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Molla, Tebeje; Nolan, Andrea – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2020
Drawing on the capability approach to human development and Bourdieuan reflexive sociology, this paper explores the interplay of teacher agency and professional practice. The paper names five facets of teacher agency. It shows that teachers with a strong sense of agency actively seek learning opportunities--inquisitive agency; think effortfully…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
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Gericke, Niklas; Torbjörnsson, Tomas – Environmental Education Research, 2022
The present study explores how school improvement in combination with a teacher professional development (TPD) project influenced the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD) in five Swedish schools, when employing a whole school approach. Interviews were conducted with three teachers from each school. Shulman and Shulman's…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Moral Values, Trust (Psychology), Environmental Education
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Albers, Peggy; Flint, Amy Seely; Matthews, Mona – Global Education Review, 2019
This longitudinal ethnographic study involved a professional development project, Project Partnerships Achieve Literacy (Project PAL) in South Africa, with eight rural foundation phase teachers who taught Reception (kindergarten) through grade three (R-3). This Project was designed to support teachers in an under-resourced school as they learned…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Aesthetic Education, Elementary School Teachers, Disadvantaged Schools