The following aspects of professional competence are investigated:
Knowledge: content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, generic pedagogical knowledge, diagnostic knowledge and skills,
Personality factors: professional values and ethics, subjective theories of teaching and learning, self-efficacy beliefs, intrinsic motivation, goal orientations, willingness to cooperate, response to stress, regulation of psychological resources,
Situation-dependent motivational and emotional experience: experience of job satisfaction and fulfillment; stress, strain, and anxiety.