Profiles of teaching practices and teacher co-operation

Author
Periodical
Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume
132
Year
2023
Issue number
104205
Access date
27.02.2024
Relates to study/studies
TALIS 2018

Profiles of teaching practices and teacher co-operation

A person-centered approach in multilevel context

Abstract

In this study, teachers’ profiles in terms of their instructional and professional practices were defined by using multilevel latent profile analysis. For this study, Turkish national data from TALIS 2018 (N = 6861 teachers from 443 schools) were utilized. Five teacher profiles that differed especially in terms of “clarity of instruction” emerged. Members of Profile E are the teachers using instructional practices most, and the members of Profile A are the ones using these practices least frequently. Results indicated the important role of both the “school climate for innovativeness” and school location as contextual factors in predicting profile memberships.