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Miller, Paul – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
The recruitment of overseas trained teachers (OTTs) in England is a matter that has received as much attention inside the United Kingdom as outside. Education systems in small island and developing states, especially, were believed to have been placed 'at risk' following the departure of experienced and qualified teachers. Correspondingly, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Workers, Teacher Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Overseas Employment
Mutch, Carol – NZCER Press, 2017
Beginning a new career as an academic is a daunting task. Carol Mutch's latest book aims to demystify the process by providing new and intending academics with an insight in what to expect. The book is based around the real-life concerns and questions that were raised by the early career academics she worked with in her innovative Emerging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Mentors
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Bethell, Kerry; Sewell, Alison – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2010
The growth of interest in historical research into the commonplace provides opportunities to explore the different means through which we can understand the everyday world of teachers. Unlike the "well-known" in education past, where significant traces of their lives remain in archives and official records, little such evidence exists of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Background
Whitcombe, J. – 1980
The Teacher Career and Promotion Study investigated the disproportionately small number of women holding elementary school senior teaching positions in New Zealand. Statistics were gathered from regional education board offices on applications and assessments of male and female teachers from 1975 to 1979. To be considered for a senior teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Administrator Selection, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Criteria
Whitcombe, J. E. – 1979
Interviews with 48 primary and secondary teachers in New Zealand provided comparisons of the career patterns of male and female teachers. The respondents taught at urban and rural schools and had a variety of status levels, from assistant teacher to principal. Respondents' ages ranged from under 25 to 55 years. The interviews were informal and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Family Influence, Females, Foreign Countries
Whitcombe, J. E. – 1980
As part of New Zealand's Teacher Career and Promotion Study, a questionnaire was completed by 1,829 elementary and secondary school teachers. Four areas affecting women's representation in senior teaching positions are examined: length of service, family constraints, promotion experience, and career aspiration. More men than women had completed…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Faculty Mobility, Family Influence, Females