Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education

Undertaken by the ASER Center of Pratham, this study explores a set of interrelated factors that influence how teachers teach. Designed as a series of data collection exercises that were conducted between July 2013 and December 2014, the study covered 400 schools and tracked more than 2,200 teache...

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Main Authors: Sinha, Shabnam, Banerji, Rukmini, Wadhwa, Wilima
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Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2016
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spelling okr-10986-236372021-04-23T14:04:16Z Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education Sinha, Shabnam Banerji, Rukmini Wadhwa, Wilima pre-service training teacher accountability teacher effectiveness teacher perceptions and beliefs teacher performance teacher professional development teacher training time on task Undertaken by the ASER Center of Pratham, this study explores a set of interrelated factors that influence how teachers teach. Designed as a series of data collection exercises that were conducted between July 2013 and December 2014, the study covered 400 schools and tracked more than 2,200 teachers during visits to each school. The study uses teacher surveys and classroom and school observations methods. It evaluates teachers’ subject-matter knowledge, ability to communicate, and ability to learn from children’s work. The findings generated by the study provide significant inputs and suggestions for designing future teacher training and teacher professional development programs. 2016-01-13T17:58:37Z 2016-01-13T17:58:37Z 2016-01-13 Book 978-1-4648-0739-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23637 en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research South Asia India
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teacher accountability
teacher effectiveness
teacher perceptions and beliefs
teacher performance
teacher professional development
teacher training
time on task
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teacher accountability
teacher effectiveness
teacher perceptions and beliefs
teacher performance
teacher professional development
teacher training
time on task
Sinha, Shabnam
Banerji, Rukmini
Wadhwa, Wilima
Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
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description Undertaken by the ASER Center of Pratham, this study explores a set of interrelated factors that influence how teachers teach. Designed as a series of data collection exercises that were conducted between July 2013 and December 2014, the study covered 400 schools and tracked more than 2,200 teachers during visits to each school. The study uses teacher surveys and classroom and school observations methods. It evaluates teachers’ subject-matter knowledge, ability to communicate, and ability to learn from children’s work. The findings generated by the study provide significant inputs and suggestions for designing future teacher training and teacher professional development programs.
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author Sinha, Shabnam
Banerji, Rukmini
Wadhwa, Wilima
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Banerji, Rukmini
Wadhwa, Wilima
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title Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
title_short Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
title_full Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
title_fullStr Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
title_full_unstemmed Teacher Performance in Bihar, India : Implications for Education
title_sort teacher performance in bihar, india : implications for education
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23637
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