摘要：In recent years, the extensive migration of South African teachers to the United Kingdom has become highly politicized. While research on this topic tends to address the issue in terms of ‘push and pull factors’ affecting individual decisions of educators to migrate, this paper will argue that this view is overly simplistic. As will be demonstrated, this individualistic perspective fails to address the power relations inherent in shaping this migration trend, and its undermining effects on South African efforts to reduce inequalities in education in the post-Apartheid era. Through an exploration of migration theory and the South African case of teacher emigration, this paper will argue that what is needed to address the issue is a more holistic understanding. Further, this paper will argue that what is also needed is the application of the various aspects of political and economic migration theory, and an understanding of the particular national and international contexts involved.
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