%0 Journal Article
%T Examining TeachersĄŻ Decisions to Pursue Graduate Programs in Administration or Curriculum
%A Teresa Martin Starrett
%A Pat J. Casey
%A Karen Dunlap
%J Journal of Studies in Education
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5296/jse.v3i1.2609
%X This study examines several factors that may have motivated teachers to either pursue a MasterĄŻs degree in Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) or one in educational administration. From a total of 120 applicantsĄŻ submitted letters of intent collected during 2012, four areas were qualitatively investigated: reasons for choosing the particular MasterĄŻs program, goals for degree attainment, personal/professional qualities possessed and perspectives about education as a profession. Letters were de-identified and examined for themes. Overwhelmingly, teachers pursing the curriculum degree cited additional knowledge needed to affect change in the classroom while those seeking the administration degree cited a desire to educate themselves in order to have a widespread impact as primary reasons for their choice of degree.
%U http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jse/article/view/2609