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ERIC Number: EJ178619
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Our Reason for Teaching
Wright, Benjamin D.
Theory Into Practice, 16, 4, 225-30, Oct 77
Factors influencing a teacher's decision to join the profession are operant throughout the teacher's pre-professional life. Both good and poor teachers affect one's decision to join the profession, and these motivating factors manifest themselves in the new teacher's classroom behavior as well. (MJB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Modeling (Psychology), Motivation, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Influence, Teaching, Teaching Styles
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