The self-efficacy and professional engagement of novice teachers were examined in the context of a teacher development programme (TDP) in the Chinese vocational education context. A pre- and post-test control group design was used. The experimental and control groups contained 41 and 42 novice teachers, respectively, who were mostly in their first…

Considering COVID-19 as a boundary-crossing event, the study sought to bring forward the voices of teacher educators (TEs) in Israel as boundary-crossers. It focused on their sense of self-efficacy, professional learning, and professional identities in COVID-19 circumstances. The results of this nationwide quantitative research (N = 385) revealed…

Although informal teacher learning (ITL) has been deemed critical for teachers in various contexts, it remains unknown how different kinds of ITL are associated with teacher self-efficacy, and how these relationships differ between public school teachers and private school teachers. Based on sociocultural theory and reflection theory, this study…

As part of the flourishing line of research into teachers' emotions, we report the preliminary evidences of efficacy of a pilot Italian intervention program conducted following the Ethics of Human Relations (ERH) approach. The theoretical background of the ERH approach is the attempt to integrate the construct of False and True Self with cognitive…

This brief article reports on a professional development programme aiming to provide professional training and support to EMI teachers in a university in China. Drawing on interview data with five participants, the findings show that the programme improved the teachers' self-efficacy by guiding teachers to think about the nature of EMI and its…

Cooperative learning is an evidence-based teaching strategy that has positive effects on students' academic and social learning, but teachers use the strategy in class infrequently. Teacher collaboration has the potential to support teachers in the transformation of knowledge into the implementation of new teaching methods. In an experimental…

Teacher recruitment and retention is an international challenge. In England the government have reported that more teachers leave before retirement age than five years ago, 30% within five years and schools are finding it difficult to fill posts with quality teachers . This paper evaluates the contribution of the research-informed RETAIN Early…

In order to achieve the standard expected in the classroom, teachers benefit from continuing professional development that enables access to resources with which to inform their practice. Smith and Helfenbein's "Translational Research in Education: Collaboration and Commitment in Urban Contexts." "In The Collaborative Turn: Working…