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Kavenuke, Patrick Severine; Kayombo, Joel Jonathan; Kinyota, Mjege – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2022
Teachers enter the profession with enthusiasm for the new adventure. Unfortunately, when they start working, they encounter circumstances that give rise to stress. The present study, which used a sample of 550 participants from 50 primary schools selected from the Kisarawe district in the Coastal Region of Tanzania, examines the extent of stress…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables
Anderson, Sarah K.; Terras, Katherine L. – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2015
This research examines teacher perspectives' of educational challenges in Norway. Norway is one of the most well-resourced, prosperous, social welfare states in the world, yet the OECD (2011) recognized students' weak basic skills and insufficient teacher ability in content and pedagogy, along with engagement and imbalanced resources as points for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Problems, Teaching Load
Brandts, Linda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the perception of elementary teachers and their practices when transitioning from small classes of 20 to larger classes of 28 or more students. The respondents were asked questions about how they have adjusted to the instruction of the curriculum, classroom management, monitoring of student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Class Size, Teaching Methods
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Coopersmith, Jared – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
This report presents selected findings from the school teacher data files of the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education-funded (BIE) K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The public school…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, American Indian Education, Elementary School Teachers
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Horne, Phyllis E.; Timmons, Vianne; Adamowycz, Rosalyn – Exceptionality Education International, 2008
This study investigated inclusive practices in Prince Edward Island (PEI) elementary schools in terms of the supports teachers consider as important for inclusion. Twenty teachers were randomly selected to complete a survey, and 5 teachers were randomly selected to participate in an interview about inclusion supports. The survey in this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Access to Education, Inclusive Schools
Clarke, Michael – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
The author examines some of the negative effects that budget cuts and resulting increases in class size can have on the elementary teacher's ability to provide adequate instruction. (SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Quality
Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Urbana. – 1968
THE NCTE COMMITTEE ON WORKLOAD OF THE ELEMENTARY TEACHER BELIEVES THAT EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH DEPENDS UPON THE EFFORTS OF THE ELEMENTARY TEACHER, BUT THAT THESE EFFORTS ARE OFTEN VITIATED BY CONDITIONS BEYOND THE TEACHER'S IMMEDIATE CONTROL. PRIMARY AMONG THESE CONDITIONS ARE CLASS SIZE, AVAILABILITY OF PLANNING TIME, NONINSTRUCTIONAL…
Descriptors: Class Size, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools