Parfitt, A (2020) 'Can the concept of the protean career help us to understand millennial pre-service teacher retention challenges? A study of two pre-service teachers’ career pathways in England.' Journal of Education for Teaching, 46 (3). pp. 324-335.
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Abstract
The career pathways of two pre-service teachers on the point of entering the school workforce were investigated to inform debates on teacher retention. Narrative data were analysed to explore the orientations of two Millennials completing a university-led initial teacher education programme. The protean career concept sheds light on a mindset regarding career pathways that is substantially different to that espoused by earlier generations of teachers, for whom a working life carried out within the profession could have been a realistic proposition. However, this study demonstrated that the concept cannot be applied universally to a cohort. When considering the two case study participants’ narratives, it was necessary to employ elements of a capabilities analysis approach to explore their distinct outcomes after they had initially pursued their goal of ‘making a difference’ and realised that they were unlikely to achieve this through teaching.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Protean career, pre-service teachers, capabilities analysis, Millennials |
| Divisions: | School of Education |
| Research Centres and Groups: | Centre for Research in Equity, Inclusion and Community (CREIC) Research Centre on Policy, Pedagogy and Practice in Education (PPP) |
| UoA: | Education |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2020 12:08 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 11:20 |
| ISSN: | 0260-7476 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/13124 |
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