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Hear Me Out: A Statistic Speaks
Author(s) -
Wilfong Lori G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.48.6.1
Subject(s) - attrition , statistic , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , reflection (computer programming) , professional development , teacher education , field (mathematics) , statistics , computer science , medicine , mathematics , dentistry , programming language , pure mathematics
An educator tells the story of her experience as a beginning teacher, and describes how and why she left the classroom after two years to follow different directions within the field. Her story of professional growth, personal reflection, and self‐assessment suggests that, at least in her case, statistics about attrition rates for beginning teachers need re‐evaluation.