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ERIC Number: EJ1457441
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
Empowered, Strained, or Stable: Teachers' Experiences of Occupational Well-Being during the Two-Year Pre-Primary Education Trial in Finland
Heli Muhonen; Mimmu Sulkanen; Maarit Alasuutari; Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
Early Education and Development, v36 n2 p477-497 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 different ECEC classroom and teacher professional characteristics. Through latent profile analysis, three profile groups of occupational well-being were identified among the ECEC teachers: "empowered" (n = 34), "strained" (n = 138), and "stable teachers" (n = 200). In the majority of the pre-primary groups of empowered teachers, children represented the same age group, whereas the age distribution varied more among the pre-primary groups of strained and stable teachers. Empowered teachers reported having more instructed activity sessions and distributing responsibility more among the personnel teams. Strained teachers reported having more individual responsibility for instructing group activities. Practice or Policy: Attention to ECEC teachers' occupational well-being should be paid in dynamic and changing circumstances of their work careers, such as the Finnish two-year pre-primary education trial. Nationally unitary and appropriate classroom resources should be guaranteed to support ECEC teachers' well-being both in trials and in their everyday work.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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