The Catalysts for Sustaining Teacher Commitment: An Analysis of Teacher Preparedness and Professional Learning

This study aimed to investigate how teacher preparation and professional experiential learning catalyze organizational occupational commitment. Data from Taiwanese lower secondary school teachers who participated in the TALIS 2018 survey were analyzed using structural equation modeling, which yielded several key results. Firstly, both preparedness had positive relationships with self-efficacy, showing a stronger association. Secondly, self-efficacy was more closely linked commitment than Thirdly, positively associated Finally, of partially mediated by whereas full mediation observed for Notably, most significant pathway model predicting through self-efficacy. These findings have implications improving promoting outlook toward teaching profession.