The teacher-student relationship represents the foundational and pivotal interpersonal connection within educational settings, and this relation exerts a substantial influence on students' development and contributes significantly to teachers' well-being. The existing research mainly focuses on how student-related factors impact the…

Determination of integrated STEM teacher competencies for the effective use of STEM education is important in terms of managing the learning process and performing STEM integration effectively. More studies are needed to identify and describe STEM teacher competencies as a result of comprehensive research. The purpose of this research was to…

The study examines two types of pre-service teachers' teaching motivation and perceptions of teacher morality in China through the following three research questions: (1) What are pre-service teachers' teaching motivations and perceptions of teacher morality? (2) What is the relationship between pre-service teachers' perceptions of teaching…

Despite the evidence supporting reciprocal peer observation (RPO) for teacher professional development, extant literature has reported that teacher resistance is a barrier to its implementation. Few studies have analysed the variables that moderate resistance to RPO. Based on data from 394 in-service teachers who participated in an RPO…

Different from critical literature reviews offering macro-level perspectives on non-native speakerhood/teacherhood traditionally characterized by such terms as native English-speaking teachers and non-native English-speaking teachers (Calafato, Kamhi-Stein, Selvi and Swearingen), this paper adopts a micro-level focus on the provocative question…

Using machine learning, this research aimed to examine the crucial factors that predict the reading performance of fourth-grade students from Türkiye who participated in PIRLS 2021. When trained with the data of 3589 fourth-grade students and their 405 independent variables, the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm properly distinguished between…

Who do students consider to be the best teachers? The authors find that students often point to the teachers who show up for them emotionally (Virtue & Hinnant-Crawford, 2019). Some teachers who build strong relationships with students can be described as warm demanders. A warm demander is a teacher who has high expectations (both academically…

Assessment literacy is an essential part of the teaching and learning process. Good assessment practices will have an impact on the quality of learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate assessment literacy among educators and identify the effects of gender, education, training, and work experience. A random sample of 134…

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between teachers' individual creativity and self-efficacy beliefs in applying constructivist approach. A correlational study was used in the research. As data collection tools, the Personal Information Form, the "Organizational Creativity Scale" and the "Teachers' Self-Efficacy…

This study aimed to examine primary school teachers' attitudes and self-efficacy towards using creative drama method in terms of certain variables. Relational screening model was used in the research and the sample was determined through convenient sampling. The study was conducted in the spring semester of the 2022-2023 academic year with the…

This study examines the characteristics and employment patterns of Hungarian higher education lecturers. It briefly outlines the development of Hungarian higher education after the change of the socialist regime (post-1990) and describes the force field in which lecturers work. It then presents some of the lecturers' characteristics (age, gender,…

This study explores the evolving image of British teachers through the analysis of literary works and contemporary perceptions among Ukrainian students. Using Frances Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess" and Roald Dahl's "Matilda" as primary texts, the research employs thematic analysis to examine the contrasting depictions of…

This paper aims to examine the variables involved in improving Teacher effectiveness through self-efficacy (SE) while focusing on higher education. The authors collected data from 600 usable responses from Northern India. The data was analyzed by structural equation modelling using analysis of moment structures (AMOS). The results indicate that…

This reflective article examines the work of Hurt, Roane, Simms, and Schell (1975), who surveyed remedial reading teachers to identify key personality traits essential to their profession. Their findings are contextualized within a broader historical framework, tracing significant educational policies and milestones that have shaped the field of…

Due to limited data, we know little about the prevalence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) educators. Using the American Community Survey and Census Pulse, we examine the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in PK-12 teaching. We find that 3.3% to 3.5% of LGBTQ+ individuals are teachers; in contrast, 4.4% to 4.9% of…