Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorBasit, Tehmina N.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Lorna
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Olwen
dc.contributor.authorCarrington, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorMaguire, Meg
dc.contributor.authorWoodrow, Derek
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-13T10:38:39Z
dc.date.available2008-05-13T10:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationBritish Educational Research Journal, 32(3): 387-410
dc.identifier.issn01411926
dc.identifier.issn14693518
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01411920600635411
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/25734
dc.description.abstractThis article reports the findings of a research project which examines the reasons why minority ethnic trainees withdraw from teacher training courses. It highlights a number of issues, the most significant of which is that withdrawal is a process not an event. The most common causes of withdrawal were 'personal' and 'family' reasons. However, the combination of these two factors with various issues to do with the initial teacher training (ITT) institution and the placement school made it impossible for most trainees to stay on the course. With the exception of perceptions of racism by some minority ethnic trainees, the reasons for withdrawal given by majority ethnic and minority ethnic trainees were by and large the same. The article concludes by suggesting a number of strategies for ITT institutions and placement schools to improve the retention of trainees. It emphasises the need for better support from ITT institutions, more structured mentoring during school placements, continuous and effective communication between the ITT institutions and placement schools, flexibility in course structure, improved funding, availability of affordable childcare, and the tackling of discrimination. It also stresses that withdrawal is not necessarily final, and these trainees should be encouraged to return to teaching as many enjoyed the course and would make good teachers.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.routledge.com/
dc.subjectWithdrawal
dc.subjectMinority ethnic groups
dc.subjectTeacher education
dc.subjectRetention
dc.titleDid they jump or were they pushed? Reasons why minority ethnic trainees withdraw from initial teacher training courses
dc.typeJournal article
dc.identifier.journalBritish Educational Research Journal
html.description.abstractThis article reports the findings of a research project which examines the reasons why minority ethnic trainees withdraw from teacher training courses. It highlights a number of issues, the most significant of which is that withdrawal is a process not an event. The most common causes of withdrawal were 'personal' and 'family' reasons. However, the combination of these two factors with various issues to do with the initial teacher training (ITT) institution and the placement school made it impossible for most trainees to stay on the course. With the exception of perceptions of racism by some minority ethnic trainees, the reasons for withdrawal given by majority ethnic and minority ethnic trainees were by and large the same. The article concludes by suggesting a number of strategies for ITT institutions and placement schools to improve the retention of trainees. It emphasises the need for better support from ITT institutions, more structured mentoring during school placements, continuous and effective communication between the ITT institutions and placement schools, flexibility in course structure, improved funding, availability of affordable childcare, and the tackling of discrimination. It also stresses that withdrawal is not necessarily final, and these trainees should be encouraged to return to teaching as many enjoyed the course and would make good teachers.


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record