Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Schools in South Africa: Insights from a Rural Teaching Experience Programme

Autor/in	Masinire, Alfred
Titel	Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Rural Schools in South Africa: Insights from a Rural Teaching Experience Programme
Quelle	In: Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 25 (2015) 1, S.2-14 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1839-7387
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Rural Schools; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Student Teachers; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teaching; Attitude Change; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Lehrerrekrutierung; Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	While the Department of Education in South Africa has instituted structural measures to attract the newly qualified teachers in rural schools, these measures have had limited success. This article reports on the changed perceptions on teaching in rural schools of thirty student teachers who participated in a three week rural teaching experience program. Our findings suggest that student teachers who do practicum in rural schools develop a greater appreciation of rurality and are more likely to respond positively to an appointment to teach in rural schools. This study concludes that exposure through a rural practicum could be significant in attracting qualified teachers in rural schools, where these teachers are needed most. (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	2024/1/01