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<p>In the literature, analysing job adverts is considered to be a credible method for collecting data about the real demand for employees with higher education. Studies on the demand for teachers based on this data source have been conducted in many countries, but never in Poland. On this basis, the research objective was to identify regional and temporal changes in the demand for geography teachers. As part of the study we tracked all job adverts addressed to geography teachers which were published online over a period of nearly two years. It turned out there were 3,438 such job vacancies in Poland, which included part-time and full-time positions. The study results indicated vast temporal and regional differences in the demand for teachers, and also a clear imbalance in the demand for geographers between Warsaw – the capital city – and the rest of the country. It should be highlighted that both the methodology and the results presented in the paper are pioneering.</p>
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In the literature, analysing job adverts is considered to be a credible method for collecting data about the real demand for employees with higher education. Studies on the demand for teachers based on this data source have been conducted in many countries, but never in Poland. On this basis, the research objective was to identify regional and temporal changes in the demand for geography teachers. As part of the study we tracked all job adverts addressed to geography teachers which were published online over a period of nearly two years. It turned out there were 3,438 such job vacancies in Poland, which included part-time and full-time positions. The study results indicated vast temporal and regional differences in the demand for teachers, and also a clear imbalance in the demand for geographers between Warsaw – the capital city – and the rest of the country. It should be highlighted that both the methodology and the results presented in the paper are pioneering.

<bold>Regional and temporal changes</bold> in demand for geography teachers in Poland. Results of job advert tracking in the years 2019–2020

Institute of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Institute of Geography, Department of Research in Geography Education

Miscellanea Geographica

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 in demand for geography teachers in Poland. Results of job advert tracking in the years 2019–2020

In the literature, analysing job adverts is considered to be a credible method for collecting data about the real demand for employees with higher education....

Regional and temporal changes in demand for geography teachers in Poland. Results of job advert tracking in the years 2019–2020

Published Online: Oct 31, 2022

Page range: 198 - 207

Received: Mar 28, 2022

Accepted: Oct 24, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0018

Keywords
Content analysis, demand, geography teachers, labour market, job offer, Poland

© 2022 Danuta Piróg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Regional and temporal changes in demand for geography teachers in Poland. Results of job advert tracking in the years 2019–2020

Published Online: Oct 31, 2022

Page range: 198 - 207

Received: Mar 28, 2022

Accepted: Oct 24, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0018

KeywordsContent analysis, demand, geography teachers, labour market, job offer, Poland

© 2022 Danuta Piróg et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Content analysis, demand, geography teachers, labour market, job offer, Poland