{"title":"Certified to succeed? Multilevel analysis of the effects of teacher certification on educator well-being and student outcomes in Indonesia","authors":"Abu Nawas, I. Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, Nina Maadad","doi":"10.1016/j.tate.2025.105069","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The teacher certification program in Indonesia has been implemented for two decades, yet its impact on teacher well-being, student well-being, and educational outcomes remains underexplored. This study examines these relationships using multilevel path analysis on data from 1319 secondary school students across 64 classrooms. Results show certification positively affects teacher job satisfaction (β = .45) and reduces student learning anxiety (β = −.11). Indirect effects on achievement were mediated by teacher efficacy, collaboration, and motivation. However, no significant effects on student well-being were found, highlighting the need to reassess the certification framework to better support both teachers and students.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48430,"journal":{"name":"Teaching and Teacher Education","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 105069"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Teaching and Teacher Education","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X25001465","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The teacher certification program in Indonesia has been implemented for two decades, yet its impact on teacher well-being, student well-being, and educational outcomes remains underexplored. This study examines these relationships using multilevel path analysis on data from 1319 secondary school students across 64 classrooms. Results show certification positively affects teacher job satisfaction (β = .45) and reduces student learning anxiety (β = −.11). Indirect effects on achievement were mediated by teacher efficacy, collaboration, and motivation. However, no significant effects on student well-being were found, highlighting the need to reassess the certification framework to better support both teachers and students.
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Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, and/or teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. The journal focuses on early childhood through high school (secondary education), teacher preparation, along with higher education concerning teacher professional development and/or teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. The journal welcomes varied approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishing high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build upon, and/or extend the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.