scholarly journals A Comparison between Public School Teachers and Remedial Class Teachers’ Attitude toward Physics Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yubin Xu ◽  
Zixin Xiao ◽  
Guangtian Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Physics Learning ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes About Science

Many students in east-Asian countries study physics in not only public schools but also remedial classes. We survey 42 school teachers and 41 remedial class teachers with the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS). In this paper, we discuss the CLASS results from the two types of physics teachers. We also demonstrate the possible factors that attribute to the school teachers and remedial class teachers’ significant different attitudes toward problem-solving confidence.

Antiracist Curriculum and Digital Platforms: Evidence from Black Lives Matter

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saharsh Agarwal ◽  
Ananya Sen
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
The United States ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Null Effect ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, we examine the impact of racially charged events on the demand for antiracist classroom resources in U.S. public schools. We use book requests made by teachers on DonorsChoose, the largest crowdfunding platform for public school teachers, as a measure of intent to address race-related topics in the classroom. We use the precise timing of high-profile police brutality and other racially charged events in the United States (2010–2020) to identify their effect on antiracism requests relative to a control group. We find a significant increase in antiracism requests following the killing of George Floyd in 2020 and a null effect for all other events in the decade. We also find an increase in requests for books featuring Latinx, Asian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures, suggesting that a focus on equality for one group can spill over and yield culturally aware dialogues for other groups as well. Event studies suggest that local protests played a role in motivating some of the teachers to post these requests. In just four months following George Floyd’s death, $3.4 million worth of books featuring authors and characters from marginalized communities were successfully funded, reaching more than half a million students. Text analysis of impact notes posted by teachers suggests that hundreds of thousands of young students are being engaged in discussions about positive affirmation and cross-cultural acceptance. This paper was accepted by D.J. Wu, information systems.

Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Inclusion for Migrant Children in Chinese Urban Schools: A Cohort Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Liu ◽  
Kathryn Holmes ◽  
James Albright
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Urban Schools ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Educational Inclusion ◽  
Urban Public School

In recent decades, China has observed increasing numbers of rural–urban migrant children seeking education in Chinese cities, resulting in pressure on urban schools to accommodate these children. Drawing on pre- and post-survey and interview data with 215 primary school teachers in a metropolitan city in East China, the objectives of this article are to describe teachers’ perceptions of educational inclusion in both migrant and public schools, and to investigate changes in their beliefs from 2013 to 2016. Urban public school teachers indicated significant differences in perceptions compared with their first test, whereas no salient differences in perceptions was found among migrant school teachers. The qualitative analysis echoed the quantitative findings and provided further explanation for the complexity and particularity of these changes. Our study revealed that public schools have made great reforms in relation to educational inclusion for migrant students and that these initiatives in turn have produced changes on teachers’ perceptions and practices with migrant children. It should be noted, however, that teachers attribute the changes in their perceptions to external factors rather than the internal ones. In the light of these findings, the article discusses implications for further professional development programs for teachers in Chinese migrant schools.

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 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.

The Dying of the Light

2017 ◽  
pp. 85-102
Author(s):  
Westry Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Critical Awareness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
A Site

These are dangerous times (Giroux, 2010, 2015). In this chapter, the author illuminates and explores the founders' complex and often contradictory perspectives on public education and democracy itself and their relevance to technologically-mediated educational discourses. This chapter demonstrates the importance of re-politicizing and historicizing public education with particular emphasis on defending public schools, public school teachers and the very concept of public education as a site of democratic solidarity. The author approaches this topic with attention to the corporatized war on education waged by wayward conservatives and centrist democrats. The author explores these battle lines while juxtaposing their stance and value for public education with that of the nation's founders. The author expands upon this contrast by drawing critical awareness to the social, political, and cultural implications of information technology and the use of digital spaces to project our voices and faces loudly and vividly into the bedrooms of people never met.

scholarly journals The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) for Use in Biology

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine Semsar ◽  
Jennifer K. Knight ◽  
Gülnur Birol ◽  
Michelle K. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Introductory Physics ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Learning Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes About Science ◽  
Problem Solving Strategies ◽  
Biology Courses ◽  
Consensus Expert

This paper describes a newly adapted instrument for measuring novice-to-expert-like perceptions about biology: the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Biology (CLASS-Bio). Consisting of 31 Likert-scale statements, CLASS-Bio probes a range of perceptions that vary between experts and novices, including enjoyment of the discipline, propensity to make connections to the real world, recognition of conceptual connections underlying knowledge, and problem-solving strategies. CLASS-Bio has been tested for response validity with both undergraduate students and experts (biology PhDs), allowing student responses to be directly compared with a consensus expert response. Use of CLASS-Bio to date suggests that introductory biology courses have the same challenges as introductory physics and chemistry courses: namely, students shift toward more novice-like perceptions following instruction. However, students in upper-division biology courses do not show the same novice-like shifts. CLASS-Bio can also be paired with other assessments to: 1) examine how student perceptions impact learning and conceptual understanding of biology, and 2) assess and evaluate how pedagogical techniques help students develop both expertise in problem solving and an expert-like appreciation of the nature of biology.

