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Thomas, Laura; Tuytens, Melissa; Moolenaar, Nienke; Devos, Geert; Kelchtermans, Geert; Vanderlinde, Ruben – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
In research on teacher induction, scholars have pointed at the pivotal role of collegial support to overcome the challenges inherent to the first years of teaching. In this quantitative study, we extend current work by using a social network perspective to examine characteristics (i.e. network size, frequency and perceived usefulness) of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teacher Induction
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Ciampa, Katia; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2016
This case study research reports on elementary (grade 8) and secondary school (grade 9) teachers' participation in job-embedded, professional learning and engagement in collaborative inquiry. Teachers constructed an inquiry-oriented media literacy unit following the collaborative inquiry model. The current study sought to investigate how…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Inquiry, Literacy, Self Efficacy
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Tine Mombaers; Roos Van Gasse; Kristin Vanlommel; Peter Van Petegem – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2023
This study contributes to the field of educational careers by exploring all educational career choices, whereas existing literature has focused on only a few. Deploying the push-pull-mooring framework (PPM), several undiscovered influential factors regarding educational career choices were captured. Using qualitative research methods, more…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Influences, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
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Brunetti, Gerald J.; Marston, Susan H. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
Scholars in recent years have studied the professional development of teachers, identifying stages or phases that teachers characteristically experience during their careers. Little research, however, has focused specifically on the professional development of teachers during early and mid-career (years 1-10), which is the aim of the present…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Experience, Elementary School Teachers
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López Solé, Susana; Civís Zaragoza, Mireia; Díaz-Gibson, Jordi – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
This paper studies the social side of pre-service teacher education and draws on social network analysis to explore the relation between the social capital of pre-service teachers and their academic and professional success. An online survey was applied to a sample of 321 students enrolled full time either in Preschool Education or Primary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Social Networks, Network Analysis