Teacher washout can disrupt teacher effectiveness and undermine the espoused pedagogy in teacher education programs. Teacher washout occurs once an individual occupies a teaching role after formal training but corresponds with the potency of teacher education programs and K-12 experiences. Teacher washout literature is limited and does not address…

Employee engagement is a critical component of a productive work environment. Female teachers have been found to exude lower levels of workforce engagement than their male counterparts based on a variety of quantitative studies completed in the past. Females dominate the field of education with nearly 70% of the workforce being comprised of women.…

America's teaching force does not represent the children in its classrooms. The majority of public-school teachers are white women, while the majority of their students are not. The system within which U.S. educators operate is infused with racist procedures and curriculum presented through a white, western, Eurocentric, patriarchal lens that…

This quantitative study analyzed the relationship between teacher autonomy and teachers' intentions to remain in the profession, job satisfaction, and years of experience. All participants completed the Continuing Validation of the Teaching Autonomy Scale, Teaching Satisfaction Scale, and answered questions concerning the demographics. When…

In this era of rapid technology growth, many countries have begun to adopt emerging technologies into their educational systems to improve learning outcomes. The aim of this study is to explore the factors influencing teachers' experiences of technostress while using new technology in academic classrooms and how it might be mitigated. Prior…

This study focuses on understanding language teachers' lived experiences of their stressors and positive uplifts from a holistic perspective covering their professional lives in school, their personal lives beyond, and the connection between the two. The aim was to explore the nature of teachers' experiences of stress and how they spilled over…

Publishing in the academy is a high-stakes activity often used to measure academic staff progress and inform promotion. Many universities have increased pressure on academics, even at the earliest stages of their careers, to publish in high-ranking journals resulting in increased stress and uncertainty. The authors of this paper are members of a…

This article walks through the experience of two instructors from Northeastern State University who helped the College of Business and Technology implement work-based learning. Work-based learning was implemented in response to the changing needs of businesses, however, there were some struggles that had to be worked through in order to make this…

The purpose of this case study was to understand what kinds of emotions university teachers experience in teaching, how these emotions influence the way the teachers experience their pedagogical competency and being and developing as a teacher, and how they reflect on their teaching and teaching-related emotions. Data were collected via…

This study provided a phenomenological account of 22 pre-service elementary teachers' experiences transitioning from being pre-service teachers learning the knowledge base about science instruction to teaching a physical science topic in a microteaching activity. This transition within a phase of the professional teacher continuum is just as…

Innovations in teaching and learning led to HyFlex, a new type of hybrid teaching modality that incorporates in-person learning options along with online learning (Beatty, 2019). In May and June 2022, faculty at a regional comprehensive university were invited to participate in in-depth interviews or open-ended surveys regarding their experiences…

The racial disparities in school discipline and lack of teacher diversity represent two pressing issues facing educational equity. While traditional measures of teacher quality center on experience and credentials, little extant literature situates teacher diversity as an aspect of teacher quality. To fill this gap, we explore how both teacher…

This article reports on original research investigating teacher wellbeing while teaching mathematics in relation to teacher identity. Using survey data from mathematics teachers (N = 402) participating in a teacher of mathematics support initiative, teacher wellbeing was operationally defined as the experience of wellbeing whilst teaching,…

Inquiry-based learning is becoming a widely recognized and used pedagogical approach. However, existing research has largely focused on inquiry learning in science education, neglecting fields such as social studies (SS). In Singapore, inquiry learning in SS received an impetus when a component called "Issue Investigation" (II) was…

With mobile technology rapidly permeating all aspects of modern society, including education, research on teaching and learning has not only demonstrated its benefits but also highlighted certain limitations, while resistance to their usage continues to be a common response among teachers. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing about…