In the realm of elementary agricultural education (EAE), the self-efficacy of educators plays a pivotal role in shaping both their pedagogical practices and self-concept. Grounded in constructivist theory and employing a phenomenological approach, this study investigated the factors influencing EAE teaching self-efficacy. At the time of the study,…

Purpose: In recent years, the study of various forms of teacher leadership styles and behaviours, and student engagement has gained increasing attention because these constructs are critical for understanding student success and well-being. However, investigation of how these constructs interact to shape students' learning, particularly in the…

This study aims to examine the mediating effect of teacher self-efficacy on the relationship between collective efficacy and organizational citizenship behaviour among teachers from public secondary schools. A total of 232 valid samples were collected. Partial least square approach was adopted to conduct a comprehensive structural equation…

This quantitative study investigated the perceptions and experiences of K-12 teachers utilizing social media platforms for self-directed professional development. Through a survey administered to 111 public elementary school teachers in Mississippi, data was collected to analyze various factors influencing teachers' engagement with social media…

Developing autonomy-supporting instructional communication styles is essential for modeling skills, inspiring teacher-student interactions, and motivating students to personalize the learning experience in postsecondary career and technical education programs. The study, guided by self-determination theory's dialectical framework, examined if and…

Educator engagement with social media's entrepreneurial and commercial facets has received limited scholarly attention. This conceptual paper defines and contextualizes the "education influencer" phenomenon in relation to literature on micro-celebrity, social media influencers, teacher social media use, teacher identity, and teacher…

Children's bullying perpetration has become a serious and urgent problem. Based on the stress coping model, the current study attempted to test whether perceived economic stress was significantly related to children's bullying perpetration, and whether perceived discrimination mediated this association and teacher acceptance moderated this…

This study examined faculty knowledge and awareness of student mental health challenges (MHC) and how they respond to these challenges. All faculty at one midwestern University were invited to participate in an online survey. A mixed method analysis was used to identify patterns of responses addressing behaviors that may manifest in the classroom…

This article is a constructively self-critical autoethnography of my evolving identity as an instructor in a race and ethnicity course. I supplement and contextualize my self-reflections with data in the form of comments from student evaluations. I begin by considering how my social location mediates class dynamics. I then present comments from…

Self-efficacy, effectiveness, and work engagement are crucial factors influencing the quality of education and learning outcomes for English language learners. Despite their importance, research on the interplay among these factors in the context of English language teaching remains limited. This study aimed to explore the relationship between…

We approach productivity in science in a longitudinal fashion: We track scientists' careers over time, up to 40 years. We first allocate scientists to decile-based publishing productivity classes, from the bottom 10% to the top 10%. Then, we seek patterns of mobility between the classes in two career stages: assistant professorship and associate…

Amid the rapid development of higher education in China and the increasingly fierce competition among colleges, improving teachers' job satisfaction has become a critical criterion for ensuring the sustainable development of newly established undergraduate institutions and meeting the growing demand for talent cultivation. In this study I explores…

This study addresses a gap in the literature by integrating dual mediators and a moderator into the self-determination theory (SDT) framework to explain organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) among university faculty. The study also investigates the moderating role of autonomy. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results, derived from a…

This study aimed to analyze organizational democracy and organizational alienation behaviours of faculty members at universities, along with the relationship between these two variables. Applying surveying methodological approach, the data have been obtained from 364 faculty members working at four public and two foundation universities in Izmir…

Background: In their daily work life, teachers experience various situations in which they need to regulate their emotions. Possible factors that influence the use of different emotion regulation strategies include the emotions and context experienced. Previous research mainly investigated teachers' emotion regulation at a single strategy level…