Factors affecting secondary teacher wellbeing in England: Self-perceptions, policy and politics

IF 3 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Laura McQuade
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After the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the NEU (2021) report states that one in three teachers plan to leave the profession in the next 5 years. As previous studies published by the DfE focusing on workload have not affected the wastage rate of the profession, there is something deeper at work which needs to be explored. A critical theory, mixed-methods approach is used to gain a breadth and depth of understanding of the attitudes of 55 respondents to a survey and 17 participants in semi-structured interviews. All data collection was carried out in secondary schools in Lincolnshire, where teacher pay is good in comparison with the county average of workforce pay. These methods aim to test the assumption that concerns about workload and pay are causing teachers’ discontent. The findings reveal that teacher attitudes towards their working lives are complex owing to individuals trying to internalise the values of both traditional and new professionalisms. Owing to this, teachers can appear contradictory in their demands and tolerance of the demands of the profession and themselves. The characteristics of neoliberal management including transactional leadership, competition and ambivalence to processes in favour of outcomes, do not match traditional professional values of dedication, expertise and working for the greater good.

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影响英格兰中学教师福祉的因素:自我认知、政策和政治
在经历了 Covid-19 大流行病的挑战之后,NEU(2021 年)报告指出,每三名教师中就有一人计划在未来 5 年内离开教师职业。由于英国教育部之前发布的以工作量为重点的研究报告并未影响教师队伍的流失率,因此有更深层次的问题需要探讨。本研究采用批判理论和混合方法,从广度和深度上了解 55 名调查对象和 17 名半结构式访谈参与者的态度。所有数据收集工作均在林肯郡的中学进行,与该郡劳动力平均工资相比,林肯郡的教师工资较高。这些方法旨在检验对工作量和薪酬的担忧是否会引起教师不满的假设。研究结果表明,教师对其工作生活的态度是复杂的,这是因为他们试图将传统的和新的职业价值观内化。因此,教师对职业和自身的要求和容忍度可能会出现矛盾。新自由主义管理的特点,包括交易型领导、竞争和重过程轻结果的矛盾心理,与传统 的敬业精神、专业知识和为更大利益而工作的职业价值观并不相符。
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British Educational Research Journal
British Educational Research Journal EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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期刊介绍: The British Educational Research Journal is an international peer reviewed medium for the publication of articles of interest to researchers in education and has rapidly become a major focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world. For further information on the association please visit the British Educational Research Association web site. The journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and includes reports of case studies, experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews.
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