| Record Number |
15106 |
| ISBN |
9789264098435 |
| Location |
371.12 SCH |
| Author |
Schleicher, Andreas |
| Title |
Building a high-quality teaching profession: lessons from around the world : background report for the International Summit on the Teaching Profession / Andreas Schleicher. [BOOK] |
| Published |
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011. |
| Collation |
iv, 96 p. : ill. |
| General Note |
This report presents the best current evidence about what can make teacher-oriented reforms effective. It points to examples of reforms that have produced specific results, show promise or illustrate imaginative ways of implementing change. A striking contrast between the teaching profession in different countries is its status and the caliber of its recruits. Successful countries have shown how a teaching profession that assumes a high level of responsibility and is well rewarded can attract some of the best graduates into a teaching career. This publication summarizes the evidence that underpinned the first International Summit on the Teaching Profession held in New York in March 2011 and reflects on the lessons that have been learned. The promising avenues it explores not only include measures at recruitment stage, they also involve transforming the teaching profession from within - From OECD website. |
| "Teachers and school leaders are being challenged to transform education outcomes, often under difficult conditions. They are being asked to equip students with the competencies they need to become active citizens and workers in the 21st century.....The first International Summit on the Teaching Profession was held in March 2011 in order to explore effective policy responses.... This publication summarizes the evidence that underpinned the summit and reflects on the lessons that have been learned ".- Foreword by Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary-General. |
| Featured snapshots: Teachers and schools take on responsibility for reform in Finland, Box 1.3; Providing greater career diversity in Australia, England and Wales, Ireland and Quebec (Canada), Box 2.2; Individual pay in Sweden, Box 3.1; A comprehensive approach to teacher appraisal and compensation in Singapore, Box 3.4; Building trust in Finland, Box 4.2; Successful collaboration in Ontario, Box 4.4. |
| This report notes "that many of the countries with the strongest student performance also have strong teachers' unions, and the better a country's education system performs, the more likely that country is working constructively with its unions and treating its teachers as trusted professional partners." - p. 60. |
| Subject |
Competency-based education |
| Evaluation |
| Teachers - Job satisfaction - OECD countries |
| Teachers - Recruiting - OECD countries |
| Teachers -- Training of -- OECD countries |
| Teachers - Government policy - OECD countries |
| Teaching profession |
| Added Corporate Name |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Internet Site |
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/62/8/47506177.pdf |
