College teachers' acceptance of smart teaching tools affects whether they can make effective use of such tools while teaching, with the goal of materializing deep integration of technology and teaching activities. This article constructs a hypothetical model of college teachers' technology acceptance path for smart teaching tools based on the…

This study aimed to discuss the influence of teachers' organizational silence on job performance and the serial mediation effect of psychological empowerment -- organizational commitment. This research surveyed 564 primary and secondary school teachers in China through questionnaires. The quantitative analysis shows that teachers' organizational…

Teachers' psychological condition is important to both their professional well-being and their students' learning. Among various psychological factors, turnover intention is a major concern for school leaders and policymakers. While some effects of burnout and job satisfaction on turnover intention have been reported, little is known about the…

The current study has reported perceptions from teachers who taught in a private school in China about factors regarding their retention decisions. Teacher attrition has been a global issue shared by many countries and areas. Teacher attrition has caused intensive discussion in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as in China, from…

The necessity for the development and enhancement of teacher commitment to satisfying students' learning needs in response to the COVID crisis is increasingly highlighted. It is not known, however, how to increase commitment in schoolteachers to boost online teaching in light of the fact that they, too, are struggling to cope with the rapid,…

Teacher identity is the reflection of teachers' perception, position, and identification as teachers. Teachers' identities are dynamic and continuously negotiated by the interplay of their professional practices, past experiences, and contextual conditions. Drawing on this understanding, this study explores Chinese English teachers' professional…

This research investigates the attitudes, working conditions, experiences, and job satisfaction of academic staff employed at offshore campuses. An online survey questionnaire was completed by 72 academic staff in 10 different countries, which included China, Malaysia, Qatar, the UAE, and Vietnam. It was found that the desire for adventure and…

This study explored the factors of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the recommendations given by the researchers in seventy recruited research studies, which have been conducted for literature review of teachers' job satisfaction in developing countries. The recruited studies were conducted across 21 countries in Asia and Africa, but the…

Teaching English to students, particularly non-English speakers, requires proper strategies and methods. By doing so, each teacher has his/her challenges. This study intends to unveil the emerging challenges faced by English teachers from non-native English-speaking countries (non-NESCs) such as China, Japan, Thailand, Senegal, Mongolia, Cambodia,…

The purpose of this descriptive case study was to develop a thick, rich description of the factors related to teacher morale in an international school in China. This study was guided by the social constructivist framework and four research questions: (a) What factors are related to teacher morale in the selected international school in China?;…

The chapter gives the reader insights of teaching Arabic as a foreign language during the consequences of COVID-19. It tackles the outcomes of the spring and summer semesters in 2020 among students of Ningxia, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Cambridge, and Berlin universities. It sheds light upon the challenges faced by students, teachers, and management and…

In order to effectively investigate the current situation of biology teachers in Southern Henan, this study used the method of interviews and questionnaires to investigate and analyze the current situation of biology teachers in Southern Henan from their living status and professional development. The survey results show that: (1) The overall…

This article investigates the traumatic experience of teachers who experienced the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China. A survey measuring participants' personal experiences, professional demands, and psychological responses was distributed to 241 teachers in five selected schools. Although the status of schoolteachers' trauma in a postdisaster…

This is a qualitative longitudinal study of the lived experience of four mainland Chinese ESL teachers engaged in their first year of employment in Hong Kong secondary schools. Based on multiple interviews and email contact conducted over the course of one academic year, the research explores the adaptive processes these beginner ESL teachers…

Borrowing the critical lenses of social structure analysis to rearticulate the language of struggle, this article focuses on a new social group, migrant teachers in urban Chinese cities. Nevertheless, the formation of this new social body with all of their struggles can no longer be described or politicized as mere class or gender struggles as…