The adoption and the effectiveness of game-based learning depend largely on the acceptance by classroom teachers, as they can be considered the true change agents of the schools. Therefore, we need to understand teachers' perceptions and beliefs that underlie their decision-making processes. The present study focuses on the factors that influence the acceptance of commercial video games as lear...

The aims of the study reported in this article are to investigate factors affecting English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ use of computers in their classrooms and to find out EFL teachers’ perceptions of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and ways to improve CALL practice in school settings. Participants in the study were twelve Korean in-service teachers of EFL working at secon...

Technology integration into the classroom has a major role in creating rich learning and teaching environments. It is obvious that the success of the effective use of technology in classrooms highly depends on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) teachers who are responsible for integrating technology and mentoring other teachers in using it successfully. However, it is unclear how IC...

Virtual schooling is a recent phenomenon in K-12 online learning. As such, the roles of the online teachers are emerging and differ from those of the traditional classroom teacher. Using qualitative interviews of eight virtual high school teachers, this study explored teachers’ perceptions of their online teaching role. Teachers expressed a sense of disconnection from their students, the profes...

The partnership of parents, teachers, and schools is necessary to develop effective school food interventions. To gather parents' and teachers' opinions and perceptions about the school food policy, 884 parents and 70 teachers of preschoolers completed a questionnaire. School food policy is an issue of importance for parents and teachers: the majority agrees that schools should restrict the ava...

Background Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced professional efficacy within the workplace are the three dimensions of the job burnout syndrome. In this study, we examined the levels of job burnout in a sample of 100 teachers of elementary education. Also, we sought to identify the relationship between job burnout and general self-efficacy, teachers’ self-efficacy and group self-...

Use of ICT for teaching and learning has received a lot of attention in the last two decades. The present study is an attempt to understand the use of ICT, more specifically, use of computers among secondary school teachers for teaching and learning. The main focus of the study is to elucidate teachers’ perceptions and competency in relation to actual use computers in classroom teaching. The st...

Teachers’ Status in Iranian Educational System: An Indiginous Model Constructed and Validated M. Mohammadi, Ph.D. G. Salimi, Ph.D. T. Dorri To construct an indiginous model for teachers’ status, a group of experienced teachers was interviewed on the subject and as a result of the initial analyses two general themes were identified: internal and external statuses: tea...

The purpose of this study was to describe student teachers’ perceptions and preferences of the type of supervision they experienced while interacting with their university supervisors and cooperating teachers. Results revealed that student teachers perceived both their cooperating teachers and university supervisors to engage in contextual and clinical supervision practices. Cooperating teacher...

Title of Document: THE RELATOINSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF AUTONOMY IN THE CLASSROOM AND STANDARDS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY REFORM Dina Sparks, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Directed By: Dr. Robert Croninger and Dr. Betty Malen, Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership Over the past 30 years, standards based accountability reform (SBA) has taken hold in public education. SBA ...