'Should I stay or should I go?': unpacking teacher attrition/retention as an educational issue

• Published in: Teachers and teaching, theory and practice Vol. 23; no. 8; pp. 961 - 977
• Main Author: Kelchtermans, Geert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 17.11.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accountability; Beginning Teacher Induction; Career Change; Career Choice; Decision Making; Definitions; Educational Policy; Faculty Mobility; Interprofessional Relationship; professional development; professional relationships; Recognition (Achievement); Research Problems; Retention; Sense of Community; teacher attrition; teacher induction; Teacher Persistence; Teacher retention; Teachers; teaching career

The paper starts from the observation that teacher attrition/retention seems to be a wicked issue: it seems to have strong face validity and a commonsense meaning, but the literature doesn't provide a clear and distinctive definition. In the first section, the author analyzes the different ways...