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ERIC Number: EJ587005
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
The Problem of Underqualified Teachers in American Secondary Schools.
Ingersoll, Richard M.
Educational Researcher, v28 n2 p26-37 Mar 1999
Studied out-of-field teaching in United States high schools using data from the Schools and Staffing Survey of the National Center for Education Statistics. Reveals that out-of-field teaching is widespread and offers an explanation that focuses on the organizational structure of schools and the occupational conditions and characteristics of teaching. (SLD)
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Qualifications, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Out of Field Classes; Out of Field Teacher Assignment; Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES)
Note: Draws on research supported by Grant RN93140001 from the National Center for Education Statistics. Version of papers presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association (August 1994) and the American Educational Research Association (April 1995).