Session Information
01 SES 04 A, European Perspectives on Teacher Induction and Mentoring (Part 1)
Symposium to be continued in 01 SES 06 B
Contribution
In many European countries, teacher induction and mentoring are central answers to the question of how newly qualified teachers' path into the teaching profession can reduce attrition, increase job satisfaction and enhance the quality of teachers' work. However, it is difficult to gain insight into existing European research in the field partly because this research has not previously been systematically collected and analysed. There have been efforts to summarise relevant literature in some European regions e.g. in the Nordic countries (Olsen et al. 2020), but a literature review of research across European countries is missing. This is the goal of this chapter. Through a critical literature review (Hart 2003/2018) focusing on empirical, peer reviewed European research, the chapter will address the following research questions: - How is teacher induction and mentoring organised across the different countries in Europe? - What are recurrent topics explored in studies on teacher induction and mentoring in Europe? - How is induction and mentoring conceptualised in European studies in the field? - What effects of teacher induction and mentoring processes are examined in the research literature and how are these effects investigated? Research literature written in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is searched in ProQuest and EBSCO as well as in specific European databases in the period from 2000-2023. Inclusion criteria are: empirical studies, focused on teacher induction and/or mentoring in primary and lower secondary schools, conducted in one or more European countries and peer-reviewed.
References
Hart, C. (2018): Doing a Literature Review. Releasing the Research Imagination, Sage Olsen, K. R., Bjerkholt, E. M. & Heikkinnen, H. L. T. (Eds.) (2020): New teachers in Nordic countries – Ecologies of mentoring and induction. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. Symeonidis, V. (2021). Europeanisation in teacher education: A comparative case study of teacher education policies and practices. Routledge. Vidović, V. V., & Domović, V. (2013). Teachers in Europe - Main trends, issues and challenges. Croatian Journal of Education, 15(3), 219-250. Zuljan, M. V., & Požarnik, B. M. (2014). Induction and Early-career Support of Teachers in Europe. European Journal of Education, 49(2), 192-205. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12080
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