Improving Teacher Quality

Author : Sabrina W. Laine,Molly Lasagna,Ellen Behrstock-Sherratt
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470933756

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Improving Teacher Quality by Sabrina W. Laine,Molly Lasagna,Ellen Behrstock-Sherratt Pdf

Techniques for the difficult task of improving teacher quality No one stakeholder group can realize lasting change on their own; nor can any reform initiative focusing on just one type of strategy create the workplace conditions needed to truly build capacity within the education profession. Rather, stakeholders must focus on collaborating, reaching common understanding, and prioritizing for ultimate impact on the quality of teachers and teaching. This book discusses research and concrete examples of practice tied to teacher quality intended to improve eight key interrelated factors: Preparation; Recruitment; Hiring; Induction; Professional Development; Compensation and Incentives; Working Conditions; and Performance Management. Offers a framework and strategies for understanding the issues that make up the teacher quality question Written for educational leaders, superintendents, district administrators, teacher leaders, and principals, as well as policy-makers and other stakeholders Filled with illustrative examples teacher quality The author addresses the most important factor that affects student achievement-the quality of the teacher.

Author : Motoko Akiba,Gerald LeTendre
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807771228

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Improving Teacher Quality by Motoko Akiba,Gerald LeTendre Pdf

This groundbreaking work examines teacher quality, work norms, and professional learning opportunities, using data from 15 countries. The authors compare and contrast the United States with two high-achieving countries--Japan and Australia--that have implemented very different approaches to improving teacher quality. Drawing on both large international data sets and ethnographic and small-scale studies, the book addresses critical questions: (2) How do teacher quality and teacher recruitment and hiring policies in the United States differ from those in other countries?; (2) How do the working conditions of U.S. teachers differ from those of teachers in other countries?; (3) How do U.S. teachers' opportunities for professional learning differ from those of teachers in other countries?; (4) How do the characteristics of the national teaching force influence student achievement?; And (5) What U.S. policies offer promise for improving teacher quality?

Author : Prateek Tandon,Tsuyoshi Fukao
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464804182

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Educating the Next Generation by Prateek Tandon,Tsuyoshi Fukao Pdf

This book diagnoses Cambodian teaching quality and presents policy options for reform.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Center for Education,Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309171069

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Testing Teacher Candidates by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Center for Education,Committee on Assessment and Teacher Quality Pdf

Americans have adopted a reform agenda for their schools that calls for excellence in teaching and learning. School officials across the nation are hard at work targeting instruction at high levels for all students. Gaps remain, however, between the nation's educational aspirations and student achievement. To address these gaps, policy makers have recently focused on the qualifications of teachers and the preparation of teacher candidates. This book examines the appropriateness and technical quality of teacher licensure tests currently in use, evaluates the merits of using licensure test results to hold states and institutions of higher education accountable for the quality of teacher preparation and licensure, and suggests alternatives for developing and assessing beginning teacher competence. Teaching is a complex activity. Definitions of quality teaching have changed and will continue to change over time as society's values change. This book provides policy makers, teacher testers, and teacher educators with advice on how to use current tests to assess teacher candidates and evaluate teacher preparation, ensuring that America's youth are being taught by the most qualified candidates.

Author : Cornelia M. Ashby
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781437920642

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Teacher Quality by Cornelia M. Ashby Pdf

Policymakers and researchers have focused on improving the quality of our nation's 3 million teachers to raise the achievement of students in key academic areas, such as reading and mathematics. Given the importance of teacher quality to student achievement and the key role federal and state governments play in supporting teacher quality, the objectives for this report included examining: (1) the extent that the U.S. Dept. of Education (DoE) funds and coordinates teacher quality programs; (2) studies that DoE conducts on teacher quality and how it provides and coordinates research-related assistance to states and school districts; and (3) challenges to collaboration within states and how DoE helps address those challenges. Illus.

Author : Motoko Akiba,Gerald K. LeTendre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317487814

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International Handbook of Teacher Quality and Policy by Motoko Akiba,Gerald K. LeTendre Pdf

The International Handbook of Teacher Quality and Policy is a comprehensive resource that examines how teacher quality is conceptualized, negotiated, and contested, and teacher policies are developed and implemented by global, national, and local policy actors. Edited by two of the leading comparative authorities in the field, it draws on the research and contributions of scholars from across the globe to explore five central questions: How has teacher quality been conceptualized from various disciplinary and theoretical perspectives? How are global and transnational policy actors and networks influencing teacher policies and practices? What are the perspectives and experiences of teachers in local policy contexts? What do comparative research studies tell us about teachers and how their work and policy contexts influence their teaching? How have various countries implemented policies aimed at improving teacher quality and how have these policies influenced teachers and students? The international contributors represent a wide variety of scholars who identify global dynamics influencing policy discourses on teacher quality, and examine national and local teaching and policy environments influencing teacher policy development and implementation in various countries. Divided into five sections, the book brings together the latest conceptual and empirical studies on teacher quality and teacher policies to inform future policy directions for recruiting, educating, and supporting the teaching profession.

Author : Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Panayiotis Antoniou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400752078

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Teacher Professional Development for Improving Quality of Teaching by Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Panayiotis Antoniou Pdf

This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development. The first part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher training and professional development and illustrates the limitations of the main approaches to teacher development such as the competence-based and the holistic approach. A dynamic perspective to policy and practice in teacher training and professional development is advocated. The second part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The main phases of this field of research are analysed. It is pointed out that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another. An integrated approach in defining quality of teaching is adopted. The importance of taking into account findings of studies investigating differential teacher effectiveness is argued. Another significant limitation of this field of research is that the whole process of searching for teacher effectiveness factor was not able to have a significant impact upon teacher training and professional development. For this reason it is advocated that teacher training and professional development should be focused on how to address grouping of specific teacher factors associated with student learning and on how to help teachers improve their teaching skills by moving from using skills associated with direct teaching only to more advanced skills concerned with new teaching approaches and differentiation of teaching. The book refers to studies conducted in different countries illustrating how the proposed approach can be used by policy and practice in teacher education. Specifically, the book provides evidence supporting the validity of the theoretical framework upon which this approach is based. Moreover, experimental and longitudinal studies supporting the use of this approach for improvement purposes are presented and suggestions for further research utilising and expanding the Dynamic Approach for teacher training and professional development are provided.

