contradictory core of the GSLD characteristics and educational needs. These systems of attitudes are discussed in respect to their relative importance to Czech and Greek teachers and the respective educational settings.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Maksimović ◽  
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Nedeljko Milanović ◽  
Jelena Osmanović Zajić ◽  
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The COVID-19 virus pandemic also had a significant impact on the educational system. This article presents the results of a research aimed at examining teachers' attitudes about the quality of online teaching during the COVID-19 virus pandemic. A descriptive research method and survey technique were applied. The sample included 274 teachers from the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The presented results indicate that the largest number of teachers with online teaching met for the first time during the pandemic and that until then they had no experience with distance learning. The platforms most often used by teachers in working with students are: Google Classroom, Zoom, Edmodo, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Also, a large number of teachers answered that they will partially apply online teaching after the pandemic, emphasizing that contact teaching is irreplaceable and of much higher quality, because students are more engaged, prepared and committed to school obligations. Looking at it objectively, teachers most often rated the quality of online teaching during the pandemic as average, more precisely with a grade of three. Online teaching during the pandemic required great dedication and teacher engagement, as well as good management of information and communication technologies and developed digital competencies of both teachers and students. The realization of online teaching was a challenge for teachers, but also the only possibility and solution to continue and actively carry out educational work during the pandemic and emergency situation.


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