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Alicia Benarroch Benarroch; John-Jairo Briceño-Martínez; Andres Bernal-Ballen – SAGE Open, 2024
Scientific literature has shown abundantly that teacher professional development is a crucial factor for improving the quality of education. In this frame, this research analyzes teacher professional development of in-service higher education teachers who participated in training activities. This research has five goals not previously studied…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Teaching Methods
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Andrew M. Clark; Monica Zhan; Justin T. Dellinger; Peggy L. Semingson – SAGE Open, 2023
The Professional Learning Community (PLC) model has been used to help faculty develop innovative teaching practices and diffuse effective strategies and resources throughout K-12 schools. Yet, whether and how PLCs influence research-focused higher education institutions remain unknown. Drawing on existing research on PLCs and the social network…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Higher Education, College Faculty, Program Effectiveness
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Quieti, Adriano; Nanni, Alexander – SAGE Open, 2022
This study investigated students' and teachers' perceptions of the characteristics of effective English language teachers in the Thai cultural context. A survey comprising 68 Likert-scale items was administered to students (n = 124) and teachers (n = 11) in the intensive English program (IEP) of a Thai university. The survey measured the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Moriña, Anabel; Perera, Víctor H.; Carballo, Rafael – SAGE Open, 2020
The aim of this article is to analyze, from the academic staff's perspective, the training needs they require to provide an inclusive education to students with disability. Academics from a Spanish university participated in this research. We used a qualitative methodology. We collected the information through semi-structured interviews and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Training
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Zhang, Wenjing; Chen, Jingqi; Liu, Fengfeng – SAGE Open, 2015
This study is aimed to examine preschool teachers' knowledge of, attitudes about, and training related to child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention in Beijing, China. Two hundred and forty-five preschool teachers were administered the 16-item questionnaire that contained questions on CSA prevention knowledge, attitudes, and teacher training. Results…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Level
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Page, Michelle L. – SAGE Open, 2017
This survey research describes English language arts teachers' comfort levels in integrating literature with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) themes or characters into their curricula and classroom practices. Significant relationships were found between teachers' age, comfort, awareness of resources, and implementation levels.…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Homosexuality, Barriers