Efficacy and Interest Profile of Foreign Language Teachers During a Time of Critical Shortage
Year: 2008
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Teacher retention and recruitment is becoming a serious matter, specifically for foreign language educators. Five factors contributing to the shortage are discussed and two more are advanced: vocational interest and teachers’ sense of efficacy. Citing a dearth of active FL educator recruitment initiatives attempting to arrest the problem, this quantitative study (n=80) established a vocational profile of an efficacious foreign language instructor using the Self Directed Search interest inventory (Holland, 1994) and the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk-Hoy, 2001). Correlational analysis of the two instruments indicated a stable profile for highly efficacious foreign language educators. This interest profile has serious implications for the identification of highly efficacious foreign language educators as a means for recruitment and retention.
Source: Digital Archive @ GSU
Author: Peter B. Swanson
Institution: Georgia State University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1672326157