School and District Leaders Talk about Teacher Attrition
| Autor: | Rinat Arviv Elyashiv |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Structure (mathematical logic)
Point (typography) 010102 general mathematics 0102 computer and information sciences medicine.disease 01 natural sciences 010201 computation theory & mathematics School administration medicine Mathematics education Attrition 0101 mathematics Dimension (data warehouse) Working environment Mathematics Educational systems |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Curriculum and Teaching. 8:160 |
| ISSN: | 1927-2685 1927-2677 |
| DOI: | 10.5430/jct.v8n3p160 |
| Popis: | Teacher attrition has become a challenge in many educational systems worldwide. Many studies have focused onteachers' perspectives, while attempting to identify the factors that motivated teachers' decision to leave theprofession. The present study aimed to explore teacher attrition from the point of view of school leaders - principalsand inspectors. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the results indicate that school and district leadersperceived teacher attrition via two-dimensional structure, including explicit and implicit dimensions. The explicitdimension refers to the act of leaving. The participants indicated that the main reasons that motivate teachers'decision to leave the profession are related to the stressful working environment and poor job conditions. Theimplicit dimension presents a hidden attrition. Based on cost-benefit theory the study highlights the complexstructure of teacher attrition. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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