Teacher shortage in the United States (U.S.) is persistent and severe and manifests more acutely in low-income school districts and mathematics and science subject areas. Strategies to recruit locally trained teachers from within the U.S. have failed to satisfy the increasing demand, and recruitment drives have extended beyond national borders to…

We explored the challenges that five newly qualified teachers (NQTs) faced in the teaching and learning situation and how they addressed their challenges. The teachers taught integrated science at the Junior High School (JHS; ages 12-15 years). Data were collected through observation, interview, and content analysis. We used the inductive and…

U.S. schools have experienced a perennial shortage of teachers. Recently, many school districts have been inviting foreign veteran teachers to help mitigate such teacher shortages. This study describes the initial cross-cultural issues four international science teachers encountered when they immigrated to teach in U.S. high schools, hi-depth,…