Personal Entrepreneurial Skills of Public School Teachers

Essential skills for middle school teachers

Physical activity levels in public school teachers.

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of physical activity in public school teachers. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted with 1,681 teachers from the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, in 2009. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire short version was applied and the level of physical activity was categorized as low, moderate or high. The study sample was stratified by age, gender...

Returns To Seniority Among Public School Teachers

ReUirns to seniority account for a subslantial share of public K-12 expenditures. Over the first ten to 15 years of a career, public school teachers enjoy average wa^e growth al least equivalent to that of other white-coltar workers. ELxplanatians for Ihis structure in terms of human capital or costly monitoring tack theoretical and empirical support. A steeper wageleniire profile reduces tumov...

Teachers’ conceptions about information literacy skills of school children

The paper presents results of a study conducted to measure perceptions of teachers about their 3rd grade students’ information literacy (IL) skills. The IL standards given by the California School Library Association for 2nd graders were provided to 54 teachers from three private schools of Lahore city of Pakistan to get their opinion. Selected through purposive sampling methods, the respondent...

Job Satisfaction and Stress Coping Skills of Primary School Teachers