Implications of Declining Enrollments for Teacher Age Characteristics and Educational Development.

Grambs, Jean Dresden

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Implications of Declining Enrollments for Teacher Age Characteristics and Educational Development.

Grambs, Jean Dresden

Gerontologist, v20 n5 p552-60 Oct 1980

School systems encountering declining enrollments also face an increasing proportion of senior faculty drawing high salaries. There are no hard data on demographics of the teaching professions or research which supports any relationship between age and quality of teaching. Crucial research questions remain which gerontologists could help answer. (Author)

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Competence, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Middle Aged Adults, School Demography, State of the Art Reviews, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Retirement, Teacher Salaries, Teachers

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