In educational, social or organizational studies, open-ended concept maps are used as an instrument to collect data about and analyze individuals’ conceptual knowledge. Openended concept map studies devoted to knowledge and learning apply a variety of methods of analysis. This literature review systematically …

This study explores a school leaders' perspective on teacher professional agency. Tensions may arise when teachers feel hindered in their professional agency and try to negotiate their 'space' with other stakeholders (colleagues, students, management). School leaders are expected to empower and support …

Teacher leadership is often connected to experienced teachers as it is assumed that a certain level of knowledge and experience is needed. Informal teacher leadership, however, can also be expected from beginning teachers. The aim of this study is to study beginning teachers? opportunities for enacting …

This article explores which tensions teachers experience during one year of participation in a professional learning community (PLC). Tensions are more or less temporal negative feelings of stress, loss of self-efficacy or anxiety caused by conflicting personal features and workplace affordances. A qualitative …

This study gains insight into impact of professional identity tensions in terms of affective appraisal and behavioral response. Data consisted of 126 semi-structured reflective journals from early career teachers collected during one school year. Affective appraisals were 'low' (no impact on daily functioning, …

Kennisontwikkeling is voor studenten in het beroepsonderwijs dikwijls een lastig proces. Dit heeft onder andere te maken met de verschillende kennis die in verschillende contexten (bijvoorbeeld in het instituut of in de beroepspraktijk) aanwezig is. Daarnaast ervaren studenten de beroepspraktijk in veel …

Paper presented at the 15th EARLI SIG 12 conference on Writing, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Paper presented at the 8th EARLI SIG 14 conference on Learning and Professional Development, Regensburg, Germany.