Selecting more effective teachers among job applicants during the hiring process could be a highly cost-effective means of improving educational quality, but there is little research that links information gathered during the hiring process to subsequent teacher performance. We study the relationship among applicant characteristics, hiring outcomes, and teacher performance in Washington DC Publ...

abstract the present study attempted to investigate the relationship between english language teacher perfectionism, teacher burnout, and teacher efficacy. for the purpose of the study, 114 teachers in tabadkan district, mashhad, were chosen. eighty-three of the participants were female and thirty-one were male with different majors in english language. three questionnaires, namely the scale on...

Teacher-learner autonomy, by analogy with previous definitions of language learner autonomy, might be defined as the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for oneself as a teacher, in cooperation with others. By focusing on the teacher as learner in this manner I do not mean to diminish the importance of ‘being free from constraints on one’s teaching’, i.e. teacher auto...

We study the effects of various types of education and training on the ability of teachers to promote student achievement. Previous studies on the subject have been hampered by inadequate measures of teacher training and difficulties addressing the non-random selection of teachers to students and of teachers to training. We address these issues by estimating models that include detailed measure...

Abstract This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in which farmers trained on new rice cultivation method teach two other farmers. The results show that the intervention increases yields and farm profits among treated Teacher-trainees are effective at spreading knowledge inducing adoption relative to just training. Incentivizing teacher-trainees improves transmission but not adoption....

Transformational leadership researchers have given little attention to teacher expectations that mediate between goals and actions. The most important of these expectations, teacher efficacy, refers to teacher beliefs that they will be able to bring about student learning. This study examined the mediating effects of teacher efficacy by comparing two models derived from Bandura’s socialcognitiv...

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The current review examined teacher leadership research completed since York-Barr and Duke published the seminal review on teacher leadership in 2004. The review was undertaken to examine how teacher leadership is defined, how teacher leaders are prepared, their impact, and those factors that facilitate or inhibit teacher leaders’ work. Beyond this, the review considered theories informing teac...

" The mediocre teacher tells, The good teacher explains, The superior teacher demonstrates, The great teacher inspires. "

The purpose of this study was to identify challenges faced by induction-year teachers in Texas. The target population for the study was induction teachers in Texas during the 2005-2006 school year (N = 98). A census was conducted and 73 teachers responded resulting in a 77% response rate. Data were collected using an electronic questionnaire administered over the Internet. The questionnaire con...