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ERIC Number: EJ253243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Nov
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'Commitment' and Motivation in Primary School Teachers.
Nias, Jennifer
Educational Review, v33 n3 p181-90 Nov 1981
Analysis of the use made by 93 British primary school teachers of the word 'commitment' revealed that they were using it in four different senses--as caring, a concern for occupational competence, personal identification as teacher, and career-continuance. All suggest different motives for entering and remaining in teaching. (Author)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Individual Differences, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Persistence, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Commitment