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Abstract
This study explored the interplay between teacher immunity, school climate, and student-reported teaching quality. Data were collected from 107 secondary school English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) teachers and their students (N = 2587) in China. Employing multi-level moderation modelling, the analysis revealed that teacher immunity positively predicted teaching quality. Moreover, school climate moderated this relationship: a supportive school climate amplified the positive impact of teacher immunity on teaching quality, while an unsupportive school climate weakened this effect. These findings underscore the context-sensitive nature of teacher immunity and the crucial role of school climate in shaping teachers' teaching effectiveness.
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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.