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Challenges For Beginning Secondary Technology Education Teachers, Sally E. Arnett-Hartwick, John Cannon
Challenges For Beginning Secondary Technology Education Teachers, Sally E. Arnett-Hartwick, John Cannon
Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe challenges faced by beginning technology education (TE) teachers in [state]. Background: The highest attrition rates are among beginning teachers and with a continued shortage of TE teachers, identifying the problems new teachers encounter need to be identified for retention and the sustainability of the TE profession. Method: A qualitative research design using an online questionnaire was completed by 27 [state] TE teachers who had taught four or fewer years. Results: Qualitative analysis revealed four themes: facility management, student management, external relations, and instruction management. Each theme contained subthemes; the predominant subthemes …