The prevalence of hegemonic masculinity praxis and heteropatriarchal normalization in the United States produces a challenging work environment for male K-12 teachers in dance-educational spaces. This interview-based case study investigates five male New York City-based K-12 dance educators' personal, cultural, and professional identities relating…

Stagnating teacher salaries and the widening gap between public school teachers and similar workers have led to growing concerns that teachers will seek additional employment-possibly leading to teacher burnout and/or attrition in the process. Using data from the Schools and Staffing Survey and the National Teacher and Principal Survey from…

By presenting the results of a large-scale international study, this study targets a better empirical understanding of teacher educators' researcherly disposition or the teacher educators' habit of mind to engage with research to improve their practice and contribute to the knowledge base on teacher education. Data was collected from an…

Education is based on a process that attempts to profile individual behavior via learning. Although this process includes formal and informal dimensions, it could be suggested that both dimensions are effective on the behavior of the individual. Several factors affect the educational process. These variables are significant determinants that…

Collaborative learning is a common teaching technique, posited to align with a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. This qualitative descriptive study explores how, if at all, faculty implementation and discussion of collaborative learning shows evidence of it as a constructivist practice. Nineteen faculty at a large public…

In this study I investigated the relationship between sense of calling and efficacy among South Korean early childhood teachers, and whether this relationship was mediated by teacher collegiality. A total of 228 South Korean early childhood teachers completed 3 questionnaires regarding calling, teacher efficacy, and teacher collegiality. The…

This study explored the experiences of women who are academics working in UK higher education (HE), using a feminist approach and narrative methods and analysis. The purpose of the research was to explore the experiences of women, with a view to highlighting potential shared experiences, informing the policies of universities and adding to the…

English as a foreign language (EFL) education has become increasingly ubiquitous in Eastern Asian early childhood education (ECE) settings, but the studies on this phenomenon have not been thoroughly reviewed. This scoping review investigates the scope and findings of the current literature regarding this under-researched phenomenon. Through a…

In many teacher expectation studies, it is suggested that teachers can overcome expectation bias through enhanced "awareness." In this exploratory paper, I extrapolate and map the conceptual demarcations of 'teacher awareness' based on a thematic analysis of twenty-six teacher expectation studies identified in a systematic literature…

This study examines the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of Lithuanian mathematics teachers at different stages of their professional careers. The research sample comprised 134 participants ranging from novice teachers with no teaching experience to experienced educators, with the longest career spanning 45 years. The participants were divided…

Drawing from the National Hispanic Male Teacher Survey (NHMTS) pilot in Texas, this paper aims to expand efforts to recruit, prepare, support, and sustain Hispanic male teachers in K-12 institutions. The findings drawn from 839 educators present becoming a future role model to Hispanic students, dismantling stereotypical assumptions around being…

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education globally, catalyzing a rapid shift to remote learning modalities like online and hybrid instruction. As the post-pandemic era emerges, higher education institutions face the challenge of effectively implementing hybrid teaching models that blend in-person and online components. This study…

This quantitative study focuses on Australian mid-career teachers' (MCTs) attrition and profiles those who stayed, left, or returned. The population included 6108 MCTs employed with the Department of Education Western Australia from 2004 to 2014. Findings showed more MCTs stayed, than left, or returned. MCTs who stayed were predominantly male,…

Classroom management and behavior support are essential components of effective teaching for all educators, making it important to understand where they seek support. The current study surveyed 251 teachers in United Arab Emirates to explore their current needs, preferences, and perspectives of the classroom management and behavior support…

Background/purpose: This study addresses the limited integration of digital learning applications in science education assessment in Jordan, where technological adoption in schools faces infrastructural and skill-related challenges. The main purpose was to investigate the extent to which science teachers in Mafraq Directorate of Education use…