Calling Their Bluff: Expressed and Revealed Preferences of Top College Graduates Entering Teaching in Argentina

Autor/inn/en	Ganimian, Alejandro; Alfonso, Mariana; Santiago, Ana
Institution	Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Titel	Calling Their Bluff: Expressed and Revealed Preferences of Top College Graduates Entering Teaching in Argentina
Quelle	(2014), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Graduates; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Education Programs; Foreign Countries; Career Choice; Teaching (Occupation); Student Motivation; Student Surveys; Teacher Salaries; Futures (of Society); Grade Point Average; Scores; College Applicants; Selective Admission; Alternative Teacher Certification; Student Attitudes; Disadvantaged Schools; Teacher Recruitment; Program Descriptions; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Ausland; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Schulische Motivation; Schülerbefragung; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Future; Society; Zukunft; College applications; Studienbewerber; Bildungsselektion; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerrekrutierung; Argentinien
Abstract	Many school systems today are trying to attract top college graduates into teaching, but little is known about what dissuades this target group from entering the profession. This study randomly assigned applicants for a highly-selective alternative pathway into teaching in Argentina either to a survey about their motivations for applying to the program or to surveys that revealed information about their future pay or working conditions. The study found that applicants who received information about pay or working conditions were much more likely to report that they intended to drop out of the selection process, but were no more likely to actually drop out. Applicants with higher undergraduate grade point averages and/or scores in the selection process, however, were both more likely to report that they will drop out and to actually do so. The overall picture that emerges is one in which applicants "bluff"--that is, those who receive this information are more likely to report that they will drop out of the selection process, but they are no more likely to actually drop out. Tables and figures are appended. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01