2023
DOI: 10.1002/berj.3892
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Teacher autonomy: Good for pupils? Good for teachers?

Abstract: Should teachers have complete autonomy over teaching methods and practices, or should some aspects of their practice be determined by school or government policy? We address this question using repeated (value‐added) maths test scores linked to rich survey data from the TALIS video study. With the possible exception of inexperienced teachers, we generally find no relationship between teacher autonomy and pupil outcomes (test scores, maths self‐efficacy or interest in maths). In partial contrast with our findin… Show more

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“…Teacher support for autonomy (Ma, 2020) is a strong predictor of learners' particular resources, along with their enhanced motivational styles and improved educational achievement. Promoting learner autonomy also proves to be beneficial for educators -as proven by Jerrim et al (2023), teachers with very low levels of autonomy are more likely to report reduced job satisfaction. At the same time, however, individual professional autonomy does not prove appropriate in cases of continuing students' academic underperformance (Day, 2020), while strengthening teacher agency can be difficult to achieve due to perceived issues of workload, accountability and rigid curriculum (Hughes & Lewis, 2020;Rushton & Bird, 2023).…”
Section: Research Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Teacher support for autonomy (Ma, 2020) is a strong predictor of learners' particular resources, along with their enhanced motivational styles and improved educational achievement. Promoting learner autonomy also proves to be beneficial for educators -as proven by Jerrim et al (2023), teachers with very low levels of autonomy are more likely to report reduced job satisfaction. At the same time, however, individual professional autonomy does not prove appropriate in cases of continuing students' academic underperformance (Day, 2020), while strengthening teacher agency can be difficult to achieve due to perceived issues of workload, accountability and rigid curriculum (Hughes & Lewis, 2020;Rushton & Bird, 2023).…”
Section: Research Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%