In Finland, teachers have historically held a high degree of trust and respect, where they have been thought of not only as teachers but educators in a broader sense. This is reflected by the national curriculum dictating that teachers should not only teach, but see to their students’ social development. Interested in how this second…

Samhällsförändringar, utbildningsreformer och inte minst digital kommunikation har förändrat villkoren för kontakten mellan hem och skola. En ny studie från Linnéuniversitetet visar hur lärare och rektorer påverkas – men presenterar också metoder och strategier för att förebygga arbetsmiljörisker.

In The Research Files Episode 105, Jo Earp is joined by Dr Alexandra Hennessey from the University of Manchester to talk about a study exploring how schools in the UK have adopted the Well Schools framework. (webbradio)

The paper investigated the impact of an embedded trauma-informed teaching program within initial teacher education coursework. The study aimed to determine whether and to what extent participants' understandings and beliefs (including their self-efficacy) were affected by trauma-informed teacher education, and what the key elements of quality training entailed. (pdf)

This paper examines teachers' perspectives on how socio-economic disadvantage and post-pandemic pressures shape children's access to nature and how this relates to their beliefs about outdoor learning. It explores the gap between perceived benefits for disadvantaged pupils and what current UK education structures allow teachers to provide. (pdf)

This review addresses the gap between available evidence-based self-regulation interventions and their limited adoption in mainstream primary classrooms. It examines how teachers currently support self-regulation development in students aged 4–11, identifying whether commercial programmes are being utilised or if teachers rely on informal strategies. (pdf)

This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of teacher shortages and workforce diversification efforts. The…

This study investigates how teacher leaders enact leadership within AI-integrated classrooms, highlighting the posthuman entanglements that shape their agency, identity, and authority. (pdf)

This case study explores how school management and teachers perceive the school’s role and activities within an outcomes-based governance framework while operating in a small rural school. (pdf)