Resilience enables innovation: Understanding the psychological pathways and temporal dynamics of innovative teaching in rural schools

IF 2.6 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Studies in Educational Evaluation Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI:10.1016/j.stueduc.2025.101515

Na Wang , Haijun Du , Nana Guo , Junli Xing

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This study investigates how psychological resilience enables innovative teaching in resource-constrained rural schools in Northwest China through distinct mechanisms. Drawing from resource conservation theory and a two-wave study of 178 rural teachers with peer-evaluated innovative behavior, we uncover three complementary psychological pathways: enhanced cognitive reappraisal (indirect effect: β = 0.21), reduced emotional suppression (β = 0.13), and strengthened work meaning (β = 0.23). While self-efficacy shows independent effects, organizational support critically moderates innovation sustainability, with external training and collaborative planning significantly enhancing temporal stability of innovative behavior (R² =0.52,0.43). These findings advance theoretical understanding of resource dynamics in professional innovation and provide empirical guidance for fostering sustainable innovative practices in challenging educational contexts.

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弹性促进创新：理解农村学校创新教学的心理路径和时间动态

本研究探讨了心理弹性如何通过不同的机制促进西北地区资源紧张农村学校的创新教学。基于资源保护理论和对178名具有同行评价创新行为的农村教师的两波研究，我们发现了三条互补的心理通路：认知重评增强（间接效应：β = 0.21）、情绪压抑减少（β = 0.13）和工作意义增强（β = 0.23）。自我效能感对创新可持续性具有独立影响，而组织支持对创新可持续性具有显著调节作用，外部培训和协同规划显著提高创新行为的时间稳定性（R²=0.52,0.43）。这些发现促进了对专业创新中资源动态的理论理解，并为在具有挑战性的教育环境中促进可持续的创新实践提供了经验指导。

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6.90

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6.50%

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62 days

期刊介绍： Studies in Educational Evaluation publishes original reports of evaluation studies. Four types of articles are published by the journal: (a) Empirical evaluation studies representing evaluation practice in educational systems around the world; (b) Theoretical reflections and empirical studies related to issues involved in the evaluation of educational programs, educational institutions, educational personnel and student assessment; (c) Articles summarizing the state-of-the-art concerning specific topics in evaluation in general or in a particular country or group of countries; (d) Book reviews and brief abstracts of evaluation studies.