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Abstract
This research examines the importance of affective-motivational competence components (constructivist beliefs, teaching enthusiasm, teaching reflection) at the end of teachers' induction program for instructional quality from students' perspective (cognitive activation, classroom management, student support) and well-being from teachers' perspective (work engagement, burnout) after 20 months in profession. German beginning teachers (N = 55) and their 2453 students (grades 5–12; 1–3 classes per teacher) were analyzed. Multilevel path analyses revealed teaching enthusiasm enhanced cognitive activation, student support and work engagement, and reduced burnout. Teaching reflection positively contributed to work engagement. Findings highlight the importance of beginning teachers’ enthusiasm and reflection for instructional behavior and well-being.
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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.