With the passing of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools must look for proactive strategies to help struggling learners stay in the classroom environment. Schools across the United States are turning to restorative practices to build school community, resolve conflict peacefully, and repair harm caused to the community. With restorative…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how online faculty describe their teaching resources and demands, their perceived readiness to teach in a CBE instructional setting, and their recommendations for training resources to meet their actual teaching demands in online CBE university programs in the United States. Little…

The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed methods study was to investigate how elementary teachers in Clay County, Florida rate their level of self-efficacy, while examining the specific leadership characteristics influencing self-efficacy from the perspective of teachers. Additionally, this study sought to identify characteristics and…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine principals' perspectives on the impact of Tennessee Teacher Residency (TTR) residents on their school's culture and student achievement. The researchers explored TTR program residents' perspectives of teacher self-efficacy, culturally responsive classroom management self-efficacy, mentoring,…

Supporting academics' initial development as university teachers is important for improving their ability to contribute to high-quality education and for reducing anxiety and stress around teaching. Focusing on tasks experienced as challenging is considered a key principle for organising effective teacher professional development. To apply this…

Fostering a supportive and productive classroom environment for students is an essential goal for most teachers and schools in general. In addition, teachers' behavior management practices have been an important topic of research due to the relationship between behavior management strategies and student success and well-being. Previous research…

Professional identity is a multifaceted and evolving concept that has been interpreted in various ways over time. In the context of education, teachers' self-efficacy is seen as a key factor that can influence the development of their professional identity. The current study aimed to explore two main objectives among novice Arab teachers in…

In this instrumental-comparative case study, we analysed how seven US teachers reported co-teaching experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting remote instruction. We sought to understand how co-teaching during the pandemic affected teachers' psychological needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. Data collection included: an…

Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) changes according to context. Limited research has been conducted to understand how TSE can vary in relation to student characteristics or the student-teacher relationship (STR) in preschool. The aims of the current study were to 1) examine student-specific TSE variability among monolingual English-speaking and…

CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) research has thrived recently. Yet, while more and more is learnt about the impact of CLIL on motivation, proficiency, and content learning, few investigations examine how CLIL influences students of different socio-economic status (SES) and why. The recent large-scale English Impact study conducted…

Black and Latinx students, along with those in special education programs, are suspended and expelled at rates higher than their peers. Exclusionary discipline can lead to poor academic performance, high dropout rates, and incarceration. Restorative practices (RP) promote a positive school culture, reduce punitive discipline, and build strong…

Attainment of grade-level reading proficiency by fourth grade is pivotal to student academic success. In fourth grade, students shift from learning to read to reading to learn where they gain the ability to use their reading skills to access knowledge. Despite the connection between fourth grade reading proficiency and future academic success,…

In global trends and current curricular policy reforms in second language (L2) education, there is a great emphasis on repositioning of teachers as assessors and teachers' role as responsible agents in assessment. However, various factors affect the agency of teachers as assessors in the classroom. This study explored the ways English as a Foreign…