Author : Candi B. McKay
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452240879

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You Don't Have to Be Bad to Get Better by Candi B. McKay Pdf

Leadership skills vital to improving the quality of teaching.

Author : Jennifer King Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015057612692

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Teacher Quality by Jennifer King Rice Pdf

Teacher quality is the single most important school-related factor influencing student success. The author examines the body of research on the subject of teacher quality to draw conclusions about which attributes makes teachers most effective, (experience, preparation programs and degrees, type of certification, specific coursework taken in preparation for the profession, and teachers' own test scores), with a focus on aspects of teacher quality that can be translated into policy recommendations and incorporated into teaching practice.

Author : Robert Palaich,Ellen Flannelly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Incentive awards
ISBN : UOM:39015062439578

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Incentives by Robert Palaich,Ellen Flannelly Pdf

Author : Williamson F. Evers,Lance T. Izumi
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780817929336

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Teacher Quality by Williamson F. Evers,Lance T. Izumi Pdf

In this book some of the brightest minds in education research have studied pressing questions about teacher quality and practices, reviewed thousands of education studies, examined state test scores, explored education theories, and then affirmed that we know what works. We must now ensure that the system provides the best possible education for kids.

Author : Grant, Leslie W.,Stronge, James H.,Xu, Xianxuan
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799879107

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International Beliefs and Practices That Characterize Teacher Effectiveness by Grant, Leslie W.,Stronge, James H.,Xu, Xianxuan Pdf

Research surrounding teacher quality and teacher effectiveness has continued to grow and become even more prominent as teaching has become more professionalized globally and countries have invested more comprehensively in teacher education, certification, and professional development. To better understand teacher effectiveness, it is important to have a global viewpoint to truly understand how beliefs and practices vary in each country and can lead to different characterizations of what makes an effective teacher. This includes both cross-cultural commonalities and unique differences in conceptualization of teacher effectiveness and practices. With this comprehensive, international understanding of teacher effectiveness, a better understanding of best practices, teacher models, philosophies, and more will be developed. International Beliefs and Practices That Characterize Teacher Effectiveness identifies, shares, and explores the predominant conceptual understandings of beliefs and practices that characterize effective teachers in different countries. This book provides international and cross-cultural perspectives on teacher effectiveness and examines the prominent philosophies of teaching and pedagogical practices that characterize teachers in selected countries. Each chapter includes a background, such as history and undergirding philosophy within each country, effective teacher models, prominent applications of teacher effectiveness practices, and special or unique features of teaching in the specific countries mentioned. This book is essential for practicing educators in various countries, teacher educators, faculty, and students within schools and colleges, researchers in international comparative studies, organizations engaged in international education, and administrators, practitioners, and academicians interested in how teacher effectiveness is characterized in different countries and regions across the world.

Author : Alexander W. Wiseman,Preeti Kumar
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800719057

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Building Teacher Quality in India by Alexander W. Wiseman,Preeti Kumar Pdf

India has one of the largest student populations in the world; the quality of teaching is blamed for the poor performance by Indian students on internationally-comparative assessments. By analyzing various measures of teacher quality, this book provides a framework for policymakers to further improve teacher quality in India.

Author : John Henning,Frank Kohler,Victoria Robinson,Barry Wilson
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607091868

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Improving Teacher Quality by John Henning,Frank Kohler,Victoria Robinson,Barry Wilson Pdf

The teacher work sample (TWS) has become increasingly widely adopted as an end-of-program, performance-based assessment for student teachers. Improving Teacher Quality offers a comprehensive introduction to teacher work sample methodology for teacher educators, student teachers, student teacher supervisors, cooperating teachers, program coordinators, and school administrators. This well-organized and clearly written guide shows how implementation of the TWS can catalyze a series of widespread changes in assessment, teaching, and program improvement. The authors use their extensive experience to describe how to implement the TWS in a carefully sequenced progression that includes creating a valid and reliable system of scoring, teaching reflective thinking skills, making program improvements, and conducting research with TWS data. Helpful suggestions are provided throughout for those interested in adopting the TWS as a performance-based assessment in their teacher education program, those interested in how the TWS can provide evidence of minimal competency, and those interested in how the TWS can provide data for making program improvements.

Author : Christopher Day
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000343267

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Policy, Teacher Education and the Quality of Teachers and Teaching by Christopher Day Pdf

This edited collection brings together papers written by a number of experienced international academics who share a passion for promoting research-informed, high-quality pre-service and in-service teacher education that makes a positive difference to the lives of teachers and their students. Taken together, the contributions to this book represent a call to arms for all who lead education policy at local, regional, and national levels, teacher educators, and schools themselves, to engage in sustained and productive collaboration. Topics include: the centrality of empathy to the classroom, ‘practical theorising’ that is a central part of all good teachers’ armoury; the possibilities for collaborative professionalism which enables them to extend and enrich their thinking, commitment, and capacity for resilience; the pedagogical reasoning, habits of mind, critical reflection, knowledge, and skills that lead to the best classroom practices. Only when the voices of stakeholders at all these levels are brought together, heard, and enacted, are students in all schools in all contexts and in all jurisdictions likely to receive the quality of education to which all are entitled. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Teachers and Teaching.