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Resilience in Preschool and Elementary School Teachers in the Czech Republic
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Adriana Wiegerová; Anna Tirpáková; Barbora Petru Puhrová; Beáta Deutscherová – Teacher Development, 2025
This study explores the resilience of preschool and elementary school teachers (ISCED Level 1) in the Czech Republic. The data were gathered from a sample of 476 preschool teachers and 193 elementary school teachers using The Sense of Coherence Scale, a 29-item measure developed by Antonovsky. This scale consists of three dimensions, specifically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Primary Schools as Professional Learning Communities and Teachers' Professional Development: An Empirical Study in a Greek Educational Context
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Aikaterini Balasi; Georgios Iordanidis – Teacher Development, 2024
This study investigated the level of professional learning communities (PLCs), teachers' professional development (PD), and their relationship in Greek primary schools. This quantitative survey, which included 428 Greek public primary schools, yielded 674 and 571 responses regarding PLCs and PD, respectively. Hord's five PLC dimensions were…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Importance of Regulation and the Quality of Teacher Learning in Student-Centred Teaching
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Mari Murtonen; Tahani Z. Aldahdouh; Henna Vilppu; Nguyen Thi Thu Trang; Jere Riekkinen; Jan D. Vermunt – Teacher Development, 2024
This study aimed to build an integrative model of the interrelations between pedagogical training, teacher regulation skills, learning patterns and student-centred teaching approach. Self-reported questionnaire data were collected from 378 higher education teachers and analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
'I'm Pretty Sure We Did Every Idea': Teachers' Experiences with External Coaches and Their Relation to Transformative Learning
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Susan Chambers Cantrell; Kristen H. Perry; Brittany Manion – Teacher Development, 2024
In this interview study, the authors examined the process of coaching in the context of a year-long professional development initiative designed to support teachers' expertise in implementing culturally and linguistically responsive practices. Using transformative learning as a theoretical and analytical frame, they investigated 20 teachers'…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Interprofessional Relationship, Professional Development, Transformative Learning