Almost a quarter of entering public-school teachers leave teaching within their first three years. High attrition would be particularly problematic if those leaving were the more able teachers. The goal of this paper is estimate the extent to which there is differential attrition based on teachers' value-added to student achievement. Using data for New York City schools from 2000–2005, we find ...

This paper researches on the motivational mechanism of university teachers under R&D-type Industry-University-Research cooperation model. Firstly, the paper defines the concept and the model of the Industry-University-Research cooperation; then, it describes the principal-agent relationship which exists under R&D-type Industry-University-Research cooperation model. And the paper establishes the...

maslach and jackson first introduced the concept of ‘burnout’- a state of physical and emotional exhaus- tion emerging from work conditions- in 1980. the importance of investigations of burn out lies in the fact that it is directly related to the quality of teaching. there are three basic criteria set to predict, evaluate, and prevent burnout: depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and person...

Many areas of the United States face shortage of teachers who have studied a significant amount of physics at the university. To provide secondary school students with a course in physics many states allow teachers of other sciences and mathematics to become physics teachers. These teachers must complete some minimal number of physics courses at the university. To help these teachers understand...

This study examined Kwara State secondary school science teachers’ perception of ICT for instruction based on their area of specialization. Participants were 630 science teachers of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from both public and private senior secondary schools in 12 Local Government Areas in Kwara State. The data collected through questionnaires tagged Science Teachers Inform...

OBJECTIVES University teachers in China are expected to suffer serious occupational stress due to the expanding enrollment in universities without a proportional increase in teacher resources and the fact that all promotions for university teachers are determined based on not only teaching but also the outcome of scientific research. This study was designed to assess the occupational stress amo...

The extent of teachers’ motivation to improve the quality of teaching triggered by appraisal policies in The University of Pedagogy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hereafter referred as The University) is explored in this paper. The paper reports on a study of the attitudes of department heads and teachers in The University towards appraisal policies that are one of those used to motivate teacher...

The current research investigates the HEC based training for the University teachers in Pakistan and its impact on the performance on University teachers. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan seeks to improve the quality of teaching by University teachers. The Commission has initiated different forms of training according to the areas of expertise in order to improve skills and imp...

understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the educational process. the purpose of this study was to investigate efl (english as a foreign language) teachers' views on measuring reading comprehension. a cohort of 50 iranian efl teachers teaching at university,...

How can the Internet be used to provide authentic professional development for newly appointed teachers? This paper reports on work-in-progress of an industry partnership research study between Edith Cowan University education staff and students, and the Education Department of Western Australia teachers and curriculum advisers. The study involves developing a web site to assist novice teachers...