Background: Lifestyle is a very important concept that is often used to express lifestyle. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between "lifestyle" and "professional ethics" of teachers. Method: The present study was conducted by descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population includes all primary school teachers in Noorabad (N=394), which through Morgan table,...

Teachers’ Professional Development (TPD) has been realized a powerful approach to implement child friendly activity based education for education in the twenty first century. Though there are at least six models of teachers development, teacher training is the mostly used model in Nepalese context. It has been realized the important of expectations of teachers in TPD program to make TPD bottom-...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the basic knowledge of pre-school teachers who deal with children between the ages of 4 and 7 years, who present signs of lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD). MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a survey with 50 teachers from 9 private schools working with pre-school children. The criteria for selection were if teachers were certified or non-certified elementary school...

In this chapter the professional growth of mathematics educators – including teachers, teacher educators, and educators of teacher educators – is presented as an ongoing lifelong process. So far as teachers are concerned, it occurs in various stages and contexts, beginning with their experiences as school students, followed by formal preservice preparation towards an academic qualification and ...

High-stakes student testing, accountability for students' outcomes, new educational trends, and revised curricula and standards are only a few of the reasons that teachers must learn to teach complex material with skilled and intentional practices. As a result, professional development for educators is in critical demand. Nevertheless, research in the field of professional development indicates...

In this commentary, I discuss the science of professional development. A great deal is already known about how to provide professional development that supports teachers' implementation of evidence-based practices and the factors that enhance or inhibit teachers' sustained use of the practices. I summarize the work of researchers who have achieved some success in facilitating teachers' learning...

Professional development for schools and institutions is often ineffective, and costly (Gates Foundation, 2014). When teachers are permitted to choose their own professional development, their satisfaction and adoption of new pedagogies increases. Due to the nature of personal preferences and a focus on individualized professional development to increase teacher learning, multiple pedagogies wi...

A Standard Model for Measuring Professional Competencies of Teachers in the Islamic Republic of Iran   S. Askari Matin* G.R. Kiyaani, Ph.D. **   Professional development and learning for teachers is an effective approach to guaranteeing the quality of output in educational systems. Such an undertaking could lead to higher levels of competency among teachers as an important interm...