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Summary
Summary
Discover how high-performing systems shape teaching quality around the world
Producing highly skilled and committed teachers is not the work of a single innovative school or the aggregation of heroic individuals who succeed against the odds. In high-performing countries, the opportunities for teachers to learn sophisticated practices and continue to improve are embedded systemically in education policies and practices. Empowered Educators describes how this seemingly magical work is done--how a number of forward-thinking educational systems create a coherent set of policies designed to ensure quality teaching in all communities. . . and how the results are manifested in practice.
Spanning three continents and five countries, Empowered Educators examines seven jurisdictions that have worked to develop comprehensive teaching policy systems: Singapore and Finland, the states of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia, the provinces of Alberta and Ontario in Canada, and the province of Shanghai in China. Renowned education expert Linda Darling-Hammond and a team of esteemed scholars offer lessons learned in a number of areas that shape the teaching force and the work of teachers, shedding unprecedented light on areas such as teacher recruitment, preparation, induction and mentoring, professional learning, career and leadership development, and more.
Find out how quality teaching is developed and conducted across the globe Discover a common set of strategies for developing, supporting, and sustaining the ongoing learning and development of teachers and school leaders See how high-performing countries successfully recruit and train educators Understand why the sharing of expertise among teachers and administrators within and across schools is beneficialA fascinating read for researchers, policymakers, administrators, teacher educators, pre-service teachers and leaders, and anyone with an interest in education, this book offers a rare glimpse into the systems that are shaping quality teaching around the world.
Author Notes
Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the Learning Policy Institute, is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is the award-winning author of numerous books including Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning, and Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs (Jossey-Bass).
Dion Burns is a senior researcher with the Learning Policy Institute and research analyst at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
Table of Contents
Foreword | p. v |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
About the Sponsoring Organizations | p. xiii |
About the Lead Authors | p. xv |
Online Documents and Videos | p. xvii |
Chapter 1 Teaching Policy Around the World | p. 1 |
What Kinds of Policies Affect Teaching? | p. 3 |
Why Study International Teaching Policy? | p. 5 |
Why Study These jurisdictions? | p. 8 |
What We found | p. 11 |
Developing Both Teacher Quality and Teaching Quality | p. 17 |
Organization of This Book | p. 19 |
Chapter 2 Contexts for Teaching and Learning Systems | p. 21 |
Australia | p. 22 |
Canada | p. 26 |
Finland | p. 32 |
Shanghai | p. 36 |
Singapore | p. 43 |
Summary | p. 47 |
Chapter 3 Recruiting and Preparing Profession-Ready Teachers | p. 49 |
Recruiting the Best | p. 50 |
Financial Compensation | p. 50 |
Attractiveness of the Profession | p. 52 |
Selection Practices | p. 55 |
Preparing Professionals | p. 61 |
Preparation That Enables Professional Practice | p. 68 |
Induction | p. 88 |
Lessons Learned | p. 100 |
Chapter 4 Developing High-Quality Teaching | p. 105 |
Incentives and Infrastructure for Learning | p. 107 |
Time and Opportunity for Collaboration | p. 111 |
Curriculum Development and Lesson Study | p. 116 |
Teacher Research | p. 123 |
Teacher-Led Professional Development | p. 127 |
Feedback and Appraisal | p. 132 |
Lessons Learned | p. 146 |
Chapter 5 The Teaching Career and Leadership for the Profession | p. 149 |
Career Pathways | p. 150 |
Opportunities to Lead Professional Learning | p. 163 |
Recruiting and Developing School Leaders | p. 168 |
Lessons Learned | p. 182 |
Chapter 6 Perseverance in the Pursuit of Equity | p. 185 |
Resourcing Student Learning | p. 186 |
Recruiting and Supporting Teachers in High-Needs Schools | p. 193 |
Lessons Learned | p. 208 |
Chapter 7 Global Learning for Ongoing Improvement | p. 211 |
Policy Borrowing: Learning Front Success | p. 212 |
New Horizons | p. 224 |
Conclusion | p. 232 |
Appendix A Research Methodology | p. 241 |
Appendix B Qilun Elementary School Lesson Plan | p. 243 |
Appendix C Qibao Teaching Contest Evaluation Form | p. 249 |
References | p. 253 |
Index | p. 271 |