Issues concerning the supply of teachers are of perennial concern to both policy-makers and researchers in the world of education. This trenchant and wide-ranging study not only provides major new research findings but also a re-interpretation of extant data. Combining qualitative and (very extensive) quantitative research, Teacher Supply provides a rigorous and iconoclastic treatment of issues relating to the recruitment, quality, training, and retention of teachers throughout the developed world and offers important recommendations for the future.
Author Biography
Professor Gorard, Dr Beng Huat See and Dr Smith: Department of Educational Studies, York Dr White: Department of Sociology, Leicester. Gorard has published with McGraw-Hill (New York), Routledge Falmer, Open UP, Hodder & Stoughton, University of Wales P.
