From Teacher Quality to Quality Teaching

Autor/in	Kennedy, Mary M.
Titel	From Teacher Quality to Quality Teaching
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 63 (2006) 6, S.14-19 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Personality Traits; Teacher Qualifications; Teaching Skills; Student Behavior; Classroom Environment; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teacher Selection; Teacher Improvement; Instructional Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Lehrqualifikation; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien
Abstract	Proposals to improve teacher quality often focus on hiring teachers with the right combination of personality, values, and knowledge and skills. The author suggests that although these elements of teacher quality are important, schools also need to pay attention to the conditions of classroom life that can determine teaching quality. She identifies three such conditions: teachers' dependence on lesson props; interruptions to the classroom; and student behaviors. For example, the teachers she observed spent hundreds of hours making instructional materials to support their lessons. Although these materials are important, the author questions why teachers are obliged to make their own materials from scratch when they could use the time more profitably to plan and reflect on their teaching. The author suggests that schools provide professional development that helps teachers deal with real classroom conditions and changing school routines to honor the classroom teacher's needs. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1703 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311-1714. Tel: 800-933-2723; Tel: 703-578-9600; Fax: 703-575-5400; Web site: http://www.ascd.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10