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URBAN TEACHER PERSISTENCE: SELF-EFFICACY, AFFECT, AND VALUES
by
Elaine Anita Ige
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Elaine Anita Ige
Object Description
| Title | Urban teacher persistence: self-efficacy, affect, and values |
| Author | Ige, Elaine Anita |
| Author email | eige@usc.edu;rasure93223@mypacks.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-01-19 |
| Date submitted | 2012-03-19 |
| Date approved | 2012-03-20 |
| Restricted until | 2012-03-20 |
| Date published | 2012-03-20 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rueda, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Ragusa, Gisele Gokalp, Gokce |
| Abstract | The problem of teacher attrition was reviewed and a mixed-method study of motivational characteristics for years of persistence in a teaching career was conducted. Ninety-two second, third, or fourth grade urban public school teachers who taught for five years or more were surveyed in order to gather quantitative data on the five motivational characteristics of self-efficacy, positive and negative affect, and importance and interest values for teaching as a career. Significant and positive correlations were found between positive affect and each of the factors of self-efficacy, importance, and interest. Importance and interest for teaching as a career were highly correlated. No statistical significance was found for a multiple regression analysis for variance in teaching years for the five motivational characteristics. No statistical significance was found for ANOVAs for teachers who taught from 5-15 years compared to 16-41 years. There was a significant difference for positive affect between 2nd and 4th grade teachers. Six teachers from the sample were interviewed in the qualitative portion of the study and four themes emerged from the interview data: 1) the persistence of second career teachers, 2) persistence despite challenges, 3) the influence of mentors, and 4) the use of self-reflection. This study has implications for administrators at the district and school level, and for teacher training programs, which would potentially reduce teacher recruitment costs and maintain continuity of educational programs for students, in an effort to contribute to the retention of teachers in the profession. |
| Keyword | teacher attrition; teacher turnover; motivation; persistence; self-efficacy; affect; values; importance; interest |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Ige, Elaine Anita |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-IgeElaineA-525.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | URBAN TEACHER PERSISTENCE: SELF-EFFICACY, AFFECT, AND VALUES by Elaine Anita Ige A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2012 Copyright 2012 Elaine Anita Ige |
