Hirshberg Matthew J, Flook Lisa, Sundaram-Stukel Reka, Davidson Richard J
Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.
Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.
J Sch Psychol. 2024 Dec;107:101396. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2024.101396. Epub 2024 Nov 26.
Early career teacher attrition disrupts school continuity, precludes many of those who leave from achieving expertise, and drains economic resources from school systems. In a longitudinal cluster randomized controlled trial (k = 8, n = 98), we examined the impact of a 9-week meditation-based intervention on undergraduate preservice teachers' rates of attrition from teaching approximately 4 years later. The odds of attrition among intervention group participants 3 years into their teaching careers were significantly reduced by at least 77.0% regardless of modeling approach (Odds ratios = 0.13-0.23, ps ≤ 0.013) compared to teacher education as usual controls. In benefit-cost analyses, we estimated that for every $1 spent on the intervention, hiring districts saved $3.43 in replacement teacher costs. Additional research is required to replicate the core finding of reduced attrition and understand the pathways through which the intervention caused these reductions.
早期职业生涯教师流失会破坏学校的连续性，使许多离职教师无法获得专业技能，并消耗学校系统的经济资源。在一项纵向整群随机对照试验（k = 8，n = 98）中，我们研究了一项为期9周的基于冥想的干预措施对大约4年后本科职前教师流失率的影响。与常规教师教育对照组相比，无论采用何种建模方法，干预组参与者在从教3年后的流失几率均显著降低了至少77.0%（优势比 = 0.13 - 0.23，p值≤0.013）。在效益成本分析中，我们估计，在干预措施上每花费1美元，招聘学区在替代教师成本上可节省3.43美元。需要进一步的研究来重复减少流失这一核心发现，并了解干预措施导致这些减少的途径。
