On-the-Job Training: Is It the Answer to a Special Education Personnel Shortage?.

Jensen, Mary Cihak; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ456565

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Publication Date: 1992

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On-the-Job Training: Is It the Answer to a Special Education Personnel Shortage?

Jensen, Mary Cihak; And Others

Teacher Education Quarterly, v19 n3 p91-101 Sum 1992

Reports a study of on-the-job special education trainees' perceptions regarding job satisfactions and challenges, congruence between expectations and reality of working conditions, and predicted commitment to special education. Results indicated 48 percent would eventually leave special education. (SM)

Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, On the Job Training, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Supply and Demand, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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