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Amy Beth Wagner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study was the high attrition rates of teachers in elementary school districts and the unknown role of human, social, structural, and psychological capital determinants needed to retain teachers. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to describe the experiences of veteran K-6 teachers in the South…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Elementary School Teachers, Suburban Schools, Role Theory
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Teuna Cornelia Jenny Ostermeier; Willem Koops; Riccardo Peccei – Review of Education, 2023
Although it is widely recognised that well-being of teachers is important, not much is known about the effects of job characteristics in subjective well-being. This paper is a report of a study that investigates the effects of job characteristics on subjective well-being. Nationally representative employee data is used to investigate the effects…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Well Being
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Hanly, Cathal; Heinz, Manuela – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
School placement plays a critical and complex role in student teacher development as well as in their professional dispositions and career attitudes. It is where theory and practice meet, teaching skills are developed, professional relationships formed and future careers envisioned. This mixed methods study explores student teachers' experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Attitudes
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Brady, Jude; Wilson, Elaine – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
This qualitative study explores the types of school-level teacher wellbeing initiatives reported by 51 teachers. The authors argue that the most well-received wellbeing measures are those embedded within supportive whole school cultures which aim to minimise burdensome workloads and maximise feelings of autonomy, relatedness and competence.…
Descriptors: Well Being, Foreign Countries, School Culture, Teaching Load
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Robison, Tyger; Russell, Joshua A. – Contributions to Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine factors that may influence the projected career plans of music teachers in rural areas. Survey participants (N = 115) in Wyoming completed a questionnaire designed to elicit responses about multiple factors and projected career plans in one year and in five years. The vast majority of participants planned…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Career Choice, Intention, Rural Areas
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Skinner, Barbara; Leavey, Gerard; Rothi, Despina – Educational Review, 2021
In Europe, well-being in the workplace has increasing prominence in the policy and research agenda, and education is a key context in which the challenge of occupational stress has been reported. Traditionally, the ethos in school settings could be said to be shaped by the vocational motivation of employees; that is, a commitment to a social…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Professional Autonomy, Well Being, Mental Health