The Sustaining Power of Hope: Perspectives of Public School Teachers

Autor/in	Levine, Anita C.
Titel	The Sustaining Power of Hope: Perspectives of Public School Teachers
Quelle	In: Research in the Schools, 20 (2013) 1, S.57-75 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-5300
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Public School Teachers; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Persistence; Q Methodology; Mixed Methods Research; Coping; Teacher Burnout; Correlation; Teaching (Occupation); Stress Variables; Anxiety; Factor Analysis; Maine; Ohio; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Bewältigung; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Korrelation; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Angst; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	Teacher attrition is a persistent dilemma, with much research conducted on why teachers leave the profession. Yet, limited research exists on why teachers stay, despite the profession's many stressors. This exploratory study examined teachers' perspectives on the role that hope plays as a sustaining influence. A purposive sample of 25 mid-career (teaching between 6 and 15 years) urban, rural and suburban U.S. public school teachers participated in this study. Q methodology, a mixed methods research approach, was utilized, and the multidimensional hope model developed by nurse researchers Farran, Herth, and Popovich (1995) served as the theoretical framework. Three distinctive hope-sustaining themes emerged from the data analysis. These were "Making a Difference through Advocacy"; "Faith-Based Calling to Teach"; and "Professional Autonomy and Respect." Hope was broadly perceived as that which provided an inner source of strength, and was linked to sense of meaning in one's professional life, enabling the participants to cope with stress. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA). Web site: http://www.msera.org/publications-rits.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01