Is the Grass Greener? Current and Former Music Teachers’ Perceptions a Year After Moving to a Different School or Leaving the Classroom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10201604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl B Hancock (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 421-438 |
| Publication date | 2015-11-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022429415612191 |
| OpenAlex | W2265763011 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 34 |
This study is the fourth in a series investigating the retention and turnover of music teachers using nationally representative data from the National Center for Educational Statistics. I identified records for music teachers in the Teacher Follow-Up Survey and determined how they viewed their careers one year after moving to a different school or leaving teaching altogether. The most important reason teachers cited for leaving and connections between post-teaching career status and a willingness to return to teaching were also examined. Results indicated transferring music teachers experienced numerous improvements to their professional careers, including making a difference in others, working at a school with better operating conditions, and feeling a sense of personal accomplishment, intellectual challenge, and support. Music teachers transferred mainly because of school personnel actions, a desire for a better assignment, and dissatisfaction with administrators and working conditions. Former music teachers experienced improved opportunities for advancement, manageable workloads, and work/life balance. Personal reasons, college enrollment, staffing actions, and retirement were principal motivations for leaving. Only 1% of former music teachers were dissatisfied with teaching as a career compared to 5% of non–music teachers. The willingness of former teachers to return was related to their career status
Feeling · Management · Mathematics education · Music education · Pedagogy · Perception · Staffing · Disability Education and Employment · Diverse Music Education Insights · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |