In this study, the degree to which reflective thinking and individual innovativeness predicted student teachers' attitudes towards teaching profession was investigated. The relational survey model was conducted. The study was composed of 510 student teachers from seven different state universities in Turkey. "Reflective Thinking Scale…

This study examined the relationships between organizational innovativeness levels of schools and school administrators' demographic characteristics, school climate, school leadership, and job satisfaction. To this end, it employed a correlational design. The sample consisted of 808 school administrators working in primary schools, lower secondary…

Purpose: In January 2015, the Northwest Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NW BOCES) received a five-year Investing in Innovation (i3) grant to develop and implement the System for Educator Effectiveness Development (SEED) program--an innovative professional development (PD) system designed to provide geographically isolated educators an…

This quantitative non-experimental study examined the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and instruction of 21st century skills based on teachers' perceptions. Additionally, this study sought to investigate the differences between elementary, middle and high school teachers' perceptions of teacher self-efficacy and instruction of 21st…

Recent research highlights the relationship between levels of innovativeness, the use of online learning technologies and attitudes toward computers. Most of the research in this domain has been conducted in PWIs (Johnson, 2015; Pereira and Wahi, 2017; Glass 2017; Broussard and Wilson, 2018). Only a few studies were conducted at HBCUs (Lawrence,…

Social work education and social work practitioners are being impacted by the significant increase in the older adult population. Most social work faculty members have not been teaching their students how to work effectively with older adults (Hooyman, 2006). Social work educators need to provide more effective gerontology instruction in order to…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the role of employees' underlying implicit person theories in the relationship with innovative work climate and proactive behaviour at work. First, the authors study how an employee's implicit person theory (IPT), or the domain-general implicit belief about the development potential of people's…

Learning is a process of thinking in which the most significant construct is individuals' awareness of their own learning and their own learning process, in other words, of their own metacognition capacity. This prediction study aimed at identifying the relationship between entrepreneurial dispositions and metacognition, and epistemological…

The origins of innovation is the ability to identify global trends and to assess their relevance for development. The first area of mapping could include a better understanding of these trends in higher education and innovation around the world. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of mission and vision on organizational performance…

The aim of this study is to examine lifelong learning tendencies of school administrators and teachers and their innovative and entrepreneurial behavior levels in accordance with many variables (gender, task type, and branch) and to determine the relationship between the lifelong learning tendencies of administrators and teachers, and their…

This study has a focus on understanding the doctorate of business administration (DBA) intention to participate in mandatory online continuing education. Previous research has noted that DBA's entering the professional environment may need additional knowledge and training to made aware of, and keep up with "uniform standards" in the…

The purpose of this study was to examine the individual innovativeness and online learning attitudes of academic staff carrying out duty in institutions providing education at the level of bachelor degree in Turkey. The study was conducted online across Turkey via the correlational survey model between September 2020 and November 2020. The…

School nurses may find increased capacity to respond to student mental health needs by understanding and capitalizing on the innovative work behavior (IWB) of faculty and staff. The purpose of this study was to describe IWB related to student mental health among middle school faculty and staff as well as to determine the influence of selected…

Determining teachers' views on student success and learning are considered important in terms of increasing the level of students' learning. The motivation people have can affect their attitude toward their job. This becomes even more important in teachers who have a significant impact on an individual's life. It is, therefore, seen as important…

Inconsistencies of results of foreign language anxiety's effect on advanced learners' language performances have persisted over the years. And little has been known on the relationship between foreign language anxiety and engineering graduate students' language performances. To fill the gap, this study employed a self-report anxiety scale called…