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Title Facing challenges and complexities in retention of novice teachers / edited by Denise McDonald
Published Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 282 pages)
Series Research in curriculum and instruction
Research in curriculum and instruction.
Contents Situating teacher induction in the urban teaching context : a journey through new terrain as novice teachers' : share stories of finding their way / Denise McDonald, Cheryl J. Craig, and Gayle Curtis -- Walking with fish, swimming with cats : novice teachers and equity / Michele Kahn -- "I feel like Edith Piaf" : a novice teacher's expression of sorrow and hope / Denise M. McDonald -- Jekyll and Hyde : one teacher/two schools / Jean Kiekel -- Career changers' experiences as neophyte middle school ESL teachers / Kent Divoll, Leslie Gauna, and Angelica Ribeiro -- Experiences from the field : voices of novice special education teachers during their induction years / Bernardo Pohl -- Becoming an art teacher : prismatic experiences of three beginning visual art teachers / Carrie Markello -- The Gordian knot of teacher induction : when context trumps teacher preparation and the desire to teach / Cheryl J. Craig, Paige Evans, Donna Stokes, and Jing Li -- Supporting new English language arts teachers as nascent professionals : what enables and impedes their instructional designs and their intentions to help secondary students succeed with the curriculum and required assessments / Laura Turchi and Kristen Nance -- Care as an approach for supporting induction years secondary mathematics teachers / Jacqueline Sack and Judith Quander -- Integrating technology in the classroom : is it happening? / Xiao Han -- When qualifications are not enough : a Latina Spanish bilingual teacher's decision to leave / Christine Beaudry and Leslie Gauna -- Book summary : a big picture view of teacher induction experiences across the disciplines helping policy makers see the forest through the trees / Denise McDonald, Cheryl Craig and Gayle Curtis
Summary "The chapters in the book present in-depth examination of novice teachers' experiences in Houston area schools during their first-through-third year of teaching. Their professional challenges and the unique conditions in which they must navigate their developing and sometimes fragile teacher identity are comprehensively explored."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed September 21, 2023)
Subject Teacher turnover -- Texas -- Houston -- Prevention
Employee retention -- Texas -- Houston
First year teachers -- In-service training -- Texas -- Houston
Teachers -- In-service training -- Texas -- Houston
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
Employee retention
First year teachers -- In-service training
Teachers -- In-service training
Texas -- Houston
Form Electronic book
Author McDonald, Denise Tutka, editor.
LC no. 2018048019
ISBN 9781641133012
1641133015