This study investigates how Korean in-service English teachers' awareness of World Englishes relates to their perceptions and practices in English listening instruction. A total of 200 secondary school teachers completed a questionnaire including Likert-scale and open-ended items. Results indicated that teachers aware of World Englishes were more…

Background/purpose: Teachers' professional identity is viewed by the researchers as a dynamic process, evolving through both professional training and accumulated experience, rather than a fixed construct. This study explores the dynamic formation of professional identity in Kosovo ECE teachers, based on Kelchtermans' (2009) and Canrinus et al.'s…

Alternative Teacher Credentialing Programs (ATCPs) in the United States, prepare new teachers in as few as five weeks before they begin teaching in classrooms. Despite their expansion, little is known about how such programs prepare teachers of color (TOC) to teach historically marginalized students in schools. This study examines the preparation…

To transform existing education practices in tackling different challenges and future uncertainties, it is essential to engage teachers as active agents in students' learning, collegial collaboration, school development and societal issues throughout the career. This study investigates the change and continuity of teacher professional agency…

Classroom discussions of social issues, ranging from gun violence and climate change to race and gender identity, have become risky and politicised, dividing parents and educators along ideological lines and leading to censorship. Journalistic teaching and learning in secondary school English classes present one viable solution. However, few…

This study explores the interplay between grit (individual perseverance) and ground (cultural grounding) in the academic experiences of marginalized scholars, emphasizing the role of cultural sustainability in fostering resilience and success. The research highlights the structural barriers scholars face through qualitative narratives, including…

Silence in classrooms is an undervalued and understudied phenomenon. There is limited research on how teachers behave and think during teachers' silence in lessons. There are also methodological constraints due to the lack of teacher's talk during silence. This study used eye-tracking technology to visualize the noticing patterns of two science…

This study is a narrative research that aims to reveal the meanings attributed to this experience by a teacher who resigned while showing quiet quitting. The participant, who was included in the study with the criterion sampling method, is a person who has 4 years of professional seniority and experienced quiet quitting while working as a guidance…

Creativity is one of the top skills in today's flat and global society, so creativity development should be one of the priority goals of education. In formal education, the effectiveness of creativity development significantly depends on teachers' beliefs about creativity. This study surveyed 394 Ukrainian teachers to explore their beliefs about…

High-stakes assessments continue to command a directing influence on education systems globally. While there is much research detailing the challenges associated with this curricular framework, there is little evidence of a move away from high-stakes assessment frameworks to date. Accordingly, attention is being drawn to spaces and opportunities…

Researchers used a transcendental phenomenological approach to explore the experiences of faculty members in a Faculty Research Hub design team at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Through data analysis, several themes emerged: (1) Support and leadership, (2) Commitment to improvement, (3) Individual motivation, (4) Structure and collaborative…

Due to rising linguistic diversity and educational disparities in Austria, a German-language-support model was installed in 2018-2019 across Austrian schools. This study examines teachers' professional identity in this program. The study uses qualitative data from interviews with 21 female teachers across 13 Viennese primary schools to explore…

The aim of this study is to determine the levels of workplace loneliness among middle school mathematics teachers and to examine whether these levels differ based on specific demographic variables, as well as to conduct an in-depth analysis of teachers' experiences with workplace loneliness. Employing an explanatory mixed-methods design, the…

Participation is seen as an important right for learners, though there is lack of evidence to understand learners' views on classroom practice. This includes decisions about grouping learners, for example, in terms of their prior attainment or perceived 'ability'. This research took place in Wales where children's rights are strongly promoted as…

This study explores how online assessment tools can support the development of pre-service secondary teachers' assessment competencies, with a focus on the impact of prior teaching experience. It was conducted with a sample of 3,780 pre-service teachers at Pegaso University in Italy, 64.9% of whom had experience of working in a school for an…