Teachers and Teaching in Sierra Leone : Teacher Quality and Management Study
This study aims to provide guidance to the Government of Sierra Leone in how to translate investments in education into quality learning. It centers on teachers, the single most important predictor of the quality of an education system. Joyful, rig...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/140021624870008800/Teachers-and-Teaching-in-Sierra-Leone-Teacher-Quality-and-Management-Study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35918 |
| Summary: | This study aims to provide guidance to
the Government of Sierra Leone in how to translate
investments in education into quality learning. It centers
on teachers, the single most important predictor of the
quality of an education system. Joyful, rigorous, and
focused learning happens when teachers have the necessary
inputs and capacity to do their job. Decades of research
provide important insights into what successful education
systems both do for and ask of teachers. For example,
traditional teacher training, which consists of overly
theoretical and one-size-fits-all education, needs to be
replaced with continuous, personalized, and practical
training. While moving away from traditional practices is
not easy, it is possible and necessary to improve learning.
This study looks at the different stages of the teaching
profession: (i) the decision to pursue a teaching career;
(ii) pre-service training; (iii) the entry into the teaching
service; (iv) deployment; (v) initial training; and (vi)
continuous professional development. It provides an overview
of each stage and makes recommendations based on global
evidence. The results reveal multiple opportunities for
improvement, and many measures could be implemented in the
short term, including working with the six institutions that
provide pre-service training to institute minimum standards;
improving the entry and exit exams of pre-service
institutions; avoiding hiring unqualified teachers; and
institutionalizing the teacher deployment protocol. |
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