Veterans versus Beginners: A Study of Teachers at a Time of Fundamental Change in Comprehensive Schooling.

Riseborough, George F.; Poppleton, Pam

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Publication Date: 1991

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Veterans versus Beginners: A Study of Teachers at a Time of Fundamental Change in Comprehensive Schooling.

Riseborough, George F.; Poppleton, Pam

Educational Review, v43 n3 p307-34 1991

Interviews with 160 experienced and less-experienced teachers in northern England at a time of upheaval in the British school system documented (1) the destruction of experienced teachers' career timetables, their disillusionment, and motivational crises; and (2) the highly motivated career building of beginning teachers. (SK)

Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Mobility, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Teaching Experience

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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