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Dinham, Steve – 1992
Findings of a study that examined teachers' personal reasons for resigning are presented in this paper, which develops a model of teacher persistence. Interviews were conducted with 57 teachers who resigned from primary schools, and various regional and Head Office positions with the New Wales (Australia) Department of School Education during the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction
Boe, Erling E.; Bobbitt, Sharon A.; Cook, Lynne H.; Barkanic, Gema; Maislin, Greg – 1998
This report contains national trend and predictor data for the supply of public school K-12 teachers in eight cognate areas: general elementary education; mathematics and science education; language education; social studies education; arts, physical, and health education; business and vocational education; other general education; and special…
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Labor Turnover
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Porter, Beverly Fearn; Kelly, William H. – Physics Today, 1983
Examines why fewer college graduates from physics and science education departments become secondary school science teachers, what physics teachers encounter once they enter secondary schools, and why physics teachers leave secondary schools. Issues related to the latter area include low salaries, poorly equipped facilities, nonteaching duties,…
Descriptors: Career Change, Employment Patterns, High Schools, Higher Education