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ERIC Number: EJ421472
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Why Teachers Are Leaving Special Education: Implications for Preservice and Inservice Educators.
Platt, Jennifer M.; Olson, Judy
Teacher Education and Special Education, v13 n3-4 p192-96 Sum-Fall 1990
A survey was administered to 76 special education teachers to determine reasons for their leaving the special education classroom. Significant factors in leaving special education were excessive paperwork, pupil load, inadequate resources, and lack of recognition and support. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Influences, Inservice Teacher Education, Labor Turnover, Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Conditions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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