Author: Kenneth Holly MyersPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Factors Related to the Choice of Secondary Teaching as a Career
Author: Kenneth Holly MyersAn Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing the Choice of College Teaching as a Career
Author: Ruth Elizabeth EckertPublisher:
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Category : College teaching
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Examining the Phenomenon of “Teaching Out-of-field”
Author: Linda HobbsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811333661
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This book identifies and surveys the major themes around ‘out-of-field teaching’, that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization. This has been an issue in many countries for some time, yet until recently there has been little formal research and poor policy responses to related problems. This book arises out of collaborations between members of an international group of researchers and practitioners from Australia, Germany, Ireland, England, South Africa, Indonesia and the United States. Cross-national comparisons of ideas through case studies, descriptions of practice and research data interrogates the experiences, practices, and contexts relating to out-of-field teaching. In particular, the book considers the phenomenon of out-of-field teaching in relation to national policy contexts, local school leadership practices, professional development. The book represents an essential contribution on a highly topical issue that has implications for quality and equitable education around the globe.
Choosing to be a Teacher
Author: Marcela Maria Fuster de HernàndezPublisher:
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Category : Teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Teachers' salaries in the Dominican Republic (DR) have become competitive, but there is a noticeable tendency for high performing students from high performing high-schools to avoid selecting teaching as a career (Figueroa & Montes de Oca, 2014). Such students often have choices to enter higher paying and status careers. Yet, some such students are now studying to become teachers, and this research captures their voices around this career choice. This topic is important given the need to improve the academic profile of future teachers who can help improve the Dominican ratings on various international measures. This study involved 13 semi-structured interviews with preservice teachers. All had been high performing students coming from high performing high schools, and are now enrolled in a teacher preparation program as part of a scholarship program within private universities in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, DR. Analysis of this data revealed 10 major themes. Similar to previous research, I found that these excellent students from excellent schools in the DR disclosed their career choice was primarily motivated by the fact that they like to work with children and helping others. These academically excellent students, now preservice teachers, chose teaching as a career to help the DR with its educational challenges. They all had a previous considerable teaching experience they refer to as critical, when asked about facts influencing their teaching career choice. They considered this experience was significant when they had to balance teaching with other careers. Many of these participants made their choice against their parents' advice, but all of them expressed pride and satisfaction in their choice, hope in a bright future and see the career as a well-paid option and gaining social status in the DR. The interviews also revealed that the DR government's scholarship program for preservice teachers within private universities is helping to increase the status of the teaching career. Teaching is now a career choice for students who want the quality of a private university, but also want to become teachers. This allows them to be part of a new lineage of teachers the Dominican government is supporting to face the country’s education challenge. Recommendations are offered that encourage leaders to start programs that expose more students in secondary education to teaching activities. Unveiling intrinsic motivations for becoming a teacher might help more high school students to consider this career option. Universities also need to put more emphasis on recruiting excellent students coming from excellent schools as they strive to increase the academic profile of their teaching career applicants. Overall, this research captures the voices regarding the motivations of excellent students in the DR who have choose the teaching career within their rapidly developing country. Such findings contribute to the literature related to the factors that influence teaching career choice in a moment when teacher shortages have become a global challenge.
Teacher Motivation
Author: Paul W. RichardsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136314075
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Teacher Motivation: Theory and Practice provides a much needed introduction to the current status and future directions of theory and research on teacher motivation. Although there is a robust literature covering the theory and research on student motivation, until recently there has been comparatively little attention paid to teachers. This volume draws together a decade of work from psychological theorists and researchers interested in what motivates people to choose teaching as a career, what motivates them as they work with students in classrooms, the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic forces on career experiences, and how their motivational profiles vary at different stages of their career. With chapters from leading experts on the topic, this volume provides a critical resource not only for educational psychologists, but also for those working in related fields such as educational leadership, teacher development, policy makers and school psychology.
Motivational and Personality Factors in the Selection of Elementary and Secondary School Teaching as a Career
Author: Syracuse University. Research InstitutePublisher:
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Category : Teachers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Identification of Factors Influencing Student Choices of Secondary Vocational Education Teaching as a Career
Author: Josee Lee ForellTALIS 2018 Results (Volume II) Teachers and School Leaders as Valued Professionals
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264805974
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This report aims to provide an in-depth analysis of teachers’ and school leaders’ perceptions of the value of their profession, their work-related well-being and stress, and their satisfaction with their working conditions. It also offers a description of teachers’ and school leaders’ contractual arrangements, opportunities to engage in professional tasks such as collaborative teamwork, autonomous decision making, and leadership practices.
Factors Influencing the Choice Regarding a Teaching Career
Author: John George ChaltasPublisher:
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Category : Teaching
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Author: Ramona Fae Kunard