This essay is based on research promoted by INDIRE, Italian National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research in Education, and is developed under the research on ‘Professional networks, Educational models and School principal’s profile in Italy’. On the basis of observation and …

The experiences of beginning and experienced teachers in parent teacher contact Beginning teachers struggle during their first years, which is shown in the number of beginning teachers that leave the profession. 25 percent leaves within five years. This is worrying, as there is a lack of teachers. Beginning …

This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 21 first-year student teachers took part that investigated learning outcomes of a modified learning by design task. The study is part of a series of studies that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. Design-based science …

The education in Grade 5 A of the Kuyasa Combined School is teacher centred and the effective learning time of the learners can be improved. Patterns that occur during the lessons have a negative effect on the learners effective learning time. The main question of this research is: To what extent can …

In 1986, English became a compulsory subject in primary education in The Netherlands1. While secondary schools have, by law, been required to offer English since 1863 the articulation between Dutch primary and secondary education levels of English language teaching has always been problematic to the …

To examine what kinds of parent–child interactions are elicited by different literacy-related activities, an exploratory study was conducted with 19 mother–child dyads. Although prompting boards are widely incorporated in pre- and primary school curricula, and in various family literacy programmes, scientific …

The inclusive education in the townships of South Africa is very pour. The policies are there but the effectively implementation is still not installed. At the Dambuza primary school is this a problem as well. To get a broad and clear view how the Dambuza primary school works with the (special) educational …

The challenges faced by business and society in the rapidly-changing 21st century require skills and capabilities that our education system, essentially fit-for-purpose in the 19th Century, struggles to provide. In this brief paper, presented at the Rotterdam TEDX-Rotterdam Clean Tech Delta forum on …

Sports in elementary school: physical education specialists vs. group teachers.The aim of the project is stimulating sport participation among elementary school children in the province of Friesland. The ultimate aim is to provide three hours of physical education, provided by an physical education specialist, …

This study investigated how job satisfaction influenced organizational commitment which, in turn, influenced employee turnover intention among medical staff in a Chinese hospital in Beijing. Data were collected from 107 hospital employees using a questionnaire-based survey. The survey measured various …