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Can schools really provide the learning environment that new teachers need? Complexities and implications for professional learning in Wales

Milton, Emmajane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8065-9857, Daly, Caroline, Langdon, Frances, Palmer, Melanie, Jones, Ken and Davies, Andrew James 2022. Can schools really provide the learning environment that new teachers need? Complexities and implications for professional learning in Wales. Professional Development in Education 48 (5) , pp. 878-891. 10.1080/19415257.2020.1767177

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Abstract

Based on data from the Welsh adaptation of the Langdon Induction and Mentoring Survey, this article presents the perceptions of induction and mentoring held by school leaders, mentors, classroom teachers and Newly Qualified Teachers in Welsh schools. Differences according to professional role were found, suggesting that school leaders have more positive perceptions of induction and mentoring in their schools than all other staff but particularly more than general teaching staff. Possible reasons for this variation in perspective are explored. The research conceptualises schools as complex, relational sites for the professional formation of new teachers. Within this context, induction and mentoring are multifaceted and comprised of multiple interactions between stakeholders and their respective engagements with the policy environment at all levels. Results suggest that, in this environment, induction and mentoring involve largely ‘privatised’ practices that and are not viewed as the concern of those not occupying a designated mentoring role. This presents a problem for the realisation of schools as professional learning organisations which can harness the professional capital of all staff – including leaders - in order to help new teachers, and all others, to thrive.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 1941-5257
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 12 March 2020
Date of Acceptance: 1 February 2020
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2024 15:00
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130367

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