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ERIC Number: EJ417360
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Teaching in the Mid-1980s: The Centrality of Work in Secondary Teachers' Lives.
Poppleton, Pam; Riseborough, George
British Educational Research Journal, v16 n2 p105-24 1990
Reports findings on perceptions of 686 secondary school teachers in northern England who were surveyed about aspects of their careers. Finds that work centrality was value driven. Concludes that teacher workaholics tend to be driven by their values rather than their perceptions of reality. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Secondary Education, Statistical Analysis, Stress Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Morale, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Load, Work Attitudes, Work Ethic
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: England