Exploring Female EFL Teachers’ Professional Agency for Their Sustainable Career Development in China: A Self-Discrepancy Theory Perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 A large and growing body of literature has investigated the role of teachers’ agency in their career trajectories. However, far too little attention has been paid to English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’, especially female EFL teachers ...
Xiaolei Ruan, Auli Toom
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Perspectives of transformative learning and professional agency: A native Chinese language teacher’s story of teacher identity transformation in Australia [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The notion of teacher identity has gained momentum in second language (L2) teacher education in the past decade. However, the research into Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) teacher identity has yet to receive more attention.
Suling Yang, Suling Yang, Jinghe Han
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An ecological approach to understanding university English teachers’ professional agency in implementing formative assessment [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 As a sub-realm of Language Teacher Psychology (LTP), teachers’ professional agency has gained significant attention from educational practitioners and teachers.
Yuhong Jiang, Jia Li, Jia Li, Qiang Wang
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Education Sciences, 2022 In recent decades, increased diversity and migration have challenged school staff members’ ways of working. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by Finnish school staff in supporting students with migrant backgrounds, and to elaborate on how
Eveliina Manninen +3 more
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Professional agency in the classroom and burnout among early career teachers in China [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe aim of the present study is to investigate early career teachers’ professional agency in the classroom. In addition, the association between early career teachers’ professional agency in the classroom and the burnout they experienced was examined. In
Liyuan E +6 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2022 Although previous studies on teacher agency have examined its manifestations and significance from the socio-cultural perspective, university English as a foreign language (EFL)-speaking instructors’ professional agency has been underrepresented in the ...
Lan Wang, Ricky Lam
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Acting Agentically at Work: Developing a Short Measure of Professional Agency
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021 Although professional agency has become an increasingly crucial issue in work organizations, investigators lack a brief instrument to measure it. This paper introduces a short measure to explore professional agency at work.
Katja Vähäsantanen +3 more
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Education Inquiry, 2021 The aim of this study was to investigate professional agency in the context of higher education as manifested in Swedish teacher educators’ perceptions regarding their working life in a digital society and to seek to obtain insights on salient factors ...
Anna Roumbanis Viberg +2 more
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Language teachers’ identity development post COVID-19: a transformative learning perspective
Frontiers in Education, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted the educational sector, leading to profound changes in teachers’ roles and identities. While these disruptions have been challenging, they also offer a unique opportunity for teachers to redefine and ...
Muna Alosaimi
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Understanding Iranian EFL Pre-Service Teachers' Professional Agency: An Ecological Approach [PDF]
Research in English Language Pedagogy, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the sense of professional agency of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) pre-service teachers at Farhangian University, Iran.
Saemeh Arabahmadi +3 more
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