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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
Career Decisions in Special Education: Current and Former Teachers' Personal Views.
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Brownell, Mary T.; And Others – Exceptionality, 1995
Variables related to special education teacher attrition were examined by qualitative interviews with 14 current and 10 former special education teachers. Analysis indicated that stayers were more committed to teaching students with disabilities, had a higher sense of efficacy, felt more prepared by their preservice and initial teaching…
Descriptors: Coping, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Attrition of Special Educators: Why They Leave and Where They Go. Working Paper.
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Brownell, Mary T.; And Others – 1995
Telephone interviews concerning special education teacher attrition were conducted with 96 former special education teachers in Florida. Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to analyze the interview data. Participants had not returned to their special education teaching positions after the 1992-93 school year. The majority of…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility