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Weiner, Lois – Urban Education, 1990
Reports on a qualitative study of the effects of student teaching in urban secondary schools on the motivation of student teachers. Concludes that the demands of teaching in urban schools may discourage many talented but idealistic liberal arts graduates from pursuing a teaching career. (FMW)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Qualitative Research, Secondary Schools, Student Motivation
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Haberman, Martin; Rickards, William H. – Urban Education, 1990
Analyzes why teachers leave urban schools and their subsequent employment, using the questionnaire responses of 50 of the 124 teachers who left the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) public schools in 1988. Finds that 90 percent of the "leavers" find teaching jobs in other schools. Suggests how the problems cited by the leavers could be ameliorated.…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Persistence