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ERIC Number: EJ624184
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
Rejoinder: Misunderstanding the Problem of Out-of-Field Teaching.
Ingersoll, Richard M.
Educational Researcher, v30 n1 p21-22 Jan-Feb 2001
Discusses the phenomenon of out-of-field teaching assignments, suggesting that this important, but long unrecognized, problem in schools remains largely misunderstood. The paper attempts to clarify two relevant issues: whether teachers' qualifications really matter and what measures of out-of-field teaching really measure. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Certification, Teacher Qualifications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Out of Field Teacher Assignment