Language teacher professional curiosity: Understanding the drive for professional development

Teacher professional development (PD) has been shown to have numerous benefits, such as greater self-efficacy, higher motivation, and enhanced wellbeing (e.g., Kimura, 2014; Polin, 2023; Wang & Chen, 2022), and teaching additional languages is certainly no exception. However, the extent to which...

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Published in:	Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Main Authors:	Sarah Mercer, Mirosław Pawlak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 2024-03-01
Subjects:	teacher professional development interest curiosity language teacher professional curiosity
Online Access:	https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/39293

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