Teaching Excellence Awards: An Apple for the Teacher?

Autor/in	Mackenzie, Noella
Titel	Teaching Excellence Awards: An Apple for the Teacher?
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Education, 51 (2007) 2, S.190-204 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9441
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; Awards; Foreign Countries; Politics of Education; Teaching (Occupation); Professional Identity; Teacher Morale; Teacher Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Teacher Surveys; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Observation; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Award; Auszeichnung; Ausland; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Teacher; Teachers; Morale; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Moral; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Unternehmenskultur; Beobachtung; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	In this article the status of teaching as a profession and the morale of teachers in Australian schools in the current era provide a framework for the examination of the intent and outcomes of teaching excellence awards. The research study applied an interpretive research paradigm and used both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The methodology and the theoretical framework were based on organisational and sociological paradigms. Data informing the study were collected from 44 award recipients and 57 of their colleagues between the years 2000 and 2002. Documentation relating to the promotion and process of awards was also examined. The introduction of teaching excellence awards into the school education sector is found to be a reflection of the economic era in which the current education system is situated. The paper concludes that the awards process may be potentially politically manipulative. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10