Teacher well-being in change: a quantitative analysis of schoolteachers’ approaches to teaching and their teaching-related well-being during rapid shift in their work environment




Lahdenperä, Juulia; Postareff, Liisa

PublisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group

2025

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

0031-3831

1470-1170

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2025.2468182

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00313831.2025.2468182

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/484848706



Pedagogical training often aims to solicit changes in teachers’ pedagogical behaviour. However, previous studies have demonstrated that these endeavours are time-consuming and challenging. In the present study, we used the opportunity created by the COVID-19 pandemic to investigate how comprehensive schoolteachers’ approaches to teaching change in response to rapid contextual changes and how these changes in teaching behaviour are connected to teachers’ teaching-related well-being. Quantitative data were collected from schoolteachers in one Finnish municipality (N = 116). The results indicate that changes in pedagogical behaviour challenge teaching-related well-being, implying that teacher well-being is an important aspect to consider in teacher education and pedagogical training. Furthermore, the results demonstrate a high level of intrapersonal contextual variation in approaches to teaching, highlighting the importance of contextual perspectives in future investigations of teachers’ pedagogical behaviour.


This work was supported by the Häme Foundation for Professional Higher Education and Research foundation under a personal Young Researcher’s grant to the first author.


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