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Tuma Morgan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Tanzania, similar to other nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, has been experiencing a severe teacher shortage. The problem that was addressed is that factors influencing rural primary school teachers' decision to continue teaching in Northeast Tanzania are unknown. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate teachers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Osai, Joycelyn Adwoa; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Ampadu, Ernest; Commey-Mintah, Priscilla – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2021
This research sought to investigate teachers' experiences with overcrowded classrooms: the case of new Gbawe experimental 1 basic school in Ghana's Greater Accra region. The study explicitly followed a qualitative approach to research specifically a case study design. Unstructured questionnaires and Teacher observations were utilised in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Class Size, Crowding, Foreign Countries
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Tony Patrick George – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2023
This paper aims to examine the obstacles hindering the successful implementation of Free Primary teaching in Kakua chiefdom, Bo district, Southern Sierra Leone, focusing on the adequacy of funding and provision of educational resources to schools. The research employed a survey design with a cross-sectional approach, involving the collection of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Program Implementation, Access to Education
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Ndjangala, M. N. N.; Abah, James; Mashebe, P. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
In Namibia, natural science (NS) is one of the priority subjects in upper primary phases (Grades 4 to 7). However, in the Omusati Region of Namibia, there are increasing public concerns that many learners are not performing well in NS. This study surveyed the views of NS teachers on the challenges affecting upper primary learners' performance in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Natural Sciences, Elementary School Students
Christopher Rick – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Congestion is a persistent and expensive problem, costing the nation collectively over $300 billion each year. Cities have generally attempted to address congestion using an unoriginal set of expensive strategies, like building new roads or expanding public transit, and many cities are considering implementing congestion pricing. Expanding school…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Crowding, Transportation, Student Transportation
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Karasavidou, Efstratia; Alexopoulos, Nikolaos – European Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Despite the fact that crisis management is essential for school's smooth operation and crises occur at schools and education institutions around the world, Greek school is characterized by limited readiness to manage its potential crises. This study investigates the attitudes and perceptions of teachers concerning crisis events in school units…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, Emergency Programs, School Safety, Safety Equipment
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Babatunde, Ehinola Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Primary school Enrolment Trend, Class-Ratio and Head Teachers overcrowded classrooms management strategies in Northern Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria was investigated. The purpose of the study is to examine the current enrolment trend in public primary schools in northern senatorial District of Ondo State. Also, is to ascertain the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Enrollment Trends, Teacher Student Ratio
Welsh, William; Coghlan, Erin; Fuller, Bruce; Dauter, Luke – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2012
Aiming to relieve overcrowded schools operating on multiple tracks, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has invested more than $19 billion to build 130 new facilities over the past decade. District leaders asked researchers at Berkeley to estimate the achievement effects of this massive initiative--benefits that may stem from entering…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Crowding, Educational Environment
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Yaman, Havva – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
Present study investigated relationships between classroom overcrowding and the Turkish education curriculum (2006) in terms of the applicability of activity-based lower secondary Turkish education curriculum in overcrowded classes. In addition, the problems that occur in the teaching process and the sufficiency of time for the program were…
Descriptors: Crowding, Class Size, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum
Fleming, James A. – School Administrator, 2005
A need for more classrooms and a desire to improve student achievement contributed to the decision by the Capistrano Unified School District to offer a K-8 school option for parents recently. The two-year journey began as a consequence of overcrowding at 10 middle schools. One section of the district, had spent several years unsuccessfully trying…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Educational Improvement
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George, Paul S. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2005
In the last five years, a growing number of large, urban school districts have moved to close what are termed "troubled" 6-8 middle schools and have opened K-8 schools in their place: Boston, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Newark, New Orleans, New York City, Oklahoma City, and Philadelphia have been among the first to do…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Adolescents, Urban Schools, School Districts