Great Teachers : How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean--Overview
Keywords
ACCESS TO BOOKSUNIVERSITY ENTRANCE
CRITICAL THINKING
AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES
QUALITY OF TEACHERS
EFFICIENT CLASS SIZE
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
EDUCATION SPENDING
ACCREDITATION
LEARNING MATERIALS
ENROLLMENT OF CHILDREN
INSTRUCTION
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS
GRADE LEVELS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
EXPANSION OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION DATA
TRAINING PROGRAMS
LEARNING OUTCOMES
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS
HIGH PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
PUPIL- TEACHER RATIOS
TERTIARY EDUCATION
READING
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS
SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOLING
ENROLLMENT
NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY
LEARNING LEVELS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
EDUCATION REFORMS
BINDING
EDUCATION MINISTRIES
EDUCATION REFORM
TEXTBOOKS
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
PARITY
TEACHER EDUCATION
STUDENT POPULATIONS
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
CLASSROOM PRACTICE
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
QUALITY TEACHERS
SOCIAL BENEFITS
PARENT EDUCATION
REPETITION RATES
EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
QUALITY EDUCATION
CURRICULUM
TEACHING PROGRAMS
QUALITY TEACHING
SCHOOLS
MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
TERTIARY GRADUATES
NUMBER OF TEACHERS
TEACHING
QUALITY OF TEACHER TRAINING
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
EXAM
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
TRAINING COSTS
NUTRITION
SCHOOL DAY
TEACHER STANDARDS
NATIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS
EDUCATION INVESTMENTS
QUALITY SCHOOLS
TEACHER CANDIDATES
MATH EDUCATION
FORMAL EDUCATION
NUMERACY
TEACHING FORCE
STOCK OF TEACHERS
RESEARCHERS
SCHOLARSHIPS
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO
PRIMARY TEACHERS
TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
HUMAN CAPITAL
SERVICE TRAINING
LESSON PLANS
LIFELONG LEARNING
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
ACADEMIC QUALITY
TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
STUDENT POPULATION
MATH SKILLS
TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION QUALITY
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS
HIGHER EDUCATION
SCHOOL YEAR
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES
CURRICULUM DESIGN
PASS RATE
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
LITERACY
WORKERS
WRITING MATERIALS
CURRICULUM CONTENT
CLASSROOM
SALARY INCREASES
UNIVERSAL SCHOOLING
TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS
STUDENT LEARNING
SECONDARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
MEDICAL SCHOOL
MATH TEACHERS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
EDUCATION POLICY
SCHOOL SYSTEM
UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY
JOB SECURITY
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TEACHER TRAINING
DISCIPLINES
LABOR FORCE
SCHOOL DIRECTORS
TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES
BASIC EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
GRADE TEACHERS
AVERAGE SCORE
EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS
CIVIL SERVICE
EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL COVERAGE
TEACHER PREPARATION
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
COGNITIVE TESTS
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS
BOOK PROCUREMENT
PAPERS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS
CLASSROOMS
NATIONAL EDUCATION
URBAN SCHOOL
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
PROBLEM SOLVING
HIGHER LEARNING
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
FREE TUITION
TEACHER QUALITY
CAREER
CLASSROOM TEACHERS
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS
ENTRANCE EXAM
EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
SMALLER NUMBER
ACCREDITATION SYSTEM
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME
BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES
COGNITIVE SKILLS
SCHOOL STUDENTS
TEACHER
TEACHING POSITIONS
EDUCATION ENROLLMENT DATA
GROSS ENROLLMENT
BASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL SCHOOLS
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
UNIVERSITIES
TEACHER RECRUITMENT
TEACHING STRATEGIES
CLASS TIME
PARTICIPATION RATES
STUDENTS PER YEAR
TEACHER SHORTAGES
TEACHERS
NATIONAL TEACHER STANDARDS
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19507Abstract
While the importance of good teaching
 may be intuitively obvious, only over the past decade has
 education research begun to quantify the high economic
 stakes around teacher quality. In a world where the goals of
 national education systems are being transformed, from a
 focus on the transmission of facts and memorization to a
 focus on student competencies for critical thinking, problem
 solving and lifelong learning the demands on teachers are
 more complex than ever. Governments across the world have
 put teacher quality and teacher performance under increasing
 scrutiny. The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region
 is no exception to these trends; indeed, in some key areas
 of teacher policy, the region is at the vanguard of global
 reform experience. The study aims to benchmark the current
 performance of LAC s teachers and identify key issues. It
 shares emerging evidence on important reforms of teacher
 policy being implemented in Lac countries. The study also
 analyzes the political room for maneuver for further reform
 in Lac. They focus on teachers in basic education
 (preschools, primary and secondary education) because the
 quantitative and qualitative challenges of producing
 effective teachers at these levels differ in key ways from
 university-level education, which has been addressed in
 other recent World Bank publications.Date
2014-08-20Type
Economic & Sector WorkIdentifier
oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/19507http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19507
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