The purpose of this study was to explore white pre-service, novice, and veteran elementary educators' competency and perceptions of culturally responsive teaching and emotional intelligence. The research study also explored the connection between culturally responsive teaching and emotional intelligence practices to determine educators'…

Due to COVID-19, many school systems and teachers were required to use a new platform for instructional delivery. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the experiences of six veteran teachers who have implemented blended learning in their classrooms within the past three years in one rural Oklahoma school district. Purposeful…

In supporting their students' learning in the classroom, noticing is an important professional skill for teachers, encompassing perceiving and interpreting relevant incidents, as well as ad hoc decision-making. While noticing is an established research topic in other domains, it remains largely neglected in relation to the geography teacher. The…

The purpose of the research, which was the second phase of a two-phase study, was to reveal experienced educators' suggestions for solutions to the challenges to technology integration. Participants were 117 experienced educators as experts in their fields, selected and invited by Turkish Ministry of Education from among ministerial, provincial,…

This pioneering study examines the meaning of academic leadership in terms of the changing of the guard in academia. Research findings on seniority and experience and their association with leadership show that these have a considerable impact on management skills and on the ability of those with experience and seniority to influence the young…

This research study examined the relationship between years of traditional classroom teaching experience and teaching in school library instructional environments. Data for the study emerged from formal observations of MLS candidates' practicum teaching in school libraries. Participants in the study were examined based on the following levels of…

The present study investigates teacher diagnostic skills when observing student engagement and inferring to underlying student characteristic profiles. Five student profiles as empirically determined in previous studies are selected: three incoherent (overestimating, uninterested, and underestimating) and two coherent (strong and struggling)…

Despite recent calls to adopt practice-embedded approaches to teacher professional learning, how teachers learn from their practice is not clear. What really matters is not the type of professional learning activities, but how teachers engage with them. In this paper, we position learning from teaching as a dialogic process involving teachers'…

Attrition rates, or the number of individuals who leave the teaching profession, have been a continuing problem nationwide with novice teachers (i.e., those in their first 5 years of the profession) creating fiscal and educational hardships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the ways veteran and novice teachers are matched…

Due to the overwhelming number of teachers exiting the profession each year, recruitment and retention efforts continue to be a high priority for stakeholders within agricultural education. Specifically, teacher attrition has been identified as one of the leading problematic issues hindering growth of school-based agricultural education (SBAE)…

The attentional demands placed on digital learners have grown, with online and blended education increasingly impacted by hyperconnectivity and digital disarray. In this context, it is essential for educators to help learners develop attentional literacy (AL). Building on past research on AL which fused insights from the fields of digital…

This qualitative study delves into the innovative Bilingual Grammar Curriculum. The curriculum aims to enhance bilingualism and linguistic skills among deaf students by integrating American Sign Language instruction and written language grammatical structures. The researcher conducted in-depth interviews with 12 experienced educators of the deaf…

Purpose: This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study on teachers' perspective about school principals' role during the pandemic in the context of Greece. In particular, information is provided on school principals' communication and leadership aspects in tackling the pandemic crisis as well as the obstacles observed in this particular…

The current educational climate, and the subsequent retention issues facing many schools throughout the United States, has drawn considerable attention on supporting young teachers to stay in the profession. However, the more resilient but resistant veteran teachers that have great influence on environment have garnered far less attention. While…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to promote a positive school culture in a Title I school by listening to veteran teachers' voices about the policies and practices being implemented daily. The primary research question guiding this case study was: "What are the perceptions of teachers, who have been in their position for 15+ years,…