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Jenni Sullanmaa; Tiina Soini; Janne Pietarinen; Kirsi Pyhältö – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
Teachers' engagement in active learning from and within their professional community is highly dependent on the support they receive from their colleagues. In this study we examined teachers' sense of agency in the professional community and its relationship with received professional recognition over a five-year follow-up. The sample comprised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Professional Identity, Professional Autonomy
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Rosenfeld, Itamar; Yemini, Miri; Mamlok, Dan – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
In the context of global mobility research, this study explores agency and identity formation among mid-career teachers who travel abroad to experience teaching in a new country. We conducted in-depth interviews with 16 Israeli teachers and examined their retrospective narratives of their teaching experience. Our findings reveal a complex nexus of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Itinerant Teachers, Foreign Workers, International Programs
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Shavard, Galina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
The article explores how space for professional agency is structured and used by teachers in collaborative professional development. Taking an ecological perspective on teacher agency and using a case study of with multiple data sets, the analysis identifies two patterns of agentic orientations. The conclusions discuss limitations associated with…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Collaboration, Case Studies
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Halvorsen, Øyvind Wiik; Eide, Liv; Ulvik, Marit – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This article examines the sociocultural shaping of "teacher agency" by focusing on how various conditions "mediate" teachers' perceived professional space. Agency is understood from a "sociocultural" perspective as the mediated capacity to act, which is achieved and exercised "in" a professional space, and,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Professional Identity
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Molla, Tebeje; Nolan, Andrea – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
Drawing on the capability approach to human development and Bourdieuan reflexive sociology, this paper explores the interplay of teacher agency and professional practice. The paper names five facets of teacher agency. It shows that teachers with a strong sense of agency actively seek learning opportunities--inquisitive agency; think effortfully…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Sullivan, Anna; Johnson, Bruce; Simons, Michele; Tippett, Neil – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
Early career teachers are increasingly required to be 'classroom ready' upon graduation and to demonstrate capabilities that match their more experienced colleagues. They are also joining a profession that is characterised by increased scrutiny and accountability driven by standards that seek to identify the hallmarks of good teaching. This…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Effectiveness
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Edwards, Anne – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This reflection on the eight papers in this special issue examines the theoretical stances and methodological resources to be found in them. It offers a definition of agency which emphasises commitment, responsibility, strong judgements, self-evaluation, connection to the common good and attention to what people do. Having examined how the papers…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Professional Identity, Professional Autonomy, Teaching (Occupation)
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Ye, Juyan; Zhao, Di – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate how three Chinese teachers developed their teacher identities in a reform context. Drawing upon data from a larger social historical study, the work-life narratives of the three teachers at different stages of their careers were used as case studies to showcase three types of teacher identity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Professional Identity, Case Studies