Research On Adaptation Of Migrating Talented High School Teachers

Since China's policy of reform and opening up to outside world was adopted, there has been an increase in the recurrent population. This flow of personnel is also getting distinct in the profession of teachers. More and more talented high school teachers are migrating from the less advanced areas to the more advanced areas, which is becoming a mainstream trend of teacher outflow. The causes of this massive teacher outflow and impact exerted on the less advanced areas have already drawn broad attention in the academic circle. However, adaptation of these talented teachers in the new city has been overlooked and few researches have been done on this subject. Based on the previous studies on adaptation of other migrating groups together with the data collected via a survey of 137 migrating high school teachers and 20 case studies, and under a theoretical framework of migration and social capital, this thesis probes into the adaptation status of migrating talented high school teachers in the new environment, exposes the difficulties they are confronting and discusses the reasons of their inadaptability and puts forward measures to improve this situation. Through the study of adaptation status of the migrating teachers this research provides authentic data for future studies, proposes some suggestions for the migrating teachers to adapt themselves to the new environment, and gives reference to the educational administration in policy making to direct a modest migration of talented teachers in promoting the construction of a more harmonious society.This research is a qualitative study, methodology for data collection including questionnaire, interview and literature investigation.This thesis is divided into four chapters:Introduce. Introduce the background and significance of this study, some important concepts and the research approach.Chapter one is a literature review. The first section reviews the western researches on paradigm shift in studies on migration adaptation, and sorts out some of the leading theories, such as assimilation and culture lag, and gives a brief comment on relevant theories. The second section reviews the domestic studies on the adaptation of peasant labors, Three Gorges migrants, landless farmers and minority groups.Chapter two analyses the group attributes of the migrating teachers. The first section describes the economic status, professional reputation, public relations, age and other factors of the subjects before they migrated. The second section explores the causes driving them migrate from the factors of social environment of market economy, transform of systems, influences by the mass media and the quality embedded in the profession of teaching, analysis in this chapter paves the foundation for further study on their adaptation.Chapter three is a specific analysis of the migrating teachers' adaptation status. Based on the data collected via questionnaire and interviews, it describes the subjects' living status in the new environment and the economic, social, and psychological problems they are confronting; and analyses the characteristics shown in their adaptation to the city. To sum up, the research results show that these migrating teachers lack inadaptability to the new environment and are facing lots of difficulties.Chapter four explores the reasons behind this adaptability deficiency from factors of the dual structure of society, resource channels, social capitals accumulation and configuration, and individual factors. It also puts forward measures to promote this inadaptability.The last part concludes the major findings of this research and points out the limitations of the present study and proposes suggestions for future researches.