The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of the literacy environment in inclusive early childhood special education (ECSE) classroom. There was two focuses in the study. The first, was to describe the quality of the literacy environment in terms of the structure and instruction. This includes book materials, print and writing materials. The other focus was to examine the interrelationship among teacher and classroom factors and quality of the structural literacy of the literacy environment
ISO 9001 is a quality management standard that can be implemented in any organization and is an excellent starting point for the initiation of performance excellence in organizations. ISO certification has gained its popularity very rapidly. The number of ISO 9001 (2000 and 2008 versions) certified companies has been approximately increased 8% from previous year (2008). The increasing number of users and changes to the standards implies that it is essential to clarify the effectiveness of ISO on
Purpose The purpose of the study was to examine the quality of the literacy environment in inclusive earl childhood special education (ECSE) classroom. There was two focuses in the study. The first, was to describe the quality of the literacy environment on terms of the structure and instruction. This includes book materials, print and writing materials. The other focus was to examine the interrelationship among teacher and classroom factors and quality of the structural literacy of the literacy
Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate strategies when retaining quality teachers, and human resource personnel tend to run into problems of retaining effective teachers. These issues tend to be identifying quality teachers. The quality of a teacher is often seen after the teacher is in the classroom by reviewing students annual standardized test scores. Determining the quality of the teacher has been viewed in parallel of their pre-service training and university when recruiting. It has
maximum likelihood estimation procedures were also used (Mistry, 2008). Mistry, White, Benner, and Huynh (2008) study revealed teachers and mothers’ expectations against youths standardized test scores had stability in teachers’ and
This goes in line with Vygotsky’s (1978) social-interactionist view which claimed that students learn better when they interact with their peers. Although there are concerns that students may not be able to assess their peers as reliable as their teacher, Carless (2011) argued that giving reliable assessment is not the priority in peer assessment. It is rather about getting students to become in control of their own learning by raising their awareness about learning criteria and task requirements
Through a qualitative study Telli (2013) captures a remarkable views regarding quality education from lawmakers, teachers, parents, and activists. They definitely, promote quality education based on accessibility, and availability of tools for teaching and learning. They value teachers, teaching procedures, and curriculum reform as an imperative feature of quality education. In addition they underline the teaching and learning focusing specifically, “from content-based to competence-based” learning
Grisby & Peters, 2015). In an effort to determine the relationship between transformational leadership, the school climate, and academic success, Allen, Grigsby and Peters (2015) conducted a correlational study in a small suburban Texas school district with data collected from principals, teachers, and test data at six elementary schools. Allen, Grigsby and Peters (2015) state “Transformational leadership is one style that has been advocated for success in the school improvement process” (p. 2).
as parents, teachers, other children, and just about anyone who is in our lives for extended periods of time that may aid us in this stage of development. Though this may not be the way infants learn language, empirical research has been done that supports my belief. One such study relates the quality of center-based childcare to cognitive and language development. Another study found an association between infant gaze following and pointing and vocabulary growth. Lastly, a third study found a significant
This study was done on the use of chant therapy to help decrease and avoid the symptoms of vocal fatigue in public school teachers. Vocal fatigue includes two main symptoms; there is a continuous increase in phonatory use and effort and then a loss in phonation. This condition is often recognized in other professional voice users such as singers and actors. However, vocal fatigue in teachers has not been as well known and has only recently been addressed to the public. Reports from public school