TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional identity and agency in immigrant teachers’ professional transition to work in Australia
AU - Yip, Sun Yee
AU - Saito, Eisuke
AU - Diamond, Zane M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Australian Association for Research in Education, Inc.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The global mobility and migration of teachers has affected the education environment worldwide. This study examines the professional transition of immigrant teachers and finds that teacher professional identity is a critical element in a complex process of professional transition. Using a qualitative inductive approach, this study reports on the professional transition experiences of ten teachers who migrated from Asia to Australia. Findings revealed that teachers’ employment status, skills and knowledge, perceived social position, and beliefs and attitudes towards teaching are significant elements of teacher identity that either enable or inhibit immigrant teachers’ professional transition. The findings relate to previous research and offer an enhanced understanding of how policymakers and educational leaders can support overseas teachers as they transition into schools within the Australian context.
AB - The global mobility and migration of teachers has affected the education environment worldwide. This study examines the professional transition of immigrant teachers and finds that teacher professional identity is a critical element in a complex process of professional transition. Using a qualitative inductive approach, this study reports on the professional transition experiences of ten teachers who migrated from Asia to Australia. Findings revealed that teachers’ employment status, skills and knowledge, perceived social position, and beliefs and attitudes towards teaching are significant elements of teacher identity that either enable or inhibit immigrant teachers’ professional transition. The findings relate to previous research and offer an enhanced understanding of how policymakers and educational leaders can support overseas teachers as they transition into schools within the Australian context.
KW - Immigrant teachers
KW - Professional identity
KW - Professional transition
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U2 - 10.1007/s13384-022-00600-w
DO - 10.1007/s13384-022-00600-w
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85144217782
SN - 0311-6999
VL - 51
SP - 213
EP - 230
JO - The Australian Educational Researcher
JF - The Australian Educational Researcher
ER -