Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the ability for a child to manage their emotions and interactions in a way that benefits development (Jones & Doolittle, 2017). The purpose of this research was to explore teachers' knowledge of SEL and gain an understanding of any barriers they may have faced regarding SEL in the classroom. Additionally,…

Since its emergence in the 1960s, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) has been a dominant subfield in language education and English language teaching. The mainstream ESP literature appears to be linguistic-oriented with less attention directed towards ESP teachers. Responding to the calls for more ESP teacher research, this systematic review aims…

This paper responds to calls for renewal in Islamic schooling and education. In doing so, it provides insight into educators' views on Islamic Studies (IS) in five Australian Islamic schools, with a focus on senior years (years 10, 11 and 12). The study offers a 'dialogic alternative' of 'speaking with' rather than 'speaking for' educators in…

This study explores the form of curriculum documents and its implications for the enacted curriculum. In this study, the narrative voices that appear in the Scottish Broad General Education phase and the Swedish Compulsory phase of the curriculum are scrutinized in relation to the most likely reader of these documents--the teacher. The study…

Although historical to present day data show that Black female teachers make a significant impact on all students, this group, already underrepresented in the profession, leave teaching at higher rates than their counterparts. Current literature reveals that racism, sexism, microaggressions, lack of peer support, lack of administrative support and…

The process of assessing students is a fundamental part of teaching and learning mathematics. The assessment practices a teacher chooses are shaped by their values while also being shaped by the context of the school, district, state, and country where the teaching takes place. This can result in gaps between teachers' values and practices. In…

This study investigates the interplay between the concepts of teachers' autonomy, wellbeing and teacher efficacy by drawing on the perceptions of primary, secondary and high school English teachers working in private and state schools in Turkey. The overarching aim of this study is to investigate these three factors, as perceived by English…

This paper qualitative examines a holistic framework for teaching in the digital era. The examination is based on teachers' perspectives of their career, that is, what core features can be said to characterise teacher's practice, across contexts, cultures and subjects. Semi-structured interviews of expert teachers, specifically from Australia,…

As the global neo-liberal reform movement in education continues to evolve, so does the simultaneous transfiguration of the profile and status of primary school teachers in England. Reform continues to delineate the aims and purpose of primary education in increasingly essentialist terms. This paper explores English primary school teachers'…

Given the crucial role professionals play in maintaining the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities, their views on work satisfaction are relevant to analyse. A comparative analysis that takes into account the support provided in different welfare organisations can be of certain importance. The aim is to analyse the most common…

In England educators have been concerned about ensuring equality and diversity in education due to ever-diversifying school populations, who find themselves positioned as outsiders to England's National Curriculum. This article explores the accessibility and limitations of the curriculum from the perspective of ten secondary school teachers in…

Inclusive education is contextualised within local systems and represents a continuous struggle to ensure access to meaningful and equitable education. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine international empirical studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 1999 to 2019 focused on teacher agency for inclusive education for…

Problems encountered in top-down school reforms have repeatedly highlighted the significance of teachers' agency in educational change. At the same time, temporality has been identified as a key element in teachers' agency, with teachers' beliefs about the future and experiences of the past shaping their agentic orientations. However, research on…

This article illustrates the role of teacher identity in teacher self-efficacy development during initial teacher education. It has been posited that teacher self-efficacy develops on the basis of information accessed through four self-efficacy sources: vicarious and enactive experiences, social persuasion, and physiological and affective states,…

This case study qualitatively examines the process and outcomes of teacher-initiated professional development through the experiences of an action research collective. Following the group over the course of two years, findings detail how a voluntary group of colleagues organised and experienced leading their own professional development. Through…