Title:
STAYERS VS. LEAVERS: PRE-SERVICE TEACHER RETENTION

Authors:
Holly Endres, M.Ed and Victoria Zascavage, Ph.D

Abstract:
The purpose of this survey study was to test the theory that skill areas and group role preference provide information relevant to student completion of pre-service teacher education programs. Using selfassessments, students self-identified with one of the Multiple Intelligences of Howard Gardner; one of the three categories (creative, analytical, practical) of R.J Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence, and a group leadership role identifier the self- identified group leadership role and the student’s graduation from the education program showed statistically significant (p value .044639 at a significance level of p< .05). While the population size yielded no other statistically significant results, leadership roles combined with the frequency statistics within Gardner and Sternberg and qualitative analysis within group roles gave voice to support the quantitative analysis.

Keywords:
teacher retention, leadership roles, preservice teachers

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4109