Three Principles to Support Teacher Effectiveness During COVID-19
Effective teachers are irreplaceable in helping students succeed. They facilitate two-way teaching and learning processes, helping students learn content through real time responses to questions, making learning fun, shaping students' attitude...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331951589903056125/Three-Principles-to-Support-Teacher-Effectiveness-During-COVID-19 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33775 |
| Summary: | Effective teachers are irreplaceable in
helping students succeed. They facilitate two-way teaching
and learning processes, helping students learn content
through real time responses to questions, making learning
fun, shaping students' attitudes, exemplifying empathy,
modeling teamwork and respect, and building student
resilience in several ways. Successful teachers work with
school management teams and parents to ensure consistent
support for students as they transition through school. The
sudden closure of schools during COVID-19 has left many
teachers across several countries uncertain about their
role, unable to use technology effectively to communicate
and teach, and unprepared for classroom challenges when
schools reopen. The pandemic has brought the need to bridge
digital divides into sharp focus, with countries and schools
adept at using such technologies facing fewer challenges in
meeting learning goals. There can be little doubt that
high-quality education is a social experience, requiring
routine human interface. Successful teachers are
irreplaceable in this task—and will remain so in the
foreseeable future—but they need to be supported in multiple
ways to be effective in unpredictable circumstances. Given
the central role teachers play in student learning, this
note outlines three key principles to help governments and
their development partners in supporting teacher
effectiveness during and in the aftermath of COVID-19. It
discusses these principles in relation to the three phases
of the World Bank’s COVID-19 education policy response:
coping, managing continuity, and improvement and
acceleration.1 The three principles are basic and apply
regardless of country context. |
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