Adaptation Challenges of Early-Career Primary School Teachers

Abstract

The quantitative study was intended to investigate adaptation challenges which beginning teachers have to face during their early years of teaching and investigate their perceptions on their induction training. Survey research design has been used in this study and questionnaire was used as an instrument, Survey research is a quantitative research technique applied for accumulating information from a group of respondents by asking multiple survey questions. The researcher made the research instrument by her own self after seeing the format of questionnaires from different thesis related to early-career teachers’ challenges and induction training. Sample of the study was comprised of 300 early-career primary school teachers (1-6 years of experience) from different public schools; sample was chosen by means of convenient sampling technique. The conclusion was made that early-career teachers were not psychologically and virtually prepare to face challenges. Moreover, the difficulties which they had to face are classroom management challenges, instructional challenges, workload challenges and relational issues with colleagues, students and administrators.