Год выпуска: 2010 Автор: Suzanne Whitehead Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 232 ISBN: 9783838378077
Описание
For over two decades educational policymakers, analysts, and school systems have been concerned with the ever-increasing size of student populations and the apparent lack of qualified teachers and faculty to teach them. School districts have historically responded by offering sign-on bonuses, higher starting salaries, aggressively recruiting from college/university faculty preparation programs, and offering extremely abbreviated teacher preparation programs. However, by the 3rd year, nearly 30% of new teachers have already chosen to leave the profession; by the 5th year of teaching, almost 50% of new teachers have decided to leave; addressing this problem with the wrong solution (Ingersoll and Smith, 2003). Phenomenological research, conducted from a constructivist perspective through an advocacy/participatory lens, explored fifty former faculty members'' and current administrators'' experiences suggesting much needed change. The theoretical perspective stemmed from leadership...
