What works in attracting and retaining teachers in challenging schools and areas?
What works in attracting and retaining teachers in challenging schools and areas?
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DOI：
10.1080/03054985.2020.1775566
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发表时间：
2020-07-10
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2
通讯作者：
El Soufi, Nada
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作者：
See, Beng Huat;Morris, Rebecca;El Soufi, Nada
本文介绍了一个系统的国际研究证据，确定最有前途的方法来吸引和留住教师在难以工作人员的地区进行审查。只有经验研究，采用因果或适当的比较设计，并有强大的测量招聘和保留的结果进行了审议。评估研究的证据强度，考虑到可信度的威胁，这可能会使结果产生偏差。通过对13个电子数据库和Google/Google Scholar的检索，确定了20份符合纳入标准的不同研究报告。经济激励似乎是唯一能吸引教师到具有挑战性的学校的方法，但在留住他们方面却无效。为了让教师在具有挑战性的学校工作，需要一个支持性和有利的工作环境。其他方法，如辅导，支持，或教师发展没有有效的有力证据，主要是因为这些方法的研究很薄弱。因此，迫切需要能够解决因果问题的更有力的研究，以确定它们在最需要的领域吸引和留住优秀教师方面的影响。长远的解决办法是改变学校分配政策，改善这些地区的经济状况，使其不出现人手问题。
This paper describes a systematic review of international research evidence identifying the most promising approaches to attracting and retaining teachers in hard-to-staff areas. Only empirical studies that employed a causal or suitable comparative design and had robust measurements of recruitment and retention outcomes were considered. Studies were assessed for strength of evidence taking into account threats to trustworthiness which may bias the results. A search of 13 electronic databases and Google/Google scholar identified 20 distinct research reports that met the inclusion criteria. Financial incentives was the only approach that seemsto work in attracting teachers to challenging schools, but not effective in retaining them. To keep teachers working in challenging schools a supportive and conducive working environment would be needed. Other approaches such as mentoring, support, or teacher development do not have strong evidence of effectiveness, largely because much of the research on these approaches was weak. More robust research capable of addressing causal questions is therefore urgently required to determine their impact in attracting and retaining good teachers in areas where they are most needed. Long-term solution would be to change school-allocation policies and improve economic conditions in such areas so that the problem of staffing does not arise.