ERIC Number: EJ1099714
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 27
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Longitudinal Effects of Induction on Teaching Skills and Attrition Rates of Beginning Teachers
Helms-Lorenz, Michelle; van de Grift, Wim; Maulana, Ridwan
School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v27 n2 p178-204 2016
The teaching profession faces a shortage as well as a decline of teaching skills. A possible way to mitigate this is to implement evidence-based induction arrangements. Seventy-one schools with 338 beginning secondary education teachers were randomly allocated to an experimental or a control group. The experimental schools used induction arrangements; the authors measured the effects of these arrangements by using repeated lesson observations and by comparing the rates at which beginners in the control and experimental groups left the teaching profession. Three years later, 14% of the control group and 12% of the experimental group had left. Leaving the profession could be explained by a lack of certification and low initial teaching skill levels. The experimental group exhibited greater improvement in teaching skills compared to the control group. Workload reduction influenced the skill level negatively, and coaching and observing had a strong positive influence on the skill level in Year 3.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teaching Skills, Attrition (Research Studies), Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Evidence Based Practice, Beginning Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Certification, Teaching Load, Coaching (Performance), Observation, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness, Secondary School Teachers, Program Implementation, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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