Using Realistic Job Previews to attract prospective teachers
The Project
Realistic Job Previews offer a ‘try before you buy’ insight into a profession, allowing users to experience aspects of daily life before commiting to training.
They can promote early integration, leading to better retention rates and job success; they also:
- communicate an honest and believable portrayal of a job, leading to higher levels of trust for potential applicants.
- lower initial expectations so that new trainees are prepared for the inevitable ups and downs encountered in the job.
- lead to appropriate self-selection where applicants will self-select out if the job is not a good fit.
We continue to work with the Department for Education and Teach for Australia offering Realistic Job Previews.
Research Question: Can we adopt tools from organizational psychology to reliably attract new entrants into teacher training?
Research Team
External Team
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Project Details
Theme: Pedagogy, Learning and Knowledge; Teacher Education and Professional Learning
										Research Team
External Team
													Department for Education												
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