The Research Self-Efficacy of Elementary Teachers:Current status,Factors,and Strategies for Improvement

Research self-efficacy is of great significance for teachers to improve their interest and achievements in scientific research.In this study,261 elementary teachers were surveyed through online questionnaires to understand their research self-efficacy.The results showed that most elementary teachers have good research self-efficacy;education background,years of teaching,research environment,and attitude toward research all had influence on the research self-efficacy of elementary teachers.Based on this situation,schools should make efforts,such as improving communication,providing financial support,establishing a scientific research support center,and helping teachers under unfavorable situations.For elementary teachers,they should realize the importance of education research and improve their research literacy。

Relationship of Workaholism with Stress and Job Burnout of Elementary School Teachers

Teachers voluntarily devote a lot of time to their vocational activates. This can lead to workaholism and may result in stress and job burnout. The main objective of the current study is to examine the relationship of workaholism with stress and job burnout of elementary school teachers in Zahedan. This is a descriptive-correlational study. The sample includes 350 elementary school teachers in Zahedan whom are selected through applying stratified random sampling method and are examined using questionnaires on workaholism, occupational stress, and job burnout. To analyze the obtained data, correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression analysis are applied using SPSS21. Teachers’ mean scores on workaholism, stress and job burnout are higher than the considered theoretical mean. Workaholism and its components (feeling of being driven to work, work involvement, and work enjoyment) are significantly and positively related to job burnout and occupational stress (p ). The results of simultaneous multiple regression analysis indicate that components of workaholism can predict teachers’ occupational stress and job burnout (p ). Considering the results, holding training courses for teachers to become familiar with the phenomena of workaholism, stress, and job burnout, individual and organizational outcomes, methods of dealing with them and managing them effectively is highly recommended.

An Assessment Scale for Evaluating the Experimental Design Ability of Elementary Science Teachers Based on Primary Trait Analysis

In this study,an assessment scale for evaluating the experimental design ability of elementary science teachers was constructed based on primary trait analysis.This assessment scale contains three first-level indexes and eleven second-level indexes.The corresponding weights of indexes were determined by the objective weighting method.The scores of all the descriptions of the indexes were also assigned.After a trial test,this assessment scale was verified to be reliable and valid for evaluating the experimental design ability of elementary science teachers.

Analysis on the Status Quo and Paths of Informatization Teaching Ability of Teachers in Rural Primary and Middle Schools in Hotan Area

This study conducted an in-depth analysis of the informatization teaching ability of teachers in rural primary and secondary schools in Hotan area through the literature method and questionnaire survey method.The investigation is mainly conducted in the aspects of teachers’informatization awareness,teachers’informatization ability,informatization application status,and existing problems,etc.,analyzing the constraints existing in the informatization teaching of rural elementary and middle schools teachers,and making targeted improvements Strategies for teachers’informatization teaching ability in rural elementary and middle schools:raising awareness of informatization teaching;informatization teaching training;informatization evaluation system;establishing a systematic and complete management system.

Teaching and Learning with the Number Zero

This paper attempted to summarize and depict a 50-minutes class for preservice elementary teachers regarding to how would they teach the number zero to students.The class was designed to promote conceptual understanding of zero and to remove learners’cognitive obstacles and misconceptions of arithmetic.Preservice teachers should first be prepared with the subject matter not only how to perform arithmetic operations but how to explain why the formula works like that.