Zygogianni, Maria (2024) Support and Retention: A Comparative Study Between Primary and Secondary School Teachers. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract The lack of teachers around the world, especially in European countries like in the Netherlands, presents major challenges. Beginning teachers often face difficulties during their first years on the job, leading to high attrition rates within the first years of their careers. Although teacher induction programs aim to provide structured support, recent literature emphasizes the essential role of informal interactions with colleagues. However, existing research often overlooks the distinctions between primary and secondary school teachers, failing to investigate the specific impact of colleague support on these different types of teachers. This study addresses this gap by examining the relationship between support from colleagues and teachers' intention to leave their profession, comparing primary and secondary school contexts. The data were collected through questionnaires from teachers with less than seven years of experience in primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands (N=190). For the first hypothesis, we conducted a linear regression to examine the relationship between support and intention to quit. For the second, we compared the means of support and intention to quit between primary and secondary education and used multigroup linear regression to compare the relationship coefficients. Results indicate a significant negative relationship between colleague support and intention to quit among primary school teachers, while the relationship was non-significant in secondary schools. Theoretical and practical implications of using informal support are discussed to address the challenges of teacher retention, highlighting the dynamics within primary and secondary education contexts. Keywords: Teacher Shortage, Induction Process, Support from Colleagues, Intention to quit, Primary schools, Secondary schools, the Netherlands
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2024 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2024 08:31 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3575 |
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