Contemporary Teacher Agency Within the Ecopsychological Paradigm and Its Relationship with Interpersonal Interactions in the Classroom

The research discusses a parallel-sequential model of agency development stages for teachers of preschool and primary school. The model was successfully tested on students. The authors developed a profile of teacher agency development stages. The most noticeable stages include ‘motivated individual,’ ‘observer,’ ‘master,’ and ‘creator.’ The stage ‘student’ has a little diminished presence, while the another two — ‘apprentice’ and ‘critic’ — are at a very low level. The researchers also outline the interrelationships between agency stages and interpersonal interactions and examine competitive behaviour strategies.