The main purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between demographic variables (gender, experience of teaching, and educational background), playfulness, motivation of teaching, happiness and creative teaching among junior high school teachers. The participants in this study included 320 junior high school teachers in Kaohsiung City. The employed instruments included the Inventory of Creative Teaching Behaviors, the Inventory of Teacher Playfulness, the Inventory of Teaching Motivation, and the Inventory of Happiness. The applied analysis methods were Descriptive Statistics, One-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Canonical Correlation, and Discriminant Analysis. The main findings of this study were as follows: 1. The male teachers in junior high schools outperformed the female teachers in creative teaching, and the major differences were found on the dimensions of ¡§Interactive discussion and upgrading of thinking¡¨ and ¡§independent learning and challenge providing¡¨. 2. The teachers¡¦ experience of teaching and educational background did not have effects on their creative teaching. 3. The teachers¡¦ playfulness had positive effects on their creative teaching; more specifically, their playfulness in ¡§active sharing and atmosphere construction¡¨, ¡§enjoyment of trying and satisfaction obtaining¡¨, and ¡§easiness and self-recognition¡¨ had strong correlations with their creative teaching in ¡§varied teaching and motivation stimulation¡¨. 4. The teachers¡¦ motivation of teaching had positive effects on their creative teaching; more specifically, their teaching motivation of ¡§enjoying creation and problem solving¡¨ had the highest correlation with their creative teaching in ¡§independent learning and challenge providing¡¨. 5. The teachers¡¦ happiness had positive effects on their creative teaching; more specifically, their happiness in ¡§work enthusiasm and self-transcendence¡¨, ¡§Caring and optimism¡¨, and ¡§recognition and hope toward the value of life¡¨ had strong correlations with their creative teaching in ¡§varied teaching and motivation stimulation¡¨ and ¡§independent learning and challenge providing¡¨. 6. The playfulness, motivation of teaching, and happiness could jointly predict the teachers¡¦ performance in creative teaching, and the motivation of teaching and playfulness were the most powerful predictors. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for educational institutions, teachers, and further studies.

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of teachers’ perceptions on teacher leadership and motivational levels to engage in leadership roles at school. The research study was conducted within a qualitative research paradigm and took the form of a single case study in one secondary school in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Multi-data collection techniques included semi-structured interviews, a focus group interview, semi-structured and unstructured observations and document analysis. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.

This thesis is focused on usage of computer game (adventure game) in teaching of chemismy (posted on internet since 2017). Game is situated to the town of České Budějovice and contains set of tests from Inorganic chemisty. This game can be used to motivate students to study chemistry on primary schools.

This thesis is focused on usage of computer game (adventure game) in teaching of chemistry. Game is situated to the town of Český Krumlov and contains set of tests from nomenclature (names and symbols of chemical elements). This game can be used to motivate students to study chemistry on lower grades of grammar schools and higher grades of elementary schools.

This diploma thesis focuses on the topic of motivation for a job of teaching assistant and reasons for maintaining in the status. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis is divided into seven chapters. It is mainly focused on development of school integration, pupils with special educational needs and posibilities for taking part into the regular schools in the Czech Republic. It describes attitudes of general public towards people with disabilities, indicators of educational inclusion and inclusive culture of school. It describes the role of a teaching assistant his duties, competences and workload in educational context. The main object of a research presented in the empirical part is to examine the reasons that are related to acceptance of a job of teaching assistant. Furthemore, it analysed motivation for remaining in the status of teaching assistant in a long term. The research was realised by the in-depth interviews.

The aim of this research is to determine Japanese first-year university students’ attitudes to and motivation for learning English. A successful English-language education system is crucial for Japan, under great pressure to internationalise during her most prolonged recession ever. To help make the education system successful, knowledge of learners’ attitudes and motivation is essential. Chapter 1 discusses Japan as a stage for English-language education. Japan is identified as uniquely homogenous and insular. Internationalisation of industry and a drop in the college-age population forcing universities to compete for students are identified as recent phenomena driving reform in the English-language education system. Chapter 2 describes the roughly 130-year history of Japanese English-language education from first contact to the present day. Changes in the English-language education policies of successive Japanese governments are discussed through examination of the Ministry of Education ‘Course of Study’ guidelines. Chapter 3 surveys the theoretical literature on attitudes and motivation in foreign and second language learning. Significant and relevant empirical research from Japan and other countries is reviewed. Chapter 4 determines an approach to the main research question through a number of subsidiary questions, using the theoretical framework from Chapter 3. A detailed research design (methods, schedule, and data collection procedures) is drawn up and discussed. Chapter 5 presents and analyses the findings of the two questionnaires which form the main data collection method. The computer program SPSS is used in analysis. Chapter 6 presents and analyses the findings of the two group interviews and two individual interviews by categorising and descriptive explanation. Chapter 7, the final chapter, reviews the research process and answers the subsidiary and main research questions. Key themes are that Japanese students are highly motivated to learn English for communication, and that the English classes currently offered at universities do not meet the demands of Japanese students. These answers and themes are used as the basis for some recommendations for English-language education in Japan.

