How second-career teachers, teacher educators and school actors perceive conditions for beneficial use of previous professional expertise

Gerard den Hertog; Monika Louws; Martine van Rijswijk; Jan van Tartwijk

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2025.105111

How second-career teachers, teacher educators and school actors perceive conditions for beneficial use of previous professional expertise

Gerard den Hertog, Monika Louws, Martine van Rijswijk, Jan van Tartwijk

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Second-career teachers (SCTs) can benefit more from their previous professional expertise (PPE) if tailored support is provided during certification and induction, but how such tailoring can be achieved is not yet clear. This qualitative interview study reports how Dutch SCTs, teacher educators (TEs) and school actors (SAs) perceive the value of PPE and the conditions for its beneficial utilisation. The paper shows that all groups value PPE and discusses instances in which TEs', SAs' and SCTs’ perceptions are complementary or contrasting. The implications address suggestions for a new, tailored support structure for SCTs to underpin beneficial PPE utilisation.

Original language	English
Article number	105111
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Teaching and Teacher Education
Volume	165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105111
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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This publication is part of the funding scheme ‘Promotiebeurs voor Leraren’ (project number 023.017.043) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The funding agency had no involvement in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the article for possible publication.

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The Dutch Research Council	023.017.043

Keywords

Adaptive expertise
Learning opportunities
Previous expertise
Second-career teacher
Task similarity
Transfer

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