| Owner: |
Roland Bernhard
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| Owner Email: |
Roland.Bernhard@kphvie.ac.at
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| Paper Title: |
"Outstanding Teachers Are Made, Not Born": Views From Highly Effective Schools in England
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| Session Title: |
Learning Environment and School Effectiveness
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/23/2022
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| Presentation Location: |
San Diego, California
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| Descriptors: |
Professional Development, School/Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics/Traits
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| Methodology: |
Mixed Method
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| Author(s): |
Roland Bernhard, University of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems; Maria Tulis, University of Salzburg; Christina Hasenhüttl, University of Oxford
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| Unit: |
SIG-School Effectiveness and School Improvement
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| Abstract: |
This study seeks to increase our understanding of the views about teacher quality put forward by leaders and teachers of highly effective schools. The paper presents findings from a mixed-methods study: Drawing on data from interviews with leaders of highly effective schools in England, we identified eight characteristics of an outstanding teacher. To date, N = 404 survey participants ranked these properties from most to least important. Comparing perspectives from highly effective and improving schools to those from averagely effective schools, our findings indicate a significantly higher importance of a teacher’s focus on personal development and improvement in highly effective schools, which may lend credence to the belief that “good teachers are made, not born.”
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1889283
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