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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 394-414 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Teacher Development |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 1 Mar 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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