Xie, Bowen (2023) The Importance of Collegial Support in Novice First and Second Career Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Construction and Attrition in the Teaching Profession. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
High attrition among novice teachers has become one of the important causes of the global teacher shortage. Compared with first career teachers (FCTs), second career teachers (SCTs)’ attrition has not been much studied. Previous literature reported that teachers’ attrition is associated with collegial support and self-efficacy. However, the extent to which these three factors are related requires more research. Hence, this study explores the relationship between collegial support (both professional and emotional) and attrition, mediated by self-efficacy for both SCTs and FCTs. This survey was conducted on 1510 secondary school teachers from French-speaking Belgium. The path analysis results showed that professional support had a significant association with SCTs’ and FCTs’ attrition. Emotional support had a significant association only with FCTs’ attrition. Self-efficacy is a vital factor that mediates FCTs’ attrition but not SCTs’. This study adds to the body of knowledge on novice SCTs’ and FCTs’ attrition, self-efficacy and collegial support in the school context.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Onderwijskunde [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2023 12:03 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2023 12:03 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2738 |
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