Public secondary school teachers, by subject taught: Spring 1966 to spring 1991

Table 69.

[Percentage distribution]

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                                    |        |        |        |        |        |
  Teaching field in which largest   |  1966  |  1971  |  1976  | 1981   |  1986  |  1991
     portion of time was spent      |        |        |        |        |        |
____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                 1                  |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7
____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
  Total secondary school teachers,  |        |        |        |        |        |
     in thousands ..................|    746 |    927 |  1,016 |    995 |    970 |  1,012
                                    |________|________|________|________|________|________
   All fields ......................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
                                    |________|________|________|________|________|________
Agriculture ........................|    1.6 |    0.6 |    0.6 |    1.1 |    0.6 |    0.3
Art ................................|    2.0 |    3.7 |    2.4 |    3.1 |    1.5 |    2.6
Business education .................|    7.0 |    5.9 |    4.6 |    6.2 |    6.5 |    3.5
English ............................|   18.1 |   20.4 |   19.9 |   23.8 |   21.8 |   25.0
Foreign language ...................|    6.4 |    4.8 |    4.2 |    2.8 |    3.7 |    3.8
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |
Health and physical education ......|    6.9 |    8.3 |    7.9 |    6.5 |    5.6 |    7.5
Home economics .....................|    5.9 |    5.1 |    2.8 |    3.6 |    2.6 |    3.1
Industrial arts ....................|    5.1 |    4.1 |    3.9 |    5.2 |    2.2 |    2.1
Mathematics ........................|   13.9 |   14.4 |   18.2 |   15.3 |   19.2 |   14.5
Music ..............................|    4.7 |    3.8 |    3.0 |    3.7 |    4.8 |    4.2
                                    |        |        |        |        |        |
Science ............................|   10.8 |   10.6 |   13.1 |   12.1 |   11.0 |   13.3
Social studies .....................|   15.3 |   14.0 |   12.4 |   11.2 |   13.6 |   11.0
Special education ..................|    0.4 |    1.1 |    3.0 |    2.1 |    3.5 |    5.2
Other ..............................|    1.9 |    3.1 |    4.0 |    3.3 |    3.4 |    3.9
____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

NOTE.--Because of rounding, percents may not add to 100.0. Data are based upon sample surveys of public school teachers.

SOURCE: National Education Association, Status of the American Public School Teacher, 1990-91. (Copyright @ 1992 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared January 1993.)

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