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Afterword – Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention: contextual challenges and international perspectives

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This afterword to the book by the same authors provides a critical overview of the international dimensions of multiple, situated challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers. It draws attention to the ‘discord’ between the bodies that control teacher training and teachers’ professional development and the research-informed findings and recommendations of...
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RETAIN: A research-informed model of continuing professional development for early career teacher retention

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This chapter presents evaluation research about RETAIN, a pilot programme of continuing professional development (CPD) located in Cornwall, England, that was designed to retain early career teachers (ECTs). It explores the place-based challenges and potential solutions offered by the programme, which aimed to support teacher retention in the context of...
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Understanding the challenges of teacher recruitment and retention for ‘educationally isolated’ schools in England

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The chapter presents a research-informed conceptualisation of ‘educational isolation’ to understand the nature of place-based, contextual school challenges for teacher recruitment and retention in England. The authors’ research exposes how educationally isolated schools are typically located in coastal and rural areas and experience limited access to resources for school improvement...
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Education Isolation: A challenge for schools in England

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This report examines educational isolation and the impacts of long-term under-funding on the recruitment and retention of teachers for schools working in contexts that are impacted by geographical location, socio-economic disadvantage and disadvantage due to limited diversity or access to cultural resources....
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