Primary school teachers are important in children's learning of mathematics, and maths anxiety development has been partly attributed to children's classroom experiences (Das & Das, 2013). Maths anxiety was explored in UK primary school teachers, with a view to understanding its development and impact. Data from four semi-structured individual…

In this article, we welcome the reader into our embodied teaching experiences. We invite the reader into our classrooms to see how our social justice pedagogies occur in real time and are experienced by the intersections of our race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In this article, using narrative vignettes and autoethnography as our method, we…

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school closures all over the globe and forced students to embark on digital learning to ensure learning continuity. The implementation of digital learning on educational settings has posed challenges particularly for developing countries to improve human resources and infrastructure. On this basis, this study…

All schools in Turkey have switched to distance learning since the onset of the pandemic. This paper investigated Turkish teachers' attitudes towards distance learning based on different variables. This study adopted a mixed research design employing both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. The sample consisted of 292 Turkish…

Through a phenomenological lens of portraiture methodology, this article explores the career experiences of a veteran acting teacher who, at the age of 85 years, remains highly passionate and dedicated to his work with younger aspiring actors. The article reveals how for this veteran teacher, his strong teacher identity characterised by a quest…

In this article, we explore the experiences and self-reflections of faculty as CANVAS Ambassadors at Morgan State University, a Historically Black University in Baltimore, Maryland, during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The university transitioned to remote/online instruction using the CANVAS™ learning management system in March of 2020. The…

The present study investigated newly recruited native-speaking teachers of the English Program in Korea (EPIK) with a focus on their individual characteristics, their perceptions on second language (L2) learning and teaching processes, and their teaching experience as a variable (novice vs. expert) in their understanding of language learning and…

Mental health problems (MHPs) amongst university students are increasing in the UK and internationally. Academic staff have a potentially important role in supporting students with MHPs, but the literature indicates that most lack the knowledge and skills to do so. Studies on academics' experiences of working with students with MHPs have generally…

Selective mutism (SM) is typically identified in early childhood and is characterised by a lack of speech in specific social situations, usually at school. This study interviewed 11 teachers and used qualitative methods to develop an explanatory framework to represent the lived experience of teaching pupils with SM. Interviews were analysed using…

Purpose: English teachers who write have valuable expertise that can benefit students. Although there is a fair amount of research on teacher-writers, little is known about teachers' writing lives outside of educational or professional contexts. This paper aims to investigate the writing lives and teaching beliefs of five writing contest winners.…

Educational games are included in student-centered practices in the contemporary education system, which are suitable for the purpose of raising students who know themselves and love to research and learn. Educational games enable children to develop their cognitive, social and psycho-motor skills by being inspired by activities that are different…

Quality Matters certification is regarded by many American universities, including the university where the study was conducted, as the industry standard for quality online course design. Although a wide body of research has been completed on Quality Matters rubric effectiveness in changing course design, research was needed to explore faculty…

As schools make a shift to standards-based grading to ensure greater equity and clarity of expectations and more transparency in reporting progress on academic and behavior expectations, teachers are required to adopt new practices. Understanding the impact such a change has on teachers' sense of self-efficacy and effectiveness in the classroom is…

Developing characteristics of culturally responsive teaching in mathematics is a complex endeavor. Although the field of research on culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching in mathematics is vast, few studies have specifically addressed the transformation of mathematics teachers as they strive to implement culturally…

This study examined the impact that a well-defined relationship between principals and coaches has on teachers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine participants at 2 middle schools in one district in New England; one principal, one coach, and four teachers were interviewed at one site, and one principal, one coach, and one teacher…