Research using teacher or teacher educator job advertisements: A scoping review

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Table 1. Search phrases in database searches

Database	Search phrase
Educational Resources Information Centre; Education Research Complete; Teacher Reference Centre; Education Source; EBSCO Open Dissertations	Teach* AND (“job ad*” OR “job posting*” OR “job announc*” OR “position ad*” OR “position posting*” OR “position announc*” OR “vacancy ad*” OR “vacancy posting*” OR “vacancy announc*” OR “recruitment ad*” OR “recruitment posting*” OR “recruitment announc*”)
Education Database	teach* AND (“job ad*” OR “job posting*” OR “job announc*” OR “position ad*” OR “position posting*” OR “position announc*” OR “vacancy ad*” OR “vacancy posting*” OR “vacancy announc*” OR “recruitment ad*” OR “recruitment posting*” OR “recruitment announc*”)
Scopus	TITLE-ABS-KEY (teach* AND (“job ad*” OR “job posting*” OR “job announc*” OR “position ad*” OR “position posting*” OR “position announc*” OR “vacancy ad*” OR “vacancy posting*” OR “vacancy announc*” OR “recruitment ad*” OR “recruitment posting*” OR “recruitment announc*”)
Web of Science	(TS=(teach*)) AND TS=((“job ad*” OR “job posting*” OR “job announc*” OR “position ad*” OR “position posting*” OR “position announc*” OR “vacancy ad*” OR “vacancy posting*” OR “vacancy announc*” OR “recruitment ad*” OR “recruitment posting*” OR “recruitment announc*”))

The search in Educational Resources Information Centre, Education Research Complete, Teacher Reference Centre, Education Source, and EBSCO Open Dissertations was conducted in EBSCOhost.

Figure 1. The flow chart of identification, screening and inclusion process.

Table 2. Selected study variables

Category	Variable	n	Percentage^a
Candidate descriptions (n = 21)	Degrees, certifications and registrations	14	61%
	Skills, knowledge and abilities	14	61%
	Previous experience	12	52%
	Personal qualities	6	26%
	Biographical factors	5	22%
Position descriptions (n = 15)	Duties and responsibilities	12	52%
	Title and rank	11	48%
	Terms of employment	4	17%
Institution description (n = 15)	Institution type	11	48%
	Geographic location	11	48%
	Institutional statements	2	9%

^aout of the 23 studies included in the review.

Table

Author(s)	Publication channel	Country of origin	Sample	Selected study variables
				Candidate description	Position description	Institution description
Anand (2013)	International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics	India	80 school teacher job ads	●
Bailey et al. (2013)	TESOL Journal	United States	169 TESOL job ads	●	●	●
Barrow and Smith (1994)	Conference paper	United States	112 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Barrow (2003)	Journal of Science Education and Technology	United States	70 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Barrow (2001)	Education	United States	63 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Bryce et al. (1991)	Area	England and Wales	3026 secondary teacher job ads		●	●
Ellis et al. (2012)	Teaching and Teacher Education	England	111 teacher educator job ads	●	●
Gunn et al. (2015)	Journal of Education for Teaching	New Zealand	37 teacher educator job ads	●	●
Hales and Clarke (2016)	Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education	Canada	30 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Lasseter and Ryndak (1998)	Conference paper	United States	397 teacher educator job ads	●
Mackenzie (2021)	TESOL Journal	Colombia	95 English language teacher job ads	●
Mahboob and Golden (2013)	Voices in Asia Journal	Sample collected from unspecified countries in East Asia and Middle East	77 English language teacher job ads	●		●
Nuttall et al. (2013)	Journal of Education for Teaching	Australia	55 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Oraison et al. (2019)	Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability	Australia	3 primary or secondary teacher job ads	●
Piróg and Hibszer (2020)	European Journal of Geography	Poland	1084 geography teacher ads		●	●
Ryndak and Sirvis (1999)	Teacher Education and Special Education	United States	397 teacher educator job ads	●
Ryndak et al. (1999)	Teacher Education and Special Education	United States	397 teacher educator job ads	●
Selvi (2010)	WATESOL NNEST Caucus annual review	Sample collected from 12 countries (USA, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, China, Japan, Taiwan, Qatar, Oman, Morocco, UAE, Chile)	249 English language teacher job ads	●	●	●
Sims et al. (2010)	Journal of Music Teacher Education	United States	112 teacher educator job ads	●	●	●
Stephenson and Carter (2014)	Australasian Journal of Special Education	Australia	149 teacher job ads	●	●	●
Talmo et al. (2020)	Conference paper	Sample collected from 11 countries (Estonia, Norway, Lithuania, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain, Cyprus, Russia, Germany, Greece)	854 language teacher job ads	●	●	●
Twombly et al. (2006)	Journal of Teacher Education	United States	1039 teacher educator job ads	●		●
Yaman and Şahin (2019)	Journal of Language Research	Turkey	173 English language teacher job ads	●	●	●

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