The purpose of this study was to examine the reverse pathway dynamics between teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction from a cross-country perspective. By recognizing the sparseness of empirical studies on the reciprocal relation between self-referent assessment of capabilities and job satisfaction, a model of reciprocal determinism between…

Background: Social isolation measures by the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted teaching work. In an "Emergency Remote Teaching" (ERT) context, it is relevant to investigate the factors that affect teachers' self-efficacy. Methods: A total of 289 teachers from schools in southern Spain have participated in this study. They have been asked…

This article explores the beliefs of 25 Spanish primary education teachers who develop inclusive pedagogy when planning and implementing actions for all students. We used a qualitative methodology and the data were gathered through semi-structured and in-depth interviews. We analysed the data using an inductive coding system. The results revealed…

This paper examines the role of professionalism in teachers' change in practice related to dialogue and argumentation. Data were collected from 14 pre-primary and primary school teachers who participated in a professional development programme with an emphasis on promoting values such as tolerance, empathy, inclusion and social responsibility…

Purpose: This study aims to assess future teachers' beliefs in their capabilities for sustainable gender equality (GE) practice after graduation and to analyze differences across degree and sex using a self-efficacy scale specifically designed and validated for this study. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was administered to three cohorts of…

The current study describes and analyse the day-to-day integration of digital technologies in a Year Three Primary Education classroom in Spain. The process of integrating technologies in the classroom and the difficulties and contradictions encountered are analysed in accordance with two key theories: teacher agency and the prescribed curriculum…

Background: In Spain, as in many other countries, educational administrators are calling for schools and teachers to engage with research-informed teaching (RIT) to improve the quality of teaching and student outcomes. Despite this interest, schools' and teachers' engagement with research evidence is inconsistent, and studies exploring the factors…

Soft skills enable the individual to successfully face the problems and challenges of a complex society in flux and under constant uncertainty. Music, in its different forms of expression, is here introduced as an ideal tool for the development of intrapersonal and action skills such as adaptability, optimism and proactivity. In this paper we…

This paper studies the pre-service teachers' mathematics teaching self-efficacy throughout the bachelor's degree in Primary Education. Our hypothesis is that the mathematical courses included in the bachelor's degree can influence their mathematics teaching self-efficacy. To carry out the study, pre-service teachers of each year of the Primary…

Education professionals are very prone to burnout. Faced with this psychosocial risk, resilience is advocated as a human condition to remake itself in the face of difficulties. The objective of the study was to analyze the relationships between perceptions of burnout and resilience in a sample of 334 teachers from 35 public Primary School…

In this study, the process of design, implementation, evaluation, and redesign of a Teaching-Learning Sequence (TLS) on simple machines for students of 9-12 years old is shown according to the principles of Design Based Research. The aim is to create a TLS that satisfactorily addresses the conceptual difficulties inherent to the object of study…

The goal of the present study is to examine mainly the associations of contextual variables with stress and teachers' psychological well-being across organizational cultures. The responses (N= 51,782) of a population of primary school teachers from 15 different educational cultures were analyzed. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was implemented…

Instructors' teaching styles in higher education are an issue of major importance because these interactions affect students' self-perceptions, involvement, and achievement. This study aimed to test a theoretical model of relations between perceived teaching styles (autonomy support, structure, and control) and competences, self-efficacy, and…

The main purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the Teacher Intentions to Integrate Technology in Education Scale using pre-service teacher samples from three countries on three continents--Turkey, Spain and the United States. Study participants were 550 pre-service teachers from three universities in Turkey, Spain and the USA (219,…

The self-efficacy of prospective primary teachers was studied, considering in particular the relationship of that construct with the emotions they expect to experience as future science teachers, differentiating between when they will be teaching the content of the "nature sciences" (biology and geology) and that of the "hard…