..., community and culture. Drawing on conceptualisations of the ecological approach to teacher agency we explored the ways in which the leadership of a whole-school approach to CCSE was implemented across four case study schools. Design/methodology/approach Four case study schools were identified as having...

...Mahmut Polatcan; Pınar Özkan; Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş Purpose This paper explores the relationship between transformational principal leadership and individual teacher innovativeness, considering the mediating role of teacher agency (TA) and the moderating role of teacher trust (TT). Design...

.../approach This study narrates a novice teacher's induction experience in a Chinese high school, from the perspectives of professional capital and community, social realist theory, practice architecture and teacher agency. The participant, Ming, reflected on a broad array of formal and informal induction...

... time zones and school contexts. The paper seeks to inform teacher communities, school leaders, policy and the growing body of literature about teacher agency. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses qualitative case study approach. Data were gathered from individual interviews, classroom...

... 2016 Professional learning Curriculum development Collaborative professional enquiry Practitioner research/inquiry Teacher agency While this potential transformation of the professional role of teachers has been welcomed in many quarters, such developments may also be highly...