Research Catalog

Title

Teachers for the 21st century : using evaluation to improve teaching.

Publication

Paris : OECD, ©2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nusche, Deborah.
• Weatherby, Kristen.
• Schleicher, Andreas.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Description

125 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

"In some countries the concept - not to mention the use - of teacher appraisal sparks discussion whenever it is mentioned. According to what criteria? Who decides? And what should the results of teacher appraisals be used for? But education stakeholders are beginning to find some agreement in the idea that teacher appraisal can be a key lever for focusing more on teaching quality and continuous professional development for teachers, in keeping with the growing recognition that the quality of teaching affects student learning outcomes. Teacher appraisal also provides opportunities to incentivise, recognise and reward teaching competence and high performance, which, in turn, may help to address concerns about the attractiveness of teaching as a career choice and about the image and status of teachers, including teachers' feelings that their work is not sufficiently valued. The third International Summit on the Teaching Profession, hosted by the Netherlands, the OECD and Education International, brings together education ministers, union leaders and other teacher leaders from high-performing and rapidly improving education systems, as measured by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), to discuss how teacher quality is defined and what standards are set and by whom; what systems are in place for teacher evaluation and how evaluations are conducted; and how teacher evaluation contributes to school improvement and teacher self-efficacy."--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Teachers for the twenty-first century

Subject

• Teachers > Rating of
• Effective teaching
• Lärarlämplighet
• Utbildningsvärdering

Note

• "The volume is mainly based on the teacher appraisal chapter of the final synthesis report from the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes, which was drafted principally by Deborah Nusche, together with Thomas Radinger, Paulo Santiago and Claire Shewbridge of the OECD Early Childhood Education and Schools Division. The analysis and case studies from countries taking part in the Summit that are not represented in the OECD review were prepared by Kristen Weatherby. The volume was edited by Andreas Schleicher in collaboration with Kristen Weatherby, Marilyn Achiron and Giannina Rech and in consultation with the summit co-sponsors, Education International and the Ministry of Education of the Netherlands"--Page 3.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for online access: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Contents

Introduction -- Ch.1: Standards and governance of teacher appraisal -- Ch.2: Procedures for teacher appraisal -- Ch.3: Capacity for teacher appraisal -- Ch.4: Using the results from teacher appraisal -- Ch.5: Towards a coherent approach to evaluation and accountability -- Annex A: Selected comparative data on education from OECD Sources.

ISBN

• 9789264193857
• 9264193855
• 9789264193864
• 9264193863

OCLC

• ocn847836069
• 847836069
• SCSB-1696408

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library