Retaining Mathematics and Science Teachers in Rural and Remote Schools

Autor/inn/en	Handal, Boris; Watson, Kevin; Petocz, Peter; Maher, Marguerite
Titel	Retaining Mathematics and Science Teachers in Rural and Remote Schools
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 23 (2013) 3, S.14-30 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Teacher Persistence; Labor Turnover; Mathematics Teachers; Science Teachers; Professional Isolation; Teaching Conditions; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Individual Characteristics; Likert Scales; Teaching Experience; Coding; Faculty Development; Curriculum; Administrator Responsibility; Teacher Responsibility; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Likert-Skala; Codierung; Programmierung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Lehrverpflichtung; Australien
Abstract	Why teachers in remote and rural schools do not remain longer in their posts is a central concern in Australian education. In particular, the lack of mathematics and science teachers in regional areas has reached critical levels endangering the adequate delivery of the curriculum to thousands of school students. While many teachers' personal grievances revolved about geographical isolation, other factors point at a number of instructional, curricular and organisational factors influencing teacher attrition. This study characterises and examines those factors using data from 191 teachers in 27 remote and rural schools in the State of New South Wales (NSW). The findings suggest a professional environment where, as mostly beginning practitioners, teachers are put into work situations with related pressing demands and expectations, puts them at risk. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913. Tel: +08-9285-0626; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.asn.au/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01