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Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools
Mini Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79962 Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools Du Plessis, Andre madibaname@yahoo.com Madibana, Eliphus UCTD Transitioning induction mentoring novice teacher challenges Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Mini Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2021. The study investigated activities initiated in different rural secondary schools to assist novice teachers with less than three years in the field to cope with challenges arising during the transitional phase. The study arose out of challenges encountered by novice teachers attached to my school and other neighbouring rural secondary schools as observed by me due to the lack of clear professional development activities aimed at assisting them to cope with the challenges at work which in most cases lead them into exiting the profession prematurely. I posed a primary research question: How do novice teachers cope with the transition from university to the workplace? Twelve novice teachers working in rural secondary schools in the Capricorn North District in Limpopo Province were sampled purposefully as participants in this study. The study indicated some of the challenges encountered by novice teachers in their first three years of teaching which normally kills their spirit and results in a high rate of attrition. The study employed a descriptive qualitative research approach and multiple case study design to explore the problem. The study used the theory that was developed by Fuller (1969). The theory compared a novice teacher to a new-born child that just got thrown into a new place of which he knew nothing. The theory holds that teachers go through three stages of concern, namely a state of survival, self-adequacy and thirdly, acceptance. The findings revealed that novice teachers working in rural schools experienced a different form of developmental support from their schools due to the lack of a clear professional development policy and the lack of support from the Department of Basic Education. In some rural schools, novice teachers are not being assisted at all, they depend on consultations with senior teachers which they had to initiate themselves. ETDP SETA bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2021-05-19T08:11:46Z 2021-05-19T08:11:46Z 2021-09-30 2021-03-30 Mini Dissertation *Madibana, ME 2021, Transitioning from university to workplace: experiences of novice teachers in rural schools, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria. S2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79962 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Transitioning induction mentoring novice teacher challenges Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title | Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title_full | Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title_fullStr | Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title_short | Transitioning from university to workplace : experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| title_sort | transitioning from university to workplace experiences of novice teachers in rural schools |
| topic | UCTD Transitioning induction mentoring novice teacher challenges Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-08 Education theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79962 |