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The issue of teacher shortages is not a new phenomenon. At a time when many school districts are at the crossroads between teacher vacancies and state certification requirements, programs geared towards recruiting adults to teaching are growing in number. After having spent a number of years in the workforce, an increasing number of college educated adults are seeking employment as teachers. Prior teaching successes, through either work or volunteer activities, coupled with a general sense of malaise towards their current occupations, and the need for a greater sense of personal fulfillment…mehr

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The issue of teacher shortages is not a new
phenomenon. At a time when many school districts are
at the crossroads between teacher vacancies and
state certification requirements, programs geared
towards recruiting adults to teaching are growing in
number. After having spent a number of years in the
workforce, an increasing number of college educated
adults are seeking employment as teachers. Prior
teaching successes, through either work or volunteer
activities, coupled with a general sense of malaise
towards their current occupations, and the need for
a greater sense of personal fulfillment encouraged
participants in this study to seek teacher
certification. They believed utopia could be found
in a classroom; that they would be gaining a sense
of purpose through what they believed to be an
altruistic career choice. By focusing on the
experiences of career changers and their reasons for
pursuing teaching as a new career, this book informs
teacher educators, pre-service teachers, and those
contemplating careers in education.
Autorenporträt
Tracy Daraviras, Ph.D: Received her doctoral degree in English
Education from New York University s Steinhardt School of
Education. She is currently employed as an Assistant Professor
in the SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge)
Department of Brooklyn College, City University of New York.