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A Qualitative Study Of New Secondary Teacher Attrition In An Iowa Urban School Setting, James E. Dostal
A Qualitative Study Of New Secondary Teacher Attrition In An Iowa Urban School Setting, James E. Dostal
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The teaching profession is constantly changing and with it comes the challenges and difficulties of teaching in the 21 st century. The challenge of the teaching profession for new teachers creates various levels of differing frustrations. These various frustrations are the reason why new teacher attrition is high not only in the United States but also more specifically, in the urban setting of Iowa schools. The focus of this study is to provide current explanations of why new teachers decide to leave teaching within the first five years of entering the profession. With the intent of understanding why specific teachers …