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Purpose, Potential and Efficacy: Rethinking What Drives Teachers

Purpose, Potential and Efficacy: Rethinking What Drives Teachers

Posted on 5 August 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

Can teachers truly “help pupils achieve their potential”—or is purpose found elsewhere? This post connects Viktor Frankl’s search for meaning with Bandura’s theory of efficacy to show how purpose in teaching emerges through action, reflection and encounter. It invites educators to think critically about what drives them, how they define success and how a coherent sense of purpose can sustain their practice.

Finding Purpose in Teaching

Finding Purpose in Teaching

Posted on 8 July 2019 by Dr Kevin Smith

Are teachers guided by aphorisms or axioms? This post looks at what teachers say their top priorities are and questions whether phrases like “help pupils achieve their potential” offer genuine meaning or empty slogans. Drawing on Nietzsche, Frankl and Welsh education research, it invites reflection on how we find—and define—purpose in teaching.