International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching (eBook)

Dr. Saha is a sociologist of education with 30 years experience in teaching and research. He has had extensive editorial experience. He was section editor (Sociology of Education) and contributor for the International Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd edition (Elsevier, 1994), and Editor of the International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education (Elsevier, 1997). His most recent work is The Untested Accusation: Principals, Research Knowledge, and Policy Making in Schools (Ablex Publishing Co., Westport Conn., 2002, with Bruce J. Biddle)). He currently is Editor-in Chief of Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal (Springer). Dr. Dworkin is a sociologist of education with 30 years experience in teaching and research. He is former chair of the Department of Sociology and has had close links with the Department of Education at the University of Houston. He is an expert on teacher burnout and has an international reputation. He is currently a member of the Sociology of Education Section He was the founder of Sociology of Education Research Group (SERG) at the University of Houston. He has published widely in the area of teacher burnout as reflected in two major publications, Teacher Burnout in the Public Schools (State University of New York Press, 1987) and Giving Up on School (Corwin/Sage, 1991, with Margaret D. LeCompte). Recently he has been conducting research on the affects and implications of standardized testing of achievement in Texas schools. Most recently, Dworkin and his SERG colleagues have prepared papers on TAAS performance and on retention in school for the Brown Center for Education Policy at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. One each of his Brookings Institution papers were published in Diane Ravitch’s (editor) Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2002 and John E. Chubb and Tom Loveless’ (editors) Bridging the Achievement Gap (2002).

PART ONE 2
CONTENTS 6
INTRODUCTION TO THE HANDBOOK 14
INTRODUCTION: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHERS AND TEACHING 15
Section 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF TEACHERS 24
TEACHERS IN HISTORY 25
TRENDS IN RESEARCH ON TEACHING: AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL OVERVIEW 34
TEACHER RESEARCH AND TEACHER AS RESEARCHER 70
THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RESEARCH ON TEACHERS, TO THE TEACHERS 80
SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORIES ON TEACHERS, TEACHING, AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 89
DEVELOPMENTS IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN RESEARCH INTO TEACHERS AND TEACHING 111
Section 2 BECOMING A TEACHER 129
TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS 130
TEACHER CERTIFICATION AND CREDENTIALS: FROM A FOCUS ON QUALIFICATION TO A COMMITMENT TO PERFORMANCE 148
THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF TEACHERS: IN- SERVICE TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS 165
THE ROLE OF MENTORS OF PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE TEACHERS 176
THE LIFELONG LEARNING ISSUE: THE KNOWLEDGE BASE UNDER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? 187
Section 3 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHERS 218
THE STATUS AND PRESTIGE OF TEACHERS AND TEACHING 219
THE POLITICAL ORIENTATIONS OF TEACHERS* 232
DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY IN TEACHER KNOWLEDGE 243
TEACHERS’ VALUES IN THE CLASSROOM 258
FOOTNOTES TO TEACHER LEADERSHIP 276
SEX SEGREGATION AND TOKENISM AMONG TEACHERS 289
Section 4 TEACHER BEHAVIOR 301
THE CLASSROOM AS AN ARENA OF TEACHERS’ WORK 302
TEACHERS AND DEMOCRATIC SCHOOLING 316
TEACHERS AND PARENTS 328
TEACHER COMMITMENT 339
TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING AND MOTIVATION 357
TEACHERS AND THE POLITICS OF HISTORY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS 368
TEACHERS’ EMOTION REGULATION 383
PRINCIPAL AND TEACHERS RELATIONS: TRUST AT THE CORE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 396
TEACHER MISBEHAVIOUR 410
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR MISTREATMENT OF TEACHERS 425
Section 5 TEACHER LIFE-CYCLES 441
TRACKING TEACHERS 442
TEACHERS’ WORK, POWER AND AUTHORITY 453
TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS: SALARIES, BENEFITS AND UNIONS 470
TEACHER BURNOUT AND TEACHER RESILIENCE: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY MOVEMENT 479
TEACHERS AND PROMOTION: RESEARCH EVIDENCE ON THE ROLE OF GENDER, CAREER INTENTIONS, PROMOTION CRITERIA AND TEACHER SATISFACTION 498
Section 6 TEACHERS AND TEACHING IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 511
TEACHERS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 512
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHERS, TEACHING AND PROFESSIONALISM 524
TEACHERS AND TEACHING IN EASTERN AND WESTERN SCHOOLS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CROSS- CULTURAL COMPARATIVE STUDIES 542
TEACHERS AND TEACHING IN AFRICA 558
GREEK CYPRIOT TEACHERS AND CLASSROOM DIVERSITY: INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION IN CYPRUS 589
NAME INDEX 602
SUBJECT INDEX 622
PART TWO 626
CONTENTS 630
Section 7 DIMENSIONS OF TEACHING 638
THREE SIDES OF TEACHING: STYLES, MODELS, AND DIVERSITY 639
CREATING PRODUCTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN CULTURALLY PLURALISTIC CLASSROOMS 647
JUSTICE IN TEACHING 662
ETHICS AND TEACHING 676
TEACHER EXPECTATIONS AND LABELING 687
Section 8 TEACHING IN CLASSROOMS 700
TEACHER–STUDENT INTERACTION 701
ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS 713
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT 729
TEACHERS AS ROLE MODELS 744
TEACHING IN A MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM 758
TEACHING IN LARGE AND SMALL CLASSES 768
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE ICT ENVIRONMENT 780
EFFECTIVE TEACHING: AN EMERGING SYNTHESIS 791
TEACHING AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM 805
Section 9 TEACHING SPECIFIC STUDENT POPULATIONS 816
TEACHING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL 817
TEACHING AT TERTIARY LEVEL 828
TEACHING FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ( TVET) 836
TEACHING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 849
TEACHING GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN 864
TEACHING “ AT RISK” STUDENTS: MEETING THEIR NEEDS 878
TEACHING INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS 889
SINGLE-SEX OR COEDUCATIONAL CLASSES 901
TEACHING AND THE BOY PROBLEM 910
Section 10 THE TEACHING OF INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS 919
THE TEACHING OF READING 920
TEACHING HISTORY 931
TEACHING MATHEMATICS 944
TEACHING SCIENCE 952
TEACHING ABOUT POLITICAL AND SOCIAL VALUES 978
CONDITIONS FOR PROMOTING MORAL AND PROSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOLS 992
TEACHING A SECOND LANGUAGE 1010
TEACHING IN ARTS EDUCATION 1026
RESEARCH ON TEACHING HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1038
Section 11 GREAT DEBATES ABOUT TEACHERS AND TEACHING 1055
KEEPING TRACK OR GETTING OFFTRACK: ISSUES IN THE TRACKING OF STUDENTS 1056
HIGH STAKES TESTING AND TEACHING TO THE TEST 1076
VALUE-ADDED MODELS OF TEACHER EFFECTS 1087
TEACHERS AND TEACHING DURING EDUCATIONAL RESTRUCTURING AND REFORMS 1109
GRADE RETENTION REDUX: A DISSENTING PERSPECTIVE 1127
TEACHERS AND TEACHING IN AN ERA OF HEIGHTENED SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY: A FORWARD LOOK 1150
CONTRIBUTORS 1159
SUBJECT INDEX 1189