Professional development of vocational teachers is perceived as an integral part of their professional activity. A lot of research has been conducted which has examined and evaluated the forms and strategies used to enhance vocational teachers' professional development, its performance and effectiveness in different contexts, mostly by applying…

This methodological article expands the conversation about the contribution of joint displays in theoretically driven mixed method research in psychological fields. The author makes a distinction between basic displays that align qualitative and quantitative data or findings side-by-side from more dynamic displays that are used as analytical…

There have been several attempts to conceptualize and operationalize pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in the context of teachers' professional competencies. A recent and popular model is the Refined Consensus Model (RCM), which proposes a framework of dispositional competencies (personal PCK--pPCK) that influence more action-related…

The purpose of this paper is two-fold: it begins by exploring communication patterns in Iranian second language (L2) classrooms, then describes the implementation of action research in two different cycles to enable teachers to identify possible problems in their L2 classrooms and find ways to improve them. Through qualitative analysis of…

Purpose: This article explores challenges faced by doctoral candidates using grounded theory (GT) in their theses, focusing on coding, theory development and time constraints. It also examines the impact of doctoral committees on GT dissertations, addressing epistemological clashes and the desire for familiarity over novelty.…

Background: Research coproduction is advocated as an approach to produce more impactful evidence, by valuing a diversity of expertise and integrating knowledge users into research processes. Yet, extant literature finds that trying to bridge boundaries between different types of knowledge can also cause collaboration challenges and present…

Following the positive youth development perspective that emphasizes the importance of focusing on the positive assets of youth to be developed, this study examined the variables related with mental toughness, a trainable skill that is associated with psychological and academic well-being outcomes, in preadolescent youth. The effect of…

Developing summative assessment literacy for valid instruction is a qualification requirement for language teachers in Sweden. Yet novice teachers may be unprepared for how to implement regulations in practice. They may even experience a reality shock when facing large classes in which knowledge levels and motivation vary substantially or when…

Culturally responsive community-school partnerships can help support students' well-being, and the facilitators, barriers, and benefits of community-school partnerships in Indigenous communities may be unique due to historic and contemporary sociopolitical influences. The aims of the current study were to explore facilitators, barriers, and…

The purpose of this grounded theory was to discover the process of undergraduate students' music teacher identity development in the first 2 years of their preservice music education program. Participants in this study were 21 undergraduate students from an introduction to music education course. We collected multiple types of data, including…

To deal with the harmful consequences of teachers' stress and burnout, there has been a growing call for the development of resilience in teacher preparation programs. Despite the importance of teachers' resilience, it seems that insufficient studies have been done on Iranian EFL teachers' resilience resources and strategies that make them immune…

Purpose: Although grounded theory (GT) was introduced in 1967, GT remains widely misunderstood as scholars incorporate a limited spectrum of the GT techniques and fail to integrate GT's full potential into academic research. The purpose of this article is, therefore, to discuss divergences between four GT strategies and by doing so to provide…

This study focuses on Grounded Theory, which is one of the qualitative research designs. Glaser and Strauss developed the Grounded Theory; it has been revised by other scientists, resulting in three distinct Grounded Theory approaches: the systematic design (Corbin and Strauss approach), the classical design (Glaser approach), and the…

This paper uses a qualitative approach and analysis inspired by Grounded Theory to address the conditions for generative reflection based on the social representations of tutors and students in initial teacher training. The findings reveal high regard for reflection among both sets of actors. There is also evidence of the predominantly guiding…

Constructivist grounded theory has earned a place in research worldwide and been applied in diverse fields. However, in educational research of teachers' work in the classroom from the perspective of the teacher, it has had a lesser impact on research methodology. We argue for the benefits to educational research when using a constructivist…