1. Being pushed out of the career: Former teachers' reasons for leaving the profession
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Mieke Van Houtte and Ama Amitai
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Job insecurity ,Human migration ,business.industry ,medicine ,Context (language use) ,Workload ,Attrition ,Public relations ,business ,Psychology ,medicine.disease ,Class management ,Education - Abstract
High teacher attrition rates are an international problem. This study explores what former teachers pinpoint as their main exit reasons from teaching. Interviews were conducted with twenty-one former teachers in Flanders (Belgium) about push and pull factors. Our findings show that teachers mainly relate their exit to characteristics of the profession. For novices, the characteristics of the profession resulting in attrition are job insecurity and an exceeding workload, while the decisive factor for experienced teachers is the professions' flat career structure. Moreover, the school context reinforces career doubts, especially for novices who experience issues with class management and feel demoralised.
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- 2022
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