“…Eteläpelto, Vähäsantanen, Hökkä, and Paloniemi (2013) argue that professional agency is needed to develop the work of teachers at both classroom and school level, for professional learning, and for renegotiating their professional identities in changing educational practices. It is generally agreed that the way teachers act, develop themselves, and learn from and through their work in schools is influenced by personal factors, including the way they (want to) see themselves as teachers (self-image), and the educational context (or environment) in which they work (Beijaard, Meijer, & Verloop, 2004;Clardy, 2000;Day, Sammons, Stobart, Kington, & Gu, 2007;Kelchtermans, 2009;Lasky, 2005;Scribner, 1999;Van Eekelen, Vermunt, & Boshuizen, 2006). Teachers' sense of their professional selves influences how they practice agency at work (Vähäsantanen & Eteläpelto, 2011).…”