The notion of inert benevolence has been written about in the context of primary school teachers working with "languages beyond English" (Cunningham and Little, 2022). However, the concept has a broader relevance for those working in education and this paper seeks to explore it more fully, through the use of the metaphor of a…

Purpose: Despite noted instances of organizational cronyism in public sector Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), there is a lack of empirical evidence on its detrimental outcomes. The present investigation tested the impact of organizational cronyism on knowledge hiding via the mediating role of moral disengagement and moderating role of…

While the majority of scholarly investigations concerning pedagogical behavior predominantly underscore verbal communication, the significance of nonverbal behavior remains inadequately examined. This research endeavors to propose a theoretical framework pertaining to educators' nonverbal communication and introduces two artificial…

Purpose: This study investigates how digital literacy, digital competence and work behavior influence online teaching productivity among educators in higher education. It aims to understand how these elements interact to enhance digital teaching effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach: A mixed-methods approach was employed. Quantitative data…

Studies have shown that teacher leaders take the initiative to shape and exercise pastoral care practices to meet the rapid changes in student learning and well-being. The present study aims to examine and conceptualize the relationship between teacher entrepreneurial behaviour (TEB) and the renewal of pastoral care practices while accounting for…

Current research has shown that transformational leadership improves instructional practice, particularly by creating an environment that promotes educators and fosters a sense of belonging to improve teaching and learning efficacy. Despite substantial evidence that transformational leadership motivates educators, improves change-oriented…

Carolin Dale wondered whether she created enough opportunities for her English-language learners to challenge themselves as they used English orally in her classroom. She decided to find out. She started by investigating whether she was taking up too much of the "speaking time". As a result of what she discovered by recording and…

The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) is a Department of Defense (DOD) program in over 3,400 U.S. public high schools and is designed to educate students on leadership and citizenship. In 2022, allegations that JROTC instructors had inappropriately touched, spoken to, or sexually assaulted students raised safety questions about the…

In their pursuits of feeling successful, autistic college students may turn to several sources and tools. Until now, however, we largely have not understood what most matters to them. Stemming from a national study of autistic college student success, this paper explores the role of faculty members as a major piece of students' feelings of…

This study explored college students' perspectives on care received from their instructors. Care-based pedagogy, emphasizing the importance of cultivating caring relationships between instructors and students, has gained recognition as a valuable framework for enhancing student engagement and fostering a sense of belonging. However, limited…

A positive teacher-student relationship has been found to affect students' attitudes toward bullying, and in turn, their engagement in bullying behavior. However, no investigation has been conducted to explore whether the teacher-student relationship influences teachers' attitudes with respect to bullying. The aim of this study was to examine…

The quasi-market condition of education intensified the need to seek ongoing school improvements, manage uncertainty, and innovate school-wide pedagogy and curricula. Sequentially, interest in teachers' entrepreneurial behavior (TEB) has grown rapidly in recent years, which established the importance of entrepreneurial behavior as an effective…

While recent research demonstrates that teacher noticing is a core construct of teaching, it also raises new questions about this construct. Here, we offer an expanded framework that addresses three key questions. Specifically, we suggest that attending involves not only selecting particular features of instruction to observe, but also…

This study mainly aims to identify the correlations between school principals' toxic leadership characteristics and teachers' perceptions of mobbing. Beside its fundamental purpose, this study also aims to identify the levels of school principals' toxic leadership characteristics and of teachers' mobbing perception and whether or not those levels…

Racial disparities are consistently present in the office discipline referral data for schools. Beginning in primary grades, African-American students are frequently punished more severely and more often than their peers who display similar behavior. Nationally, during the 2017-1018 school year, over two million K-12 public school students were…