Understanding Special Education Teacher Attrition: A Conceptual Model and Implications for Teacher Educators.

Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W.

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ERIC Number: EJ477643

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Publication Date: 1993

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Understanding Special Education Teacher Attrition: A Conceptual Model and Implications for Teacher Educators.

Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W.

Teacher Education and Special Education, v16 n3 p270-82 Sum 1993

This article offers a conceptual model for studying teacher attrition and retention. The model incorporates historical, environmental, and external factors believed to influence teachers' decisions about whether to continue teaching. The framework is used to draw implications for future special education teacher preparation research. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Models, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Supply and Demand

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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