The importance of experienced teachers cannot be underestimated. They can help raise the performance of students and improve the overall quality of schooling by supporting less-experienced colleagues. This "Teaching in Focus: Where to find experienced teachers?" analyses the distribution of teachers across schools from two different but…

This research, which aims to determine the regulatory role of mindfulness in the relationship between creative thinking and reflective thinking, is a mixed method research in which quantitative and qualitative research methods are used together. The research was designed in a mixed-method convergent parallel design. The quantitative part was…

This case study reports on the professional identity development of a group of beginning in-service teacher educators in Türkiye. The focus was on investigating how a group of in-service teacher educators' participation in professional communities and their collaboration with experienced educators and teachers affected their professional identity…

The purpose of this research is to examine the opinions of teachers and school administrators regarding the Regulation of Teaching Career Steps published by the Ministry of Education. The study group of the research, designed within the framework of the phenomenology research model, one of the qualitative research approaches, consists of a total…

In brief, paid teaching is the recruitment of teachers for a temporary period. Teacher self-efficacy, on the other hand, is thought to be important in order to maximize the expected benefit from the educational system. The purpose of this research is to reveal the self-efficacy beliefs of paid teachers in Turkey. The participants consist of 906…

Effective teaching demands educators to have multifarious competencies and skills, which is quite challenging. Lots of research examining the difficulties relating to these concerns has been carried out in traditional faceto-face educational settings notably by focusing on classroom management skills and technological proficiency which are…

The present study aimed to explore the professional identity development of English teachers through the lens of the Possible Selves Theory, focusing on the experiences of three distinct groups of educators. An explanatory sequential mixed-method research design was employed using 194 student, novice and experienced English teachers working or…

Courses in teacher training programmes, especially science method courses, play a major role in the development of beliefs. Because children's science learning starts in preschool years, it is critical to investigate early childhood teachers' beliefs about scientists and science teaching. The purpose of this study was to describe, document, and…

This book is the first volume devoted to mindset theory and practice in language education, offering interdisciplinary investigations into the motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing of language learners and teachers. Presenting studies from a vast array of language learning environments, the chapters explore topics such as students'…

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted various teaching and learning practices. Teachers worldwide had to adapt their instructional methods to teach from a distance, often without prior training. This abrupt transition resulted in significant alterations to their professional identities, which remain largely unexplored and uninvestigated…

The purpose of the research, which was the second phase of a two-phase study, was to reveal experienced educators' suggestions for solutions to the challenges to technology integration. Participants were 117 experienced educators as experts in their fields, selected and invited by Turkish Ministry of Education from among ministerial, provincial,…

Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is one of the most important research topics in science teacher education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the PCK of science teachers with different teaching experiences and examine the effects of teachers' PCK on students' achievement and attitudes toward science. A mixed methods research design…

The aim of this study was to comparatively examine in-service physical education teachers' and preservice physical education teachers' levels of belief in education. This study, which was carried out with the participation of physical education teachers (n=266) employed in various cities of Turkey, as well as first grade (n=73) and fourth grade…

This study investigates the professional development needs of novice EFL teachers in Türkiye, incorporating perspectives from multiple stakeholders. Additionally, it evaluates novice teachers' perceptions of the induction program prepared for novice teachers by the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE). Data collected from 109 participants…

Despite new challenges in selecting and using curriculum resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers continued to use existing resources published by the ministry or global publishers. Understanding how teachers use curriculum resources is necessary for designing more effective curricula and drawing lessons for professional development. This…