African Journal of Teacher Education and DevelopmentBackground: The notion that teaching content subjects in schools utilising code-switching as a pedagogical approach contributes positively to academic achievements is well documented. Aim: This article demonstrates the effectiveness of code-switching as
Marcia M. Seabela, Thobeka Ncanywa
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Leadership in Private Christian Schools: Perceptions of Administrators
, 2012 The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to discover the perceptions of private Christian school administrators about leadership characteristics, roles, and teacher professional development.
Harrison, Suzanne
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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An international perspective for 'Improving teacher professional development for online and blended learning: a systematic meta-aggregative review'. [PDF]
Educ Technol Res Dev, 2021 Portillo J, Lopez de la Serna A.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn +9 more
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Identity development in career-changing beginning teachers : a qualitative study of professional scientists becoming school teachers [PDF]
, 2012 This qualitative study provides a critical case to analyse the identity development of professionals who already have a strong sense of identity as scientists and have decided to relinquish their professional careers to become teachers.
Diezmann, Carmel M., Watters, James J.
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A response to an article entitled "Improving teacher professional development for online and blended learning: a systematic meta-aggregative review". [PDF]
Educ Technol Res Dev, 2021 An Y.
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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A Development Evaluation Study of a Professional Development Initiative to Strengthen Organizational Conditions in Early Education Settings [PDF]
, 2017 High quality instruction is essential to producing developmental gains for young children and can mitigate risk factors such as family poverty and low parental education.
Horsley, Heather L., PhD +3 more
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Critical pedagogy and teacher professional development for online and blended learning: the equity imperative in the shift to digital. [PDF]
Educ Technol Res Dev, 2021 Sullivan FR.
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