dc.contributor.author	Luque, Javier
dc.contributor.author	Bruns, Barbara
dc.contributor.author	Yarrow, Noah
dc.contributor.other	De Gregorio, Soledad
dc.contributor.other	Evans, David
dc.contributor.other	Fernández, Marco
dc.contributor.other	Moreno, Martin
dc.contributor.other	Rodriguez, Jessica
dc.contributor.other	Toral, Guillermo
dc.contributor.other	Yarrow, Noah
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-29T16:48:40Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-29T16:48:40Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	The seven million teachers of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are the critical actors in the region's efforts to improve education quality and raise student learning levels, which lag far behind those of OECD countries and East Asian countries such as China. This book documents the high economic stakes around teacher quality, benchmarks the current performance of LAC's teachers, and delineates the key issues. These include low standards for entry into teacher training, poor quality training programs that are detached from the realities of the classroom, unattractive career incentives, and weak support for teachers once they are on the job. New research conducted for this report in close to 15,000 classrooms in seven different LAC countries - the largest cross-country study of this kind to date - provides a first-ever insight into how the region's teachers perform inside the classroom. It documents that the average teacher in LAC loses the equivalent of one day of instructional time per week because of inadequate preparation, excessive time on administration (taking attendance, passing out papers) and a surprisingly high share of time physically absent from the classrooms where they should be teaching. Teachers also make limited use of available learning materials, espcially those using information and communications technology (ICT), and are unable to keep the majority of their students engaged. The book sets out the three priority lines of reform needed to produce great teachers in LAC: policies to recruit better teachers; programs to groom teachers and improve their skills once they are in service; and stronger incentives to motivate teachers to perform their best throughout their career. In every area, the book distills the latest evidence from inside and outside the region to provide practical guidance to policymakers in the design of effective programs and sustainable reforms. A final chapter analyzes the politics of recent major teacher reforms in Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Mexico, chronicling the prominent role of teachers' unions and the political and communications strategies that have underpinned successful reforms.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0151-8
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0151-8
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20488
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	classroom observation
dc.subject	education quality
dc.subject	education reform
dc.subject	student learning
dc.subject	teacher incentives
dc.subject	teacher professional development
dc.subject	teacher quality
dc.subject	teacher recruitment
dc.subject	teacher training
dc.subject	teacher unions
dc.subject	teaching
dc.subject	learning
dc.title	Great Teachers : How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2014-10-28
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.externalurl	http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/LAC/Great_Teachers-How_to_Raise_Student_Learning-Barbara-Bruns-Advance%20Edition.pdf
okr.globalpractice	Education
okr.guid	833781468238477204
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0151-8
okr.identifier.report	91839
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographical	Caribbean
okr.region.geographical	Latin America
okr.topic	Education::Education Reform and Management
okr.topic	Education::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.topic	Education::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topic	Public Sector Development
okr.topic	Social Development
okr.unit	LCSHD
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