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An Area of Concern: What are the critical events and decisions in bringing outstanding teachers into their careers?

Major Educational Research Questions:

1. Have the actions of the Holmes group been influential in changing career choices of highly talented young people considering careers as teachers?

2. Did changes in gender roles during the 70's affect the career decisions of those who later became outstanding teachers?

3. Do career decisions of by outstanding teachers as seen in the light of intervening events conform to Maslow's hierarchy of personal needs?

4. Are recently-mandated teacher evaluation procedures in North Carolina schools harmonious with the conditions and events that keep outstanding teachers from leaving teaching?

Searches for mere information:

1. What proportion of outstanding teachers have found the choice between homemaking and teaching very difficult?

2. What are the trends over the last 30 years in the teachers chosen as outstanding teacher of the year?

3. Do outstanding teachers subscribe to a strong psychological orientation, particularly the development of basic skills and thinking skills, perhaps to the dimunition of subject matter and content emphases?