Getting from Here to There: The Roles of Policy Makers and Principals in Increasing Science Teacher Quality

Autor/inn/en	Shen, Ji; Gerard, Libby; Bowyer, Jane
Titel	Getting from Here to There: The Roles of Policy Makers and Principals in Increasing Science Teacher Quality
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Teacher Education, 21 (2010) 3, S.283-307 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1046-560X
DOI	10.1007/s10972-009-9180-5
Schlagwörter	Teaching (Occupation); Teacher Effectiveness; Science Teachers; Educational Policy; Principals; Science Education; Science Instruction; Interviews; Professional Development; Beginning Teachers; Researchers; Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching; Lehrberuf; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Principal; Schulleiter; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Researcher; Forscher; Evaluierung
Abstract	In this study we investigate how federal and state policy makers, and school principals are working to improve science teacher quality. Interviews, focused discussions, and policy documents serve as the primary data source. Findings suggest that both policy makers and principals prioritize increasing incentives for teachers entering the science teaching profession, providing professional development for new teachers, and using students' data to evaluate and improve instruction. Differences between the two leadership groups emerged in terms of the grain size and practicality of their concerns. Our findings indicate that the complexity of educational challenges to improve science teacher quality call for the co-construction of policy by multiple constituent groups including school principals, federal and state policy makers, and science education researchers. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10