A Statistic’s Five Years: A Story of Teacher Attrition

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 583-591
Author(s):  
Rebecca Raine Raab
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Teacher Attrition ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
K 12

The author is one of the almost 50% of beginning U.S. public school teachers who leave the profession within 5 years (Ingersol, 2003; Scherff, 2008). The first year she left teaching, 2012-2013, she became part of the 7% who exited the profession that year (U.S. Department of Education, 2014). Teacher educators use attrition statistics often without knowing the stories behind the numbers. Rebecca is a statistic, and this is her story in five poems, which span 5 years teaching in public schools. She uses poetry to explore her statistical meaning, following the footsteps of others who use poetry and narrative to explore their own stories (Limes-Taylor, 2014; Pelias, 2011; Spry, 2011). She also writes this for those teachers, like herself, who loved their students, but could no longer remain within the K-12 system.

scholarly journals Corporal Punishment Act in Public Schools: A Phenomenological Analysis of Perceptions of Practitioners

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1415-1425
Author(s):  
Nargis Abbas ◽  
Beenish Ijaz Butt ◽  
Uzma Ashiq
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Corporal Punishment ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Child Rights ◽  
Qualitative Social Research ◽  
The Government

Corporal punishment (CP) is a conspicuous and serious matter of Pakistani schools. In response to this prevalent social problem the government of Pakistan like other countries has legislated against corporal punishments through Corporal Punishment Act, 2010 which restricts CP of every type in all educational institutes of the country. The said policy was promulgated to secure the child rights in the country but the flip side of the policy presents a different picture. This paper aims at investigating challenges faced by of the elementary public-school teachers as policy practitioners about the ban on corporal punishment by the government. This paper is based on qualitative social research methodology and used phenomenological research approach. Phenomenological interviews were used to collect the data until data reached at saturation. The data was analyzed by following the overall process guided by Creswell. Major derived themes from data were Perceptions of teachers regarding ban on Corporal Punishment, Post Corporal Punishment Legislation Challenges and Opinion of teachers regarding Government policy on CP followed by several sub-themes. It was concluded that the state vision to promote child welfare is hardly seen through its policies as at the end the welfare of the target group must be assured not doubted.

scholarly journals The Degree of Implementing the Principles of Knowledge Economic by Public School Teachers in Karak Governorate in Jordan from Principals Perspective: درجة تطبيق مبادئ اقتصاد المعرفة لدى معلمي المدارس الحكومية في محافظة الكرك بالأردن من وجهة نظر المديرين

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (47) ◽  
pp. 75-57
Author(s):  
Ismail Mahmoud Omar Al-sou'b Ismail Mahmoud Omar Al-sou'b
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Technology

This study aimed to identify the degree of implementing the principles of knowledge economic by public school teachers in Karak Governorate from the principal's perspective. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analysis approach, the sample of the study consisted of (82) female and male principals, and a questionnaire for data collection; consisted of (35) statements, distributed for five sectors. The results indicated that the degree of implementing the principles of knowledge economic by public school teachers in Karak Governorate from the principal's perspective was moderated with average (3.63 out of 5), the sector of "teaching strategies" was high with an average (3.89), then the sector of " evaluating" was moderated with average (3.67) then the sector of" teaching technology" was also moderated with average (3.65) then the sector of "student" was moderated with an average of (3.59) finally the sector of " teacher" with average (3.36) also was moderated. furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.05) in the variable of principals' sex. However, there were statistically significant differences due to the qualification of the participants in favor of (High studies). Based on the results, the researcher presented a number of recommendations and proposals, to enhance the implementation of knowledge economic principles in public schools in Karak, and the whole of the Kingdom and the Arab countries.

scholarly journals Relationship between stigma levels of teachers and teacher’s organizational justice perceptionsÖğretmenlerin damgalama düzeyleri ile örgütsel adalet algıları arasındaki ilişki

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Önk ◽  
Necati Cemaloğlu
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Average Standard Deviation ◽  
Arithmetic Average ◽  
Justice Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between stigma levels of teachers and teachers’ organizational justice perceptions. Relational survey model was used in research. Teachers’ opinions on stigma level and organizational justice were reviewed. A total of 204 public school teachers (elemantary and high) employed in Ankara participated in the study. The "Stigma Scale” developed by Yaman and Güngör (2013) and "Organizational Justice Scale”developed by Hoy and Tarter (2004) were used to gather data. The data was analyzed by using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, Descriptive Statistics (frequency, percentage, arithmetic average, standard deviation), and multiple regression analysis techniques. Results indicated that teachers’ stigma scores were high in prejudice and psychological health  and the participants had positive perceptions about organizational justice at public schools. There was meaningful negative relationship between stigma levels of teachers and organizational justice perceptions of teachers. Consequently, stigma level is one of the factors that affect organizational justice negatively in schools. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı, Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi sınırları içerisinde bulunan merkez ilçelerdeki resmi ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim kurumlarında görev yapan öğretmenlerin görüşlerine göre, öğretmenlerin damgalama düzeyleri ile örgütsel adalet algıları arasındaki ilişkiyi saptamaktır. Araştırma, ilişkisel tarama modelindedir. Araştırma modelinde, biri bağımsız/dışsal (öğretmenlerin damgalama düzeyi), biri bağımlı/içsel (öğretmenlerin örgütsel adalet algıları) olmak üzere iki değişken bulunmaktadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini, Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi sınırları içerisinde bulunan merkez ilçelerdeki resmi ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim kurumlarında görev yapan toplam 204 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak, Yaman ve Güngör (2013) tarafından geliştirilen “Damgalama Ölçeği” ile Hoy ve Tarter (2004) tarafından oluşturulan “Örgütsel Adalet Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler, Pearson Momentler Çarpımı Korelasyon Katsayısı ve Çoklu Regresyon Analizi tekniklerinden yararlanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; öğretmenlerin damgalama eğilimlerinin önyargı ve psikolojik sağlık alt boyutlarında yüksek olduğu, katılımcıların okullarındaki örgütsel adalet algısını olumlu olarak belirttiği, öğretmenlerin damgalama düzeyleri ile örgütsel adalet algıları arasında anlamlı ve negatif bir ilişki olduğu, öğretmenlerin örgütsel adalet algısının en önemli yordayıcısının ön yargı olduğu saptanmıştır.

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