Advancing teaching and teacher education through teachers’ educational language: a new frontier

This paper focuses on developing a model of teachers’ educational language (TEL). TEL primarily refers to the spoken and written language use in and outside of the classroom. The article addresses the ongoing challenge related to a simplified understanding of the complexities of teaching and theory-practice gap in teaching and teacher’s teaching and learning. The purpose of the article is to introduce TEL as a model and develop knowledge on TEL that serves as a model for future studies in the Nordic region and beyond.