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Title: Still Keen and Committed: Piloting an Instrument for Identifying Positive Veteran Teachers
Language: English
Authors: Lowe, Geoffrey, Gray, Christina (ORCID 0000-0001-8464-1961), Prout, Peter, Jefferson, Sarah, Shaw, Therese
Source: Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. 2019 25(4):418-433.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Identification, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Positive Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Factor Analysis, Career Development, Teacher Motivation, Professional Identity, Self Efficacy, Teacher Characteristics, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Geographic Terms: Australia
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2019.1621829
ISSN: 1354-0602
Abstract: Since the mid-1980s, the working lives of teachers has become an enduring research topic. Much research has focused on early-career teachers and is often reported from deficit positions, i.e. why they leave the profession. However, career trajectory studies have described a small cohort of veteran teachers who remain positive and committed to teaching. This article reports on the creation and piloting of an instrument designed to test whether this positive cohort can be empirically identified within a wider teaching population. Four constructs (experimentation, challenge, comfort and leadership) drawn from Huberman (1993), and Day and Gu (2007) formed the basis for an online pilot survey completed by 145 teachers. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis supported three of the four factors (experimentation, comfort, leadership), with challenge loading strongly with experimentation. Initial findings suggest the potential of the instrument in helping identifying positive veteran teachers within systems, as well as the voracity of the research approach. Examining and articulating how these veteran teachers maintain their positive outlook may prove valuable as many countries confront an ageing teaching workforce, increasing student numbers and difficulties in retaining experienced teachers, meaning those who remain will be expected to sustain their commitment for longer.
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