Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession

Successful teachers are likely to be the first role models that young people encounter outside the home. They teach content, make learning fun, shape students’ attitudes, exemplify empathy, teach teamwork and respect, and build student confidence i...

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Main Authors: Béteille, Tara, Evans, David K
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-374742022-05-25T05:10:33Z Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession Béteille, Tara Evans, David K PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER SUPPORT PANDEMIC TEACHING COVID-19 IMPACT ON PRIMARY EDUCATION SCHOOL CLOSURES ONLINE LEARNING LEARNING TECHNOLOGY HYBRID SCHOOLING ACCESS TO EDUCATION TEACHERS IN LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES Successful teachers are likely to be the first role models that young people encounter outside the home. They teach content, make learning fun, shape students’ attitudes, exemplify empathy, teach teamwork and respect, and build student confidence in several ways. Effective teachers prepare students for a world where they must interact with others, adapt quickly to change, and where success will hinge on knowledge as well as attitudes and behavior. Helping young people develop these skills is a complex task, especially when many come from deprived backgrounds. It requires routine human interface with people who combine deep knowledge, a conviction that all students can succeed, and empathy. Successful teachers are irreplaceable in this task and will remain irreplaceable in the future. Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related school closures changed the nature of interactions between students and teachers around the world. While students in some school systems remained in regular contact with their teachers through technology-enabled classes and continued to learn, many did not. School closures will take place in the future, if not worldwide, then in individual countries for a variety of reasons. To be effective, teachers must also be able to use technology effectively to ensure learning beyond school walls, navigate unpredictable circumstances, and be flexible based on student needs. Teachers are successful when teacher policies are designed and implemented in a manner that attracts high-ability individuals, and prepares, supports and motivates them to become high performing teachers. This paper describes the vision and key principles guiding the world bank’s support to countries on teachers. 2022-05-24T19:47:07Z 2022-05-24T19:47:07Z 2021-10 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099620005202216684/P16987807ddafb0e608f6f0a4f469c27c01 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37474 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research
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topic PRIMARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER SUPPORT
PANDEMIC TEACHING
COVID-19 IMPACT ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL CLOSURES
ONLINE LEARNING
LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
HYBRID SCHOOLING
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
TEACHERS IN LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
spellingShingle PRIMARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHER SUPPORT
PANDEMIC TEACHING
COVID-19 IMPACT ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL CLOSURES
ONLINE LEARNING
LEARNING TECHNOLOGY
HYBRID SCHOOLING
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
TEACHERS IN LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
Béteille, