由于士气崩溃一半的英国教师威胁辞职 [英国媒体]

Half of all teachers in England threaten to quit as morale crashes

由于士气崩溃一半的英国教师威胁辞职

Shock poll shows 53% of teachers are thinking of leaving the profession in the next two years

【日期】2015年10月4日



Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, says the government is 'profoundly out of step with teachers'. Photograph: Sam Frost

Christine Blower,全国教师联合会秘书长说，“政府和教师群体矛盾一触即发”。照片来源：山姆弗劳斯特。

More than half of teachers are considering leaving the profession in the next two years, according to a YouGov poll.

根据一份YouGov调查显示，有超过一半多的教师在考虑未来两年里离开教育行业。

With research suggesting that teachers are working anything up to 60 hours a week, a survey published on Sunday offers evidence of plummeting morale among staff. It reveals that 53% of teachers are thinking of quitting in the next couple of years. The top reasons given were “volume of workload” (61%) and “seeking a better work/life balance” (57%).

研究数据显示，教师一周工作时间在60个小时以上，上周天发布的一份调查结果表明教师们的工作热情在下降。有百分之53的老师考虑在未来几年内离开该行业。放弃该职位转行的首要原因是“工作量太大”（61%的人选择该项），其次原因是“寻求一份家庭和职业能更好平衡的职业”（者人数比例为57%）。

Morale has fallen in the past five years for two-thirds (67%), the poll of 1,020 teachers found. Roughly one in 10 (9%) feel it has improved. Nearly three-quarters (73%) agreed that current policies for the school curriculum and pupil assessment are narrow and uncreative.

在过去的五年里对1020位老师的调查表明，三分之二的人员（百分之67）已经对该行业不报任何信心。大约十分之一（9%）的人认为它有所改善。近四分之三的（73%）老师认为现行的管理方式和课程设置狭隘又缺乏革新。

Responding to the findings of the survey, Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, who commissioned the poll, said: “The government’s current priorities are both wrong and profoundly out of step with the views of teachers. They are the essential cause of the growing problems with teacher supply.

就调查结果的影响来看，Christine Blower,美国最大的教师联合会秘书长表示，“即使是从教师的角度去看，政府目前政策优先顺序上也是完全错误的。这是目前教师供不应求问题的最大原因。”

“This survey demonstrates the combined negative impact of the accountability agenda on teacher workload and morale. Teachers feel that the Department for Education’s work thus far to tackle workload has been totally inadequate.”

“该调查表明，教师的工作量和道德问责议程带来了很大负面影响。教师们认为教师管理部门迄今为止对于工作量问题的解决毫无进展。”

The schools minister, Nick Gibb, insisted that the profession remained popular, but admitted that the government needed to act on excessive workloads. “Teaching remains a hugely popular profession, with the highest numbers of people joining since 2008,” he said. “The latest figures show the number of former teachers coming back to the classroom has continued to rise year after year – from 14,720 in 2011 to 17,350 in 2014.

教育部长Nick Gibb坚持认为该行业仍旧很受欢迎，但同意政府应该改进工作量问题。“教师仍然是一份很受欢迎的职业，自2008年起至今该行业从业人员数量达到高峰，”他还说“最新的数据显示，老教师重返课堂的人数从2011年的14720人增加到了2014年的17350人。”

“While the vast majority of teachers stay in their roles for more than five years, we know unnecessary workload can detract from what matters most: teaching. That’s why we launched the Workload Challenge, and are working with the profession to understand and tackle the top issues that teachers said caused the most bureaucracy, with leading education experts taking action on key areas such as marking and lesson planning.”

“大多数的教师都会在该职位中从业五年以上，我们知道不必要的工作量会影响到教学质量。那就是为何我们认为工作量改革是个大难题，同了解该行业的专业人士一起了解现状，解决教师们说的官僚主义问题，同教育行业的领头专家们一起就课程设置和课程规划等关键问题采取行动。”

However, Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, said the government was still overly concerned with structures over standards and staffing. “While David Cameron’s government continues to be blinded by ideology and to ignore the chronic shortages of teachers, it is pupils and teachers that are paying the price,” she said. “With the Tories constantly demoralising the profession and botching teacher recruitment, it’s no surprise that schools are now struggling against the highest number of teachers quitting in a decade and falling applications.”

然而，在野教育大臣Lucy Powell表示，政府关注的重点仍旧集中在标准和人员结构及编制上。“David Cameron政府继续被意识形态蒙蔽，忽略教师长期短缺这一现状，学生和教师都会为此付出代价，”她补充道，“如果保守党继续让该行业士气低迷并搞砸教师招聘，近十年来学校想尽办法避免教师大量流失，申请教师职位数量下降的局面不会有任何改观。”