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“Weekday rural teachers, weekend urban spouses and parents”: A Chinese case of how alternative hiring policy influences teachers’ career decisions

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This study aims to understand the reportedly high retention rates of teachers recruited through Special Teaching Position (STP) — an alternative teacher hiring policy in China. Drawing on ethnographic data, this study examines how five STP teachers make career decisions in their sociocultural contexts. The findings demonstrate how a new phenomenon emerges, which I refer to as “weekday rural teachers, weekend urban spouses and parents.” Two factors contribute to its emergence: (1) improvement of transportation conditions, and (2) skip-generation parenting, that grandparents or older relatives raise children on behalf of the parents. The findings suggest implications for researching alternative hiring policy.

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  • Liao, Wei, 2019. "“Weekday rural teachers, weekend urban spouses and parents”: A Chinese case of how alternative hiring policy influences teachers’ career decisions," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 53-63.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:67:y:2019:i:c:p:53-63
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.03.002
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