ERIC Number: EJ1098237
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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Don't Let Me Forget the Teacher I Wanted to Become
Adoniou, Misty
Teacher Development, v20 n3 p348-363 2016
This article reports findings from a study of 14 beginning teachers in their first year of teaching in primary schools. By the end of the first year, half were reconsidering their long-term commitment to teaching. The study found they were considering leaving because they were struggling to be the teachers they had envisaged being. One reason for this was the lack of alignment between the supports offered to them, and their own visions of good teaching. The consequences of misaligned supports for beginning teachers are discussed, along with suggestions for the ways in which mentoring and induction programs can better support beginning teachers to be the teachers they wish to be.
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, School Support, Alignment (Education), Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Self Efficacy, Interviews, Online Surveys, Questionnaires, Teaching Experience, Educational Practices, Supervisory Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Foreign Countries, Observation, Preservice Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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