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Exploring International School Teachers and Professional School Staffs’ Social Cognitive Career Perspective on Lifelong Career Development: A Hong Kong Study

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos

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Teaching in international schools is challenging for teachers and professional school staff due to language barriers, cultural shocks, teaching and learning expectations, support and even living standards. As a result, international schools often organise recruitment fairs to recruit professionals and prevent them from frequent departures. Such departures always cost resources and reduces the performance and morale of the schools. To understand this issue and provide a solution, the researcher collected data from 28 qualified international school teachers and professional school staff who have provided education services for more than 20 years in Hong Kong. The participants used terms such as “bridging the future leaders”, “connecting both local students and international expatriates in a safe environment”, “transferring foreign, home and essential knowledge to local and international students” to describe their current positions for lifelong career decisions and career development. The results of this study outlined areas on how to improve the managerial styles and teachers’ professional development plans in order to retain staff population and increase the morale of incoming and junior-level teachers.

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  • Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "Exploring International School Teachers and Professional School Staffs’ Social Cognitive Career Perspective on Lifelong Career Development: A Hong Kong Study," Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 7(2), pages 116-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:aoj:jeelre:v:7:y:2020:i:2:p:116-121:id:1536
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    1. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Want to Become a Registered Nurse as a Non-Traditional, Returning, Evening, and Adult Student in a Community College: A Study of Career-Changing Nursing Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(16), pages 1-20, August.
    2. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "I Teach Nursing as a Male Nursing Educator: The East Asian Perspective, Context, and Social Cognitive Career Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(12), pages 1-15, June.
    3. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "Male Nursing Practitioners and Nursing Educators: The Relationship between Childhood Experience, Social Stigma, and Social Bias," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-16, July.
    4. Luis Miguel Dos Santos, 2020. "How Does COVID-19 Pandemic Influence the Sense of Belonging and Decision-Making Process of Nursing Students: The Study of Nursing Students’ Experiences," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-19, August.

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