Factors That Influence African American Male Teachers' Educational and Career Aspirations: Implications for School District Recruitment and Retention Efforts.

Brown, Joan Wilson; Butty, Jo-Anne Manswell

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Publication Date: 1999

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Factors That Influence African American Male Teachers' Educational and Career Aspirations: Implications for School District Recruitment and Retention Efforts.

Brown, Joan Wilson; Butty, Jo-Anne Manswell

Journal of Negro Education, v68 n3 p280-92 Sum 1999

Identified factors that predicted the educational and career aspirations of male African American teachers in a suburban school district, focusing on teacher background, undergraduate major, qualifications, and motivation to impart knowledge. Surveys of 140 teachers indicated that motivation to impart knowledge and undergraduate major were significant predictors of educational and career aspirations. (SM)

Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, Decision Making, Degrees (Academic), Diversity (Faculty), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Males, Teacher Motivation

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Language: English

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