Teacher Tradeoffs: Disentangling Teachers' Preferences for Working Conditions and Student Demographics

Autor/in	Horng, Eileen Lai
Titel	Teacher Tradeoffs: Disentangling Teachers' Preferences for Working Conditions and Student Demographics
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 46 (2009) 3, S.690-717 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831208329599
Schlagwörter	Educational Facilities; Teaching Conditions; Student Characteristics; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Surveys; Administrator Role; Class Size; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Participation; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Resources; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Teaching Experience; Job Satisfaction; First Generation College Students; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsstätte; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Klassengröße; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Rassenunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsmittel; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Kalifornien
Abstract	One of the greatest differences in resources across schools in California comes from an inequitable distribution of teachers. This study identifies reasons for this sorting of teachers by surveying 531 teachers in a California elementary school district. The surveys ask the teachers to make choices between various workplace characteristics. With this information, the study disentangles student demographics from other characteristics of teaching jobs that are amenable to policy influences. It finds that teachers identify working conditions--particularly, school facilities, administrative support, and class sizes--and salaries as significantly more important than student characteristics when selecting a school in which to work. (Contains 4 figures, 5 tables and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10