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Deciding (Not) to Become a STEM Teacher: Career Changers' Perspectives on Student Behaviour, Teacher Roles, Teacher Education, and the Social Value of the Profession
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Erin Siostrom – Research in Science Education, 2025
Ongoing shortages of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers have prompted policy aimed at recruiting career change teachers as a solution. However, little is known about what deters career changers from becoming STEM teachers. This gap is explored through interviews with nine career changers who contemplated, but decided…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, STEM Education, Science Teachers