Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Critical Review of International Evidence of Most Promising Interventions

Autor/inn/en	See, Beng Huat; Morris, Rebecca; Gorard, Stephen; Kokotsaki, Dimitra; Abdi, Sophia
Titel	Teacher Recruitment and Retention: A Critical Review of International Evidence of Most Promising Interventions
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 262 (45 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (See, Beng Huat)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Incentives; Teacher Salaries; Compensation (Remuneration); Professional Continuing Education; Evidence; Alternative Teacher Certification; Program Effectiveness; Disadvantaged Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrekrutierung; Anreiz; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Evidenz
Abstract	Background: A raft of initiatives and reforms have been introduced in many countries to attract and recruit school teachers, many of which do not have a clear evidence base, so their effectiveness remains unclear. Prior research has been largely correlational in design. This paper describes a rigorous and comprehensive review of international evidence, synthesising the findings of some of the strongest empirical work so far. Methods: The review synthesises a total of 120 pieces of research from 13 electronic databases, Google/Google scholar and other sources. Each study is weighted by strength of evidence. Results: The strongest evidence suggests that targeted money can encourage people into teaching but does not necessarily keep them in the teaching profession. The money needs to be large enough to compensate for the disadvantages of working in certain schools and areas, and competitive enough to offset the opportunity costs of not being in more lucrative occupations, and its effect is only short-term. Conclusions: Continuing professional development (CPD) and early career support could be promising approaches for retaining teachers in the profession, but the evidence for them is weak. There is no evidence that any other approaches work, largely because of the lack of robust studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01