Teacher Commitment Trends: Cases of Hong Kong Teachers from 1997 to 2007

Autor/inn/en	Choi, Pik Lin; Tang, Sylvia Yee Fan
Titel	Teacher Commitment Trends: Cases of Hong Kong Teachers from 1997 to 2007
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 25 (2009) 5, S.767-777 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2009.01.005
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Biographies; Foreign Countries; Performance Factors; Trend Analysis; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Participation; Social Change; Work Attitudes; Work Ethic; Teacher Attitudes; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Ausland; Leistungsindikator; Trendanalyse; Sozialer Wandel; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Arbeitsethos; Lehrerverhalten; Hongkong
Abstract	This article examines the commitment of Hong Kong teachers in the decade after the political transition in 1997, when large-scale education reforms were launched. The life history method was employed to investigate teachers' self-appraisal of their commitment levels in their career course and factors contributing to such trends. Findings not only affirm the previous view that teacher commitment involves the interplay of personal, workplace and education systemic factors but also illuminate how these factors interplay differently to effect sustained/increased or decreased commitment. "Love for students" is argued to be a crucial personal factor which counteracts unfavorable external conditions to sustain teacher commitment. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10