Latent Profiles of Teacher Informal Workplace Learning and Associated Predictors

• In Event: Predicting Teacher Learning and Mindsets

Abstract

The current study adopted a person-centred approach to explore teachers’ informal workplace learning (IWL) profiles and examined how the contextual factor (i.e., school climate) and personal factor (i.e., teacher enthusiasm) predict teachers’ different IWL profiles. A total of 4,912 Chinese primary school teachers participated in the study. Using latent profile analysis, four distinct profiles of teacher IWL were identified: low IWL, average IWL, high IWL and colleague-interaction-oriented IWL. School climate and teacher enthusiasm had various impact on teacher IWL profiles. These results contribute to a comprehensive conceptualisation of teachers’ IWL activities and generate valuable implications for educators and policy makers to support individualised IWL initiatives.

Authors

• Chan Wang, The Education University of Hong Kong
  Presenting Author

• Xianhan Huang, The Education University of Hong Kong
  Non-Presenting Author

• John Chi Kin Lee, The Education University of Hong Kong
  Non-Presenting Author

• Peng Xu, Northeast Normal University
  Non-Presenting Author