International handbook of teacher quality and policy / edited by Motoko Akiba and Gerald K. LeTendre.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akiba, Motoko, editor.

LeTendre, Gerald K., editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher effectiveness--Case studies.

Teacher effectiveness.

Educational accountability--Case studies.

Educational accountability.

Teachers--Rating of--Case studies.

Teachers.

Teaching--Evaluation--Case studies.

Teaching.

Comparative education.

Teaching--Evaluation.

Teachers--Rating of.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Case studies.

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Section I Disciplinary and Theoretical Perspectives on Teacher Quality 23

1 Socio-Emotional Learning and Teacher Quality / Gerald K. Letendre Letendre, Gerald K. 25

2 Individual Excellence vs. Collaborative Culture: Sociology of Professions and Professionalization of Teaching in the U.S. / Sakiko Ikoma Ikoma, Sakiko 38

3 The Culture of Teaching: A Global Perspective / James W. Stigler Stigler, James W., James Hiebert Hiebert, James 52

4 Quality in Early Childhood Education: An Anthropologist's Perspective / Joseph Tobin Tobin, Joseph 66

5 Misdiagnosing America's Teacher Quality Problem / Richard M. Ingersoll Ingersoll, Richard M. 79

6 Policies to improve Teacher Quality / Veronica Katz Katz, Veronica, James Wyckoff Wyckoff, James 97

Section II Transnational Teacher Policy and Practice: Global Actors and Networks 115

7 The OECD Program TALIS and Framing, Measuring, and Selling Quality Teacher™ / Tore Bernt Sorensen Sorensen, Tore Bernt, Susan L. Robertson Robertson, Susan L. 117

8 Three Models of Global Education Quality: The Emerging Democratic Deficit in Global Education Governance / Heinz-Dieter Meyer Meyer, Heinz-Dieter, Rolf Strietholt Strietholt, Rolf, David Yisrael Epstein Epstein, David Yisrael 132

9 Improving Teacher Quality, Status and Conditions: The Role of Teacher Organisations / Dennis Sinyolo Sinyolo, Dennis 151

10 Teacher Unions and Teacher Quality / Nina Bascia Bascia, Nina 162

11 eTwinning: A Teacher Network in Europe / Arjana Blazic Blazic, Arjana, Bart Verswijvel Verswijvel, Bart 173

12 The Global Spread of Lesson Study: Contextualization and Adaptations / Catherine Lewis Lewis, Catherine, Christine Lee Lee, Christine 185

13 Comparing Contract Teacher Policies in Two States of India: Reception and Translation of the Global Teacher Accountability Reform / Arushi Terway Terway, Arushi, Gita Steiner-Khamsi Steiner-Khamsi, Gita 204

14 Teacher Quality in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Translating Global Discourse to National Education Systems / Alexander W. Wiseman Wiseman, Alexander W., Petrina M. Davidson Davidson, Petrina M., Joseph P. Brereton Brereton, Joseph P. 218

Section III Perspectives and Experiences of Teachers in Policy Contexts 239

15 A Difficult Relationship: Accountability Policies and Teachers-International Evidence and Premises for Future Research / Antoni Verger Verger, Antoni, Lluis Parcerisa Parcerisa, Lluis 241

16 Assumptions and Implications of Adopting Educational Ideas from the West: The Case of Student-Centered Pedagogy in Turkey / Hülya Kosar Altinyelken Altinyelken, Hülya Kosar, Semiha Sözeri Sözeri, Semiha 255

17 Policy as a Context for Quality Teaching in China: Diversity, Teacher Adaptation, and Chinese Migrant Children / Lisa Yiu Yiu, Lisa 271

18 Educational Reform, Indigenous Communities, and Teachers' Changing Work Roles / Terry Wotherspoon Wotherspoon, Terry 285

