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ERIC Number: EJ394277
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Science Teachers Who Left: A Survey Report.
Hounshell, Paul B.; Griffin, Sandra S.
Science Education, v73 n4 p433-43 Jul 1989
Surveys 37 science education graduates from 1977 through 1983 who had not taught or had taught but left. Reports the responses of the graduates on 19 questions and follow-up interviews designed to determine why they did not teach or why they left. Low salary, lack of respect, and lack of professionalism are cited as the major reasons. (YP)
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Science Education, Science Teachers, Status, Surveys, Teacher Morale, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Supply and Demand, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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