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ERIC Number: EJ566243
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
The Problem of Out-of-Field Teaching.
Ingersoll, Richard M.
Phi Delta Kappan, v79 n10 p773-76 Jun 1998
Even a moderate number of teachers lacking college minors constitutes a problem for schools. Out-of-field teaching occurs in over half of U.S. secondary schools (rural and urban, affluent and low-income). The source of this problem lies not in teachers' educational attainment, but in lack of fit between teachers' field of training and their teaching assignments. (MLH)
Descriptors: Incidence, Secondary Education, Teacher Certification, Teacher Placement, Teacher Qualifications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Minors (Students); Out of Field Classes