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Understanding Special Education Teacher Attrition: A Conceptual Model and Implications for Teacher Educators.
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Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1993
This article offers a conceptual model for studying teacher attrition and retention. The model incorporates historical, environmental, and external factors believed to influence teachers' decisions about whether to continue teaching. The framework is used to draw implications for future special education teacher preparation research. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Decision Making, Disabilities
Attrition/Retention of Special Education Teachers: Critique of Current Research and Recommendations for Retention Efforts.
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Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1992
This paper reviews 12 studies of special education teacher attrition, concluding that research-based models for improving the retention of special education teachers do not exist. Guidelines for a research agenda to identify variables that influence the attrition of special education teachers are offered. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Models