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ERIC Number: EJ469809
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-426X
Why Teach?: Altruism and Career Choice among Nontraditional Recruits to Teaching.
Serow, Robert C.
Journal of Research and Development in Education, v26 n4 p197-204 Sum 1993
Interviews with 26 late-entry teachers ascertained key points in their life histories that affected their career choices. Four main patterns emerged, with the common thread across the classifications being the tendency to view teaching principally as a means of enhancing self-efficacy or other aspects of personal satisfaction. (SM)
Descriptors: Altruism, Career Choice, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Second Careers