Conditions for Practice: Why Teachers Select Rural Schools.

Matthes, William A.; Carlson, Robert V.

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ERIC Number: EJ352962

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Conditions for Practice: Why Teachers Select Rural Schools.

Matthes, William A.; Carlson, Robert V.

Journal of Rural and Small Schools, v1 n1 p25-28 Fall 1986

Questionnaire responses were used to study 99 first-year teachers and their reasons for accepting present positions. Teachers in rural, suburban, and urban districts differed significantly on reasons for accepting their positions but agreed on financial rewards and degree of support as reasons for considering teaching positions in other districts. (JHZ)

Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Job Satisfaction, Quality of Working Life, Rural Education, Rural Environment, Rural Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Teacher Employment Benefits, Teacher Recruitment, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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