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ERIC Number: EJ576774
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
Diversity in Principle and Practice: Addressing the Problem of Teacher Supply.
Whitehead, Joan; Harris, Alma; Maughan, Sylvia; Menter, Ian
Educational Research, v40 n3 p267-81 Win 1998
A survey of preservice teachers in a part-time distance learning program (n=76) and a full-time university program (n=87) in Britain revealed that the part-time course recruits different types of students; both groups felt their training was of a high quality; and barriers to entry into teaching were related to age, family situation, and geographic location. (SK)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Diversity (Faculty), Foreign Countries, Part Time Students, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Supply and Demand
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Wales