The Next Generation of Teachers: Changing Conceptions of a Career in Teaching

The retention question in context-specific teacher education: Do beginning teachers and their program leaders see teachers' future career eye to eye

“…In contrast to previous generations of teachers who tended to teach until retirement, today's teachers expect to have more than one career (Johnson & The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, 2004;Margolis, 2008;Peske, Liu, Johnson, Kauffman, & Kardos, 2001). Teaching force data confirm this assertion demonstrating that teachers are increasingly moving between schools or leaving teaching all together in large numbers after relatively short periods of service (Ingersoll, 2001;.…”

Empathy Development in Teacher Candidates

“…However, researchers and leaders in the field identify stressors that impact this next generation of teachers making them tentative and conditional about their long-term career choice in education (Abate 2010;Boyer 2004;Peske et al 2001). Literature indicates that an ethos of caring deeply and empathically about children and their welfare has been identified as being at the heart of purposeful teaching, vital to personal happiness and daily attitude renewal, and essential to inspiring children to care about their own learning (Bergman and Bergman 2010;Eisner 2002;Jalongo et al 2010;Keefe and Jenkins, 2002).…”

“…A secondary purpose was to help mentor the next generation of teachers to feel a personal commitment, personal happiness, and collective responsibility (Keefe and Jenkins 2002) in serving the children in their care. Rather than approaching teaching tentatively, conditionally, and with the ulterior motive that caring can profit them personally, the goal was to promote good teaching practices (Eisner 2002;Peske et al 2001). A tertiary purpose was the provisions of a learning environment that encouraged teacher candidates to understand, serve, develop, cultivate diversity in and be politically aware of the children in their care (Goleman 2007;Saarni 1993).…”

Gender and Teachers' Attrition: The Occupational Destination of Former Teachers

“…Even so, teachers have a strong inclination to leave their occupation and exit the labor market permanently or temporarily in order to move to other jobs in education or change their occupation altogether (Bobbitt, Leich, Whitener, & Lynch, 1994). Initially, many enter teaching tentatively or conditionally; only a few plan to make it a lifelong career (Acker, 1994;Peske, Liu, Johnson, Kauffman, & Kardos, 2001). Indeed, attrition rates in teaching tend to be higher than in other professions (Anderson, Stacey, Western, & Williams, 1983).…”