Distributed leadership is critical for fostering teachers' teaching innovation in schools. Few studies have examined the mechanisms by which distributed leadership influences teachers' teaching innovation. To address this gap, this study aimed to reveal the mediating roles of teaching autonomy and teaching efficacy in the relationship between…

Education reform requires the commitment and investment of teachers if it is to succeed. Recognising the importance of teacher engagement, some countries have made teacher agency a feature of their curricula. Wales has embraced the notion of teacher agency within the building of its new curriculum by creating a body of Pioneer teachers to shape…

Decisions about assessment are often built on myths about teacher professional judgment and subjectivity that prioritize standardized assessment over classroom assessment. Ken O'Connor and Matt Townsley discuss some of the most common myths and explain how to dispel them by developing clear guidelines in which teachers can exercise their judgment,…

Purpose: Teachers unions in the United States are increasingly taking up issues of equity and justice. While there is a growing and robust body of scholarship on leading for equity, unions are rarely included as sources of education leadership. This creates an opportunity to not only consider unions in these equity efforts, but also re-shape our…

In this article, we attempt to understand English teachers' perceptions, practices, and challenges concerning social agency through an integrative literature review to build and draw an interpretative framework and generate new knowledge. To achieve this, 58 empirical studies published in a period of seventeen years--2006 to 2023--were selected…

This study examined the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between perceived teacher autonomy support and deep learning in physical education from a selected public higher education institution. Although autonomy-supportive teaching is widely recognized for enhancing student motivation and engagement, the specific processes that…

Reading in elementary school is central to supporting student reading development. However, a gap exists in current research regarding the types of texts that teachers select for reading instruction and the instructional contexts in which that reading occurs. Teachers' autonomy to select texts and activities for reading instruction is complex and…

This qualitative study examined how Black women secondary teachers developed and enacted their agency to teach literacy to diverse youth. I interviewed six English language arts and history teachers working in racially and ethnically diverse Title 1 schools. Findings reveal that participants drew from watershed moments in their cultural histories…

This second collection of perspectives on excessive teacher/faculty entitlement draws together authors from nine countries to address afresh the 'conundrums' affecting teaching and teacher education through the new lens afforded by the notion of excessive entitlement. "After Excessive Teacher and Faculty Entitlement" helps…

Increasing numbers of studies have concentrated on teacher autonomy which is considered a crucial component in the work of teachers. This study explores the mediating role of teachers' self-efficacy beliefs in the relationship between organizational trust and teacher autonomy. Data were drawn from 326 teachers working in a southwest city of…

This article assesses the basis of trust in academic development as it relates to the current standing of academic development as a profession against established, distinguishing criteria of professions. These are: (1) possession of an inwardly-defined, esoteric, and specialized body of knowledge and skills; (2) collective autonomy over the…

Despite a large body of research upon language teachers received technical knowledge, only a few studies have accounted for their own understanding of their self-as-teacher since the beginning of the new millennium. The dichotomy between the technical and human dimensions that it implies for education is addressed as perpetuated by neoliberal…

The main goal of this research was to investigate the complex relationships among school teachers' psychological distress, subjective happiness, workplace happiness, autonomy, and teaching efficacy using a moderated mediation analysis. A random cluster sampling procedure was used to select a total of 321 survey participants (187 male and 134…

Grounded in Social Cognitive Theory and Self-Determination Theory, this study examines the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and motivational teaching styles in the classroom using a sample of 625 Portuguese teachers. Participants completed the Portuguese version of the Situations-in-School (SIS) questionnaire and the Teacher…

Although servant leadership is recognized as a significant predictor of workplace well-being, research exploring the underlying mediating and moderating mechanisms that define this link is limited. To bridge this gap, the current study draws on the Job Demands-Resources theory to propose a theoretical hypothesis model, incorporating job autonomy…