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
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
: 2025
: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
: 0031-3831
: 1470-1170
DOI: https://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.
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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.