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Irish pre-service teachers’ expectations for teaching as a career: a snapshot at a time of transition

Lysaght, Zita ORCID: 0000-0002-0897-4710, O'Leary, Michael ORCID: 0000-0002-6771-904X and Scully, Darina (2017) Irish pre-service teachers’ expectations for teaching as a career: a snapshot at a time of transition. Irish Journal of Education, 42 . pp. 88-104. ISSN 0021-1257

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Abstract

Recent graduates of teacher education programmes in Ireland are entering their careers at a time characterized by an erosion of teacher autonomy, increased bureaucratic demands, and narrower curriculum specifications. These changes are typical features of what Sahlberg (2011) has termed the global educational reform movement (GERM), and evidence suggests that they can have a negative impact on teacher morale, and on how teaching as a career is perceived. This, in turn, can have detrimental effects on teacher recruitment and retention. This study examined the career expectations of two cohorts of Irish pre-service teachers (n=491) at the point of transition between college and work. The data gathered were also used to investigate if recent changes to the B.Ed. programme are associated with any changes in career expectations. Overall, teachers indicated strong expectations on issues such as doing a worthwhile job, feeling satisfied with pupil achievement and fulfilling personal needs, however, expectations with regard to the adequacy of salaries were low, and appear to have diminished further throughout the period 2014 to 2016.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Teaching
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Policy & Practice
Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Assessment Research, Policy and Practice in Education (CARPE)
Publisher:Educational Research Centre – Foras Taighde ar Oideachas, DCU
Official URL:http://www.erc.ie/2018/09/17/irish-journal-of-education-vol-42-2017/
Copyright Information:© 2017 Educational Research Centre
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:24449
Deposited On:12 May 2020 14:03 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 16 Oct 2020 10:40

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