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Varadharajan, Meera; Buchanan, John – Springer, 2021
This book examines the lives and contributions of career change teachers: individuals who have switched careers to become classroom teachers. Their leadership experiences, industry connections, ways of embedding real world applications in classroom teaching practices and diverse skills sets are investigated in the context of their contributions to…
Descriptors: Career Change, Experience, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
Akiba, Motoko; LeTendre, Gerald – Teachers College Press, 2009
This groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries--Japan and Australia--that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teaching Skills, Teacher Recruitment