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Reflections on "Career Decisions in Special Education: Current and Former Teachers' Personal Views."
Peer reviewedSmith, Stephen W.; And Others – Exceptionality, 1995
The authors of EC 610 841 comment on problems encountered in their research, such as difficulties in analyzing interview data, and discuss their ongoing three-year study of personal and environmental influences affecting attrition of special education teachers. (DB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHodapp, Robert M.; Krasner, Diane V. – Exceptionality, 1995
The authors of EC 610 840 reflect on their use of data from the federally developed National Education Longitudinal Study for their research. They identify specific weaknesses of their study stemming from use of this database (such as lack of severity data) as well as strengths (use of a national sample). Researchers are urged to utilize such…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Disabilities
Reflections on "Attrition in Special Education: Why Teachers Leave the Classroom and Where They Go".
Peer reviewedBrownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W.; McNellis, Janet R. – Exceptionality, 1997
Reflects on the findings of a survey (reported in an earlier article in this issue) of 93 teachers who left their special education teaching positions. How the data was collected is discussed as well as the factors for leaving, including lack of administrative support, significant student discipline problems, high case load, excessive paperwork,…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Data Collection, Disabilities, Discipline Problems
