TEACHER EXTENT OF TRAINING TO DEAL WITH STUDENT SCHOOL RETENTION PROBLEMS

Authors
WELLS D MILLER M TOBACYK J SPRINGER T
Citation
D. Wells et al., TEACHER EXTENT OF TRAINING TO DEAL WITH STUDENT SCHOOL RETENTION PROBLEMS, Education, 113(3), 1993, pp. 451-454
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
Education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00131172
Volume
113
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
451 - 454
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-1172(1993)113:3<451:TEOTTD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Dropout prevention (student school retention) efforts have received a great deal of recent public attention due to a realization of the magn itude of this problem. The authors contend that, through no fault of t heir own, teachers receive insufficient training to confront the probl ems realistically. Options are provided to increase the potential of l ocal schools to manage student school retention efforts.