Issues concerning the supply of teachers are of perennial concern to both policy-makers and researchers in the world of education. This study provides research findings and an iconoclastic treatment of issues relating to the recruitment, quality, training, and retention of teachers throughout the developed world.

Preface; List of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One - An international crisis for the teaching workforce?; Chapter Two - Re-considering the indications of the crisis; Describing the teaching workforce; Chapter Three - Who are the teachers?; Chapter Four - Why do people become teachers?; The strengths and weaknesses of the teaching workforce; Chapter Five - Does teacher training make a difference?; Chapter Six - Trends in teacher supply and demand. International perspectives on teacher quality; Chapter Seven - The views of the employers; Chapter Eight - Can we require 'highly-qualified' teachers?; Conclusion; Chapter Nine - Strengthening the teaching workforce; Appendix - some of the larger tables relating to individual institutions; References; Index.