STELIOS ORPHANOS FREDERICK UNIVERSITY CYPRUS

Population:The population of the study includesall full-time teachers who wereemployed in the Limassol Districtduring the school year 2011-12(approximately 950 teachers).Half of the district’s schools wererandomly selected forparticipating in the study.Surveys mailed to schools andcompleted by teachers and sentback to researcher. Surveys wereadministered from February 2012through April 2012.Sample :The final sample consists of 236teachers who returned a fullycompleted survey for a responserate of 54%.Sample descriptive stats:73% female26% with a Masters or a doctorate,21% had less than 5 years ofprofessional experience11% had more than 20 years ofprofessional experience4:57 PM pre.os@fit.ac.cy Stelios Orphanos / Frederick Univ. Cyprus 10