Teachers’ jury workshop: an effective methodology for enabling teacher agency and fostering school belonging in undervalued technical colleges in Mexico
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article discusses the development of a Teachers’ Jury Workshop (TJW) with teachers in technical professional colleges in Mexico. The TJW employed a participatory methodology of workshop facilitation designed to identify, prioritise, and solve questions related to school belonging. Fifty-seven teachers acted as jurors over three days to evaluate evidence from their own professional practice and from academic research on school belonging. Data collected comprised teachers’ discussions throughout the TJW analysed through content analysis. The TJW proved to be an effective methodology that allowed teachers to take decisions that matter to them. Methodologically, the study proposes an approach to generating evidence-informed strategies that does not rely on large-scale experimental designs. Theoretically, it contributes a critical account of teacher agency that considers the challenging working conditions of teachers in undervalued education contexts.
Authors: Marta Cristina Azaola, Luis Mata Zúñiga
Institutions: University of Southampton, Universidad Iberoamericana
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: University of Southampton
OpenAlex ID: W7220445514