May I be excused? Why teachers leave the profession

Buchanan, J

May I be excused? Why teachers leave the profession

Buchanan, J

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Citation:: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010, 30 (2), pp. 199 - 211
Issue Date:: 2010-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Buchanan, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6454-2296	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010, 30 (2), pp. 199 - 211	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0218-8791	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/13874
dc.description.abstract	Considerable research has been conducted into teacher retention. Less is known of ex-teachers' circumstances: salary, workload, working conditions, "job prestige". For this study, telephone interviews were used to ask 21 ex-teachers about their journey from teaching, and views on their current working conditions by comparison. This paper focuses on the events surrounding these people's decisions to leave the profession; these ex-teachers are in a privileged position to comment on teaching by comparison with their subsequent work. Few regret their decision to leave the profession. The findings have implications for teacher recruitment, education, provision of working conditions, and for the promotion of teaching. © 2010 National Institute of Education, Singapore.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia Pacific Journal of Education	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/02188791003721952	en_US
dc.title	May I be excused? Why teachers leave the profession	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	30	en_US
utslib.for	1301 Education Systems	en_US
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dc.location.activity	ISI:000279121900005	en_US
dc.location.activity	Chengdu, China
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
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pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

Considerable research has been conducted into teacher retention. Less is known of ex-teachers' circumstances: salary, workload, working conditions, "job prestige". For this study, telephone interviews were used to ask 21 ex-teachers about their journey from teaching, and views on their current working conditions by comparison. This paper focuses on the events surrounding these people's decisions to leave the profession; these ex-teachers are in a privileged position to comment on teaching by comparison with their subsequent work. Few regret their decision to leave the profession. The findings have implications for teacher recruitment, education, provision of working conditions, and for the promotion of teaching. © 2010 National Institute of Education, Singapore.

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