Submitted by Ivaneide Dantas (ivaneided@gmail.com) on 2013-01-21T01:59:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 IVANEIDE DANTAS - DISSERTAÇÃO - VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 1569516 bytes, checksum: d5acb14f1f047fe74dc40e25bd977283 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2013-01-31T11:15:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 IVANEIDE DANTAS - DISSERTAÇÃO - VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 1569516 bytes, checksum: d5acb14f1f047fe74dc40e25bd977283 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2013-02-04T11:26:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 IVANEIDE DANTAS - DISSERTAÇÃO - VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 1569516 bytes, checksum: d5acb14f1f047fe74dc40e25bd977283 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-02-04T11:35:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IVANEIDE DANTAS - DISSERTAÇÃO - VERSÃO FINAL.pdf: 1569516 bytes, checksum: d5acb14f1f047fe74dc40e25bd977283 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-31 / O estudo aqui apresentado tem como objetivo analisar e compreender fatores motivacionais que impulsionam profissionais de educação do ensino básico a buscarem participação em cursos de especialização lato sensu na área de educação. O caminho metodológico escolhido e que embasou a análise e a interpretação dos dados foi a Técnica de Análise de Conteúdo, tendo como suporte os estudos de Bardin (2011). O presente estudo inclui-se no modelo de pesquisa de abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa. O questionário é composto por questões relacionadas com o levantamento dos dados biográficos dos respondentes, os itens estão configurados em uma escala de Likert sobre os fatores motivacionais que mobilizam os profissionais de educação a participarem do curso de especialização e duas questões subjetivas sobre as expectativas dos respondentes acerca das novas competências adquiridas e contribuições para a prática profissional. O estudo foi realizado através da pesquisa de campo onde coletamos dados a partir de um questionário semiestruturado. A amostra estudada está composta por 122 (cento e vinte e dois) respondentes qualificados para o nosso estudo, com formação em pedagogia ou licenciaturas diversas. O campo de estudo foi a FAFIRE – Faculdade Frassinete do Recife - no ano de 2012 e considerou alunos participantes de nove cursos de especialização voltados para a área de educação. Os resultados nos permitiram identificar e compreender os principais fatores que motivam os professores na busca de ampliação do seu conhecimento, podendo ser sintetizados como sendo fatores voltados para a profissionalidade e prática docente, empregabilidade e a questão salarial. / The present study is aimed to analyze and understand the motivational factors that drive primary school teachers to participate in lato sensu specialization courses in education. The methodological approach used in data analysis and interpretation was the Content Analysis Technique described by Bardin (2011). This study uses a research method that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The questionnaire consists of questions related to respondents’ biographical data. The items use a Likert scale on the motivation factors that stimulate teachers to participate in the specialization course and two subjective questions on the expectations of respondents regarding the newly acquired experiences and the contributions to their professional practice. The study was conducted through field research where semi-structured questionnaire is used for data collection. The sample is composed of 122 (one hundred and twenty-two) qualified respondents with degree in pedagogy or other courses. The field of study was FAFIRE – Faculdade Frassinete, from Recife, in 2012, and included students from nine specialization courses in education. The results allowed us to identify and understand the main factors that encourage teachers to expand their knowledge. These factors concern professionalism and teaching practice, employability and salaries.

1 Abstract This diploma thesis deals with motivation in teaching profession. It is devided into two parts. The teoratical part summarizes issues and motivation of teaching profession. The aim of the empirical part is research analysis focused on the view of the respondents' issues, their experiences and opinions. The results show that due to the respondents there are a lot of unsatisfactory factors, which are not long-term resolvable while these respondents speak about positive factors just sporadically. It is understood for them that some teachers were left the teaching profession.

The dissertation is focused on changes in an attitude and initiative students at secondary special school with gastronomy orientation to study special subjects after realization a creative project: "Welcome Day - Day of Open Door - Halloween." The target group are students of Secondary School and College for Tourist Industry in České Budějovice. The dissertation is divided into fifth chapters. I the first two chapters different opinions of experts in teaching methods, classical and alternative methods of education and teaching, teachers competence and authority participation, experimental education are compared. The thirds chapter contains proposals for topics of project learning in schools with gastronomy orientation. There is an enumeration of folk traditions and their connection with the culture and gastronomy. The fourth chapter describes the project realization in Secondary School and College for Tourist Industry in České Budějovice. The fifth chapter contains the research targets, the research methods and interpretation of research results. The target of the dissertation is questionnaire comparison of students' attitudes after realization the project learning. The research assumptions are that students appreciate extension special subjects of folk traditions and do not reject to participation in the pro?ject realization.