Journal of Professional Capital and Community: Volume 7 Issue 2

The conditions of opportunity recognition in schools: an investigation of how entrepreneurial teachers discover new educational opportunities

Chun Sing Maxwell Ho, Thomas Wing Yan Man

This study investigates teachers' perceptions of how school conditions influence their motivation for opportunity recognition. It uses discovery theory as a theoretical lens to…

Professional community and student engagement in higher education: rethinking the contributions of professional staff

Yaw Owusu-Agyeman, Enna Moroeroe

Scholarly studies on student engagement are mostly focused on the perceptions of students and academic staff of higher education institutions (HEIs) with a few studies…

Mindfulness and study engagement: mediating role of psychological capital and intrinsic motivation

Muhammad Ali, Ali Nawaz Khan, Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Atif Saleem Butt, Syed Hamad Hassan Shah

This study aims to analyze the relationship between mindfulness and study engagement focusing on the mediating mechanism between the relationships proposed. Based on the…

Relationships between policy, teachers' values and professional capital in teacher collaboration in hierarchical Chinese societies

Daphnee Hui Lin Lee

Both Hong Kong and Singapore leverage teacher collaboration to improve student learning, but state reforms differ in how teacher collaborative capabilities are prioritized. This…

Professional learning for secondary teachers of English learners in an urban school district: examining systems of support

Hayley Weddle, Mariko Yoshisato, Megan Hopkins

Although schools across the United States are becoming increasingly linguistically and culturally diverse, many teachers remain underprepared to work with students classified as…