Continuing to Teach : Stories of Attrition and Retention / by Elizabeth Allotta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allotta, Elizabeth.

Series:

Education Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Ethnology.

Employee health promotion.

Career education.

Maturation (Psychology).

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Ethnography.

Employee Health and Wellbeing.

Career Skills.

Personal Development.

Local Subjects:

Teaching and Teacher Education.

Ethnography.

Employee Health and Wellbeing.

Career Skills.

Personal Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

Summary:

This book shares insights from experienced teachers who were invited to share the experiences challenging their decision to continue in the profession. Their stories are captured narratively through a critical ethnographic lens in fictional professional learning team (PLT) meetings, woven together and retold as collegial conversations centred around topics and themes in a school leadership text. These meetings focus on the themes of trust, truthfulness, workload, time and change. Their stories reveal themes of bullying, misogyny, sexism, power disparities, lies and deceit, lack of support, and inconsistent and questionable leadership decisions. Professionalism, ethical practice, and the nature of schools are questioned, along with perceptions and the need for change. The insights shared in the book will be of interest to academics researching teacher attrition and experiences, and those involved in teacher preparation. Elizabeth Allotta is an educator passionate about the experiences of teachers and doctoral students working and studying in Australian contexts. She is a practising teacher in a secondary high school and a sessional university lecturer and tutor. She has edited two volumes in the series The Doctoral Journey in Education.

Contents:

Chapter 1: About This Book

Chapter 2: Exploring Teacher Attrition and Teachers’ Experiences

Chapter 3: Postqualitative Storying and Storytelling

Chapter 4: Just Memories

Chapter 5: Being a Teacher, Our Storytellers

Chapter 6: Truth, Trust, Changes and Support

Chapter 7: Leadership, Leading, and Impacts

Chapter 8: Inconsistencies in Leadership Decisions

Chapter 9: Valuing Teachers

Chapter 10: The Beginning

Chapter 11: What Does it all Mean?.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-031-99778-6

9783031997785

OCLC:

1545125126