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ERIC Number: EJ298944
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Recruitment to School Teaching: The Relationship Between High School Plans and Early Adult Attainments.
Lyson, Thomas A.; Falk, William W.
American Educational Research Journal, v21 n1 p181-93 Spr 1984
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), this study shows that almost half the NLS respondents teaching in 1979 did not report teaching plans in high school, whereas three-fourths of those planning to teach were not teaching in 1979. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Elementary School Teachers, Employment Opportunities, High Schools, Occupational Aspiration, Secondary School Teachers, Social Mobility, Student Characteristics, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Longitudinal Study High School Class 1972
Note: This research was supported in part from funds provided by the South Carolina and Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Stations in conjunction with USDA/CSRJ regional research project S-114.