Examines the kinds of teacher shortages found in British secondary schools. A classification system for the causes of teacher shortages based on a study of 22 comprehensive schools and 10 local educational authorities is presented. (AM)

The probable demand for and supply of management education in the United Kingdom over the next six or seven years is investigated. The project was intended partly to provide a preliminary study for the National Economic Development Office Management Education, Training, and Development Committee and partly to meet the special request of the…

The increase in the number of students trained to teach economics education in England has not kept pace with the growth of demand for such teachers. (Author/DE)

Examines the problem of the shortage of graduate teachers of science and mathematics in Britain. The results of a survey of the attrition rate of these teachers are presented. The author is critical of educational experts who continue to produce unrealistic schemes for science education without having the least appreciation of the difficulties…

The background of Ph.D.s is tabulated to show the loss to the stock of university manpower of non-academic but educationally valuable experience through growing competition for jobs by Ph.D.s. The conclusion is that forces causing the Ph.D. displacement of labour in the university academic labour market should be constrained. (Editor/JT)

Focusing on the British Government's reorganization of the colleges of education, where its powers over the future of institutions, student numbers and job opportunities have been utilized to the full, the author concludes that manpower planning in higher education has been profoundly undemocratic and perhaps not even beneficial. (JT)

A survey of 114 British headteachers investigated relevant qualifications of teachers and intending teachers, in schools and units for pupils with moderate-to-profound learning difficulties. Results found a discrepancy between the relatively high percentage of teachers with specialist qualifications and headteachers' apparently pessimistic view…

It is argued that during this period the years of expansion were being brought to an end, but in a way that left the higher education system in Britain inefficient and disruptive of the balance between students and resources. The reorganization of colleges of education and the implications of budget cuts and tuition increases are discussed.…

Attempts to stimulate debate on bilingual teaching within the context of secondary education in Great Britain. Questions whether the British educational establishment can provide teachers who are capable of carrying out bilingual teaching. (32 references) (CK)

With the aim of substantially increasing the number and proportion of trained teachers in British further education, a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers reported on the requirements and objectives of professional training, estimated numbers of teachers needed through 1973-74, needed expansion of…

Presents quantitative data on the demand and supply of science teachers in Great Britain, discussing implications for the recruitment and professional training of new teachers. Assumptions made about inactive teachers who return to the teaching profession are also considered. (DH)

This paper reviews responses of educational systems facing demographic and economic constraint, with particular reference to issues of migrant populations, decreased public spending, unemployment, expansion of vocational education, and common areas of future development. Education is concluded to be generally perceived as an instrument for social…

A study of the effects of cuts in recruitment on the sex and class composition of students in British teacher education is reported. Trends in teacher training enrollments and trainees' socioeconomic status since 1962 are examined. (MSE)

This publication contains four conference addresses, responses to those addresses, and a synopsis of eight discussion group reports. The report begins with a paper on staff resources in secondary schools, then considers the problem of assessing the staffing needs of secondary schools and ensuring an adequate supply of qualified secondary teachers,…

This publication presents the papers presented at the Proceedings of the National Citizens Conference on Education held at the Washington Hotel, Washington last May 19-21, 1920. The purpose of the conference is to capitalize for the new era the interest in education that is springing up in all parts of the country, and to organize it for effective…