Why do foreign teachers leave Türkiye? Case of foreign private schools

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 143 - 171, 30.04.2025

Sinan Tümtürk , Levent Deniz

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.1464930

Abstract

Teacher mobility has emerged as one of the most prominent issues in the field of education in recent years. Accordingly, the number of foreign teachers coming to work in Türkiye, as well as those leaving Türkiye and the schools they work at for various reasons, is increasing daily. The study aimed to determine the factors leading foreign teachers working in foreign private schools to leave Türkiye and the schools they work in. The phenomenology of qualitative research methods was used in the study, conducting in-depth interviews with 21 foreign teachers using semi-structured questions. The data obtained were categorised into themes using content analysis method. The factors causing foreign teachers to leave Türkiye and their respective schools were divided into six distinct themes: country-related, school-related, school management-related, personal, economic, and factors outside of school life. The research revealed reasons surrounding these six themes for foreign teachers who leave Türkiye and their schools, offering recommendations to researchers and school administrators on retaining qualified foreign teachers who come to Türkiye and ensuring their long-term stay.

Keywords

Foreign private schools, Foreign teacher, Teacher mobility, Teacher turnover

Ethical Statement

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Marmara University, dated 10 April 2023 and numbered 530794

Yabancı öğretmenler Türkiye'yi neden terk ediyor? Yabancı özel okullar örneği

Abstract

Eğitim sektöründe son yıllarda en çok dikkat çeken konulardan biri öğretmen hareketliliğidir. Buna uygun olarak Türkiye’ye çalışmak üzere gelen birçok yabancı öğretmenin yanı sıra çeşitli nedenlerle Türkiye’den ve çalıştıkları okuldan ayrılan öğretmenlerin sayısında da her geçen gün daha fazla artış yaşanmaktadır. Araştırmada yabancı özel okullarda görev yapan yabancı öğretmenlerin Türkiye’den ve çalıştıkları okuldan ayrılmalarına neden olan faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olgubilim(fenomenoloji) deseni kullanılmış ve araştırma 21 yabancı öğretmen ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılarak temalara ayrılmıştır. Yabancı öğretmenlerin Türkiye’den ve çalıştıkları okuldan ayrılmalarına neden olan faktörler; ülkeye ilişkin, okula ilişkin, okul yönetimine ilişkin, kişisel, ekonomik ve okul yaşamı dışındaki faktörler olmak üzere altı farklı temaya ayrılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda bu altı tema etrafında yabancı öğretmenlerin Türkiye’den ve çalıştıkları okuldan ayrılma nedenleri ortaya konularak Türkiye’ye gelen nitelikli yabancı öğretmenlerin elde tutulması ve uzun süreler burada kalmalarını sağlamak üzere yapılması gerekenler konusunda araştırmacılara ve okul yöneticilerine önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Öğretmen devri, Öğretmen hareketliliği, Yabancı öğretmen, Yabancı özel okullar

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