The role of teacher selection criteria and preparation on teacher self-efficacy, satisfaction, and commitment: an analysis of Kazakhstani TALIS data

Matthew Courtney, Mehmet Karakus, Elaine Sharplin, Daniel Hernandez Torrano, Janet Helmer, Zakir Jumakulov

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Abstract

In Kazakhstan, an increasing school student population, low rates of graduates entering the profession, and high novice teacher attrition have made the attraction and retention of quality teachers a critical issue. To investigate this problem, the authors draw on the 2018 TALIS dataset involving a survey of 5201 Kazakhstani teachers from 275 participating schools. The study, framed by Chapman’s teacher attrition model, uses a nested data design. As an outcome variable, the authors make use of a corollary of attrition, the self-reported career commitment variable in the Kazakhstani TALIS dataset. The analysis suggests that teachers who enter the profession with enhanced altruistic tendencies have improved self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Further, teaching-as-a-first-career-choice appears to drive both job satisfaction and career commitment, while learning to manage behaviour and mixed-ability settings also appears to drive improved long-term career commitment. Implications for teacher education and research in other Central Asian and post-Soviet countries are offered.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)394-414
Number of pages21
JournalTeacher Development
Volume27
Issue number3
Early online date1 Mar 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 May 2023

Bibliographical note

This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Teacher Development.
Courtney, M, Karakus, M, Sharplin, E, Torrano, DH, Helmer, J & Jumakulov, Z 2023, 'The role of teacher selection criteria and preparation on teacher self-efficacy, satisfaction, and commitment: an analysis of Kazakhstani TALIS data', Teacher Development, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 394-414.

It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

  • Teacher retention
  • career commitment
  • TALIS
  • teaching-as-first-career-choice
  • teacher satisfaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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