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Heli Muhonen; Mimmu Sulkanen; Maarit Alasuutari; Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: This study investigated early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers' experiences of occupational well-being during a two-year pre-primary education trial in Finland. Profile groups of the trial experimental group teachers (n = 376) were identified. We also examined whether the identified profiles differed with respect to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Empowerment
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Maaret Juutilainen; Riitta-Leena Metsäpelto; Marja Mäensivu; Anna-Maija Poikkeus – Teacher Development, 2024
The aim of this study was to investigate student teachers' agency in their identity negotiations as first-year students on a path towards becoming teachers. A narrative inquiry approach was employed in the analysis of the interviews conducted with 16 Finnish student teachers. One master narrative and two counter-narratives were identified in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Professional Autonomy
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Ali Yildirim; Maria Proitsaki Stjernkvist; Raili Hilden; Birgitta Fröjdendahl; Anne Dragemark Oscarson – Review of Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to investigate summative assessment (SA) perceptions and the sources of summative assessment literacy for novice second/foreign language teachers in Sweden and Finland. Data were collected through a questionnaire (N = 27) and a semi-structured interview (N = 22) from a group of novice teachers who graduated from two…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Assessment Literacy, Beginning Teachers, Language Teachers