ERIC Number: EJ1031999
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-1359-866X
Responding to Teacher Shortages: Relationships among Mobility Experiences, Attitudes, and Intentions of Dutch Teachers
van Geffen, Renske E.; Poell, Rob F.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v42 n3 p275-290 2014
From all over the world there have been calls from governmental institutions to address a shortage of high quality teachers. As changing jobs generates new experiences, job mobility could be a way for teachers to adhere to the government's call to develop themselves into the teaching force needed. The research question of this study was: How do the experience with mobility and the attitude towards mobility of Dutch secondary school teachers shape their intentions to be mobile? A secondary analysis was conducted on data collected among 1261 respondents. Attitudes towards mobility were found to be linked to past experience with mobility and there is a strong relationship between the attitude towards mobility and the intention to be mobile. The control variables age, experience in teaching, and type of employment seem to have an effect as well. Implications for the teacher shortage issue are discussed.
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Intention, Teacher Attitudes, Correlation, Age Differences, Teaching Experience, Employment Level, Hypothesis Testing, Surveys, Likert Scales, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis, Structural Equation Models
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands

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