Research indicates that feeling is fundamental to the multilayered experience of literary interpretation. However, despite great strides in U.S. high school classrooms, discussions about literature are still often characterized by known-answer discourses that exclude feeling. This article builds on small-scale studies of affective evaluation, an…

In this article, we look in general at the nature of a profession, how the teaching profession has become deprofessionalized, and various ways in which teachers perceive their profession. We continue by examining ways that teachers can regain a sense of professionalism--through the application of action research and other forms of teacher…

Teacher agency (TA) has been increasingly supported as an influential factor for teacher professional learning, school improvement and sustainable educational change. Previous studies, however, feature a variety of discrepancies in their conceptualisation and approaches to examining teacher agency. A systematic review is essential to map the…

Chemistry faculty instructors (FIs) and graduate student instructors (GSIs) regularly engage in the evaluation and grading of student responses in formal formative and summative assessments. In this study, we identified dimensions of variation in these instructors' approaches to the evaluation and grading of students' answers. Using qualitative…

The work of Vygotsky is widely used in teacher education and other education-related literature, in discussion of sociocultural perspectives, and in relation to themes such as second language acquisition, the teaching of mathematics, and approaches to teaching and learning. Much of this work gives the impression that Vygotsky's work is…

This article shares findings from a study conducted in the southeastern United States of the impact of a teacher leadership course on upper elementary, middle, and high school mathematics and science teachers. Fifty-nine teachers completed the course and data analysis showed growth in understanding in five areas of teacher leadership. This growth…

This qualitative study uses a phenomenological approach to examine the faculty development of adjuncts at historically black colleges and universities and the equity of faculty development between full-time and part-time faculty. As the presence of adjunct faculty continues to persist in the HBCU classroom, part-time professors are pivotal to the…

This discourse analysis explored the affordances and constraints of Generous Reading (GR), an alternative writing assessment used in teacher professional development. First, GR is traced through its development in empirical studies. Next, a critical discourse analysis of a GR professional development conversation between three European-American…

Purpose: In reflective writing, students are encouraged to examine their own setbacks and progress. With a shortage of guidance in how to provide feedback to students on this type of writing, teachers are often left to figure it out on the job. The central hypothesis in this paper is that the lens of reflective practice can help focus teacher…

As popular music education programs become more common, it is essential to determine what kinds of professional development experiences that are designed to help teachers include popular music into their music education classrooms are effective--keeping in mind that the inclusion of popular music in K-12 classrooms requires a change not only in…

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to assess the utilization level of Google Workspace for Education as a Learning Management System (LMS) and its effect on the performance of teachers in the online learning environment. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The research utilized quantitative research approach with a simple linear regression test…

This New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) research project explores the ways five diverse secondary schools shaped their timetables to support innovation in teaching and learning. The timetable is often a taken-for-granted presence in schools even though it plays an important role in how teaching and learning are experienced. This…

School systems around the world are making efforts to enhance and make education more efficient with information and communications technology (ICT). This has become especially urgent due to the current pandemic. Because of its rapidly evolving nature, ICT places unique demands on teachers, requiring a certain level of digital literacy and…

"Out-of-field teaching" is an international phenomenon that seems particularly prevalent in mathematics. Our study is evaluating the impact of a national professional learning program for out-of-field secondary mathematics teachers in Ireland. Using the Productive Pedagogies framework, we compared the pedagogical practices of three pairs…

This qualitative, interpretive study examines the experiences of elementary school teachers working in urban, underserved schools with secondary traumatic stress (STS) and its influence on their instruction and personal well-being of both themselves and their students. The study's objectives were multipurpose: First, to determine the prevalence of…