19 Mentoring the Problematic: Context Matters / Andrea Gallant Gallant, Andrea, Philip Riley Riley, Philip 304

Section IV Comparative Research on Teachers and Their Work Contexts 319

20 When a Young Student Wants to Be a Teacher: Cross-National Differences in 15-Year-Old Students' Expectations of Becoming a Teacher / Soo-Yong Byun Byun, Soo-Yong, Hyunjoon Park Park, Hyunjoon 321

21 International Lessons in Teacher Education / Linda Darling-Hammond Darling-Hammond, Linda, Dion Burns Burns, Dion, Carol Campbell Campbell, Carol, A. Lin Goodwin Goodwin, A. Lin, Ee Ling Low Low, Ee Ling 336

22 Quality Assurance in Teacher Education and Outcomes: A Study of Seventeen Countries / Lawrence Ingvarson Ingvarson, Lawrence, Glenn Rowley Rowley, Glenn 350

23 Effects of Job Motives, Teacher Knowledge, and School Context on Beginning Teachers' Commitment to Stay in the Profession: A Longitudinal Study in Germany, Taiwan, and the United States / Sigrid Blömeke Blömeke, Sigrid, Richard T. Houang Houang, Richard T., Feng-Jui Hsieh Hsieh, Feng-Jui, Ting-Ying Wang Wang, Ting-Ying 374

24 Teachers' Working Conditions: A Cross-National Analysis Using the OECD TALIS and PISA Data / Guodong Liang Liang, Guodong, Motoko Akiba Akiba, Motoko 388

25 Examining the Determinants, Issues and Policy Implications of Indian Teacher Migration for the Indian Education System / Rashmi Sharma Sharma, Rashmi 403

26 Teacher Efficacy Research in a Global Context / Haram Jeon Jeon, Haram 414

27 Reimagining Teacher Quality for Quality Girls' Education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) / Emily Anderson Anderson, Emily 430

Section V Teacher Policy, Implementation Process, and Impacts 443

28 Teacher Quality and Teacher Education Policy: The U.S. Case and Its Implications / Marilyn Cochran-Smith Cochran-Smith, Marilyn, Megina Baker Baker, Megina, Stephani Burton Burton, Stephani, Molly Cummings Carney Carney, Molly Cummings, Wen-Chia Chang Chang, Wen-Chia, M. Beatriz Fernández Fernández, M. Beatriz, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe Keefe, Elizabeth Stringer, Andrew F. Miller Miller, Andrew F., Juan Gabriel Sánchez Sánchez, Juan Gabriel, Rebecca Stern Stern, Rebecca 445

29 China's Free Teacher Education Policy / Peter Youngs Youngs, Peter, Hong Qian Qian, Hong, Sihua Hu Hu, Sihua, Xueying Ji Prawat Prawat, Xueying Ji 463

30 Learning to Teach in Ghana: Lessons from Institution-Based Teacher Education for the African Context / Kwame Akyeampong Akyeampong, Kwame 478

31 Teach for Australia: What, Who, Why, and How Well? / Sally Windsor Windsor, Sally 492

32 Instructional Coaching in Kenya: Supporting Teachers to Improve Literacy Outcomes / Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons, Benjamin Piper Piper, Benjamin 505

33 School-Based Teacher Professional Development in East Africa: Emerging Lessons from Kenya and Tanzania / Jan Hardman Hardman, Jan 517

34 Instructional Guidance Infrastructure, Curricular Reform, and Teachers' Beliefs Related to Elementary Mathematics Instruction / Megan Hopkins Hopkins, Megan, James P. Spillane Spillane, James P. 528

35 Teacher Evaluation Reform in South Korea / Nam-Hwa Rang Rang, Nam-Hwa 542

36 Eliminating the Stavka System in Kyrgyzstan: Rationale, Impact, and Resistance to Change in the Post-Soviet Era / Gita Steiner-Khamsi Steiner-Khamsi, Gita, Raisa Belyavina Belyavina, Raisa 557.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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