“…Bernbaum & Cook, 1984Cook, 1985;Cook, 1986). There have been few studies of teacher unemployment and those which have been undertaken have been incidental to the main intention of discussing teacher demand and supply Thomas, 1978;Zabalza, 1979;Middlebrook, 1979;Blackstone & Crispin, 1982;Coleman, 1985), though articles by Henderson et al (1980); Cook & Bernbaum (1983 together with discourses in the more popular journals and government statistical bulletins has emphasised the importance of the problem (The Guardian, 1980;DES, 1979DES, , 1980DES, , 1981THES, 1980;Acset, 1979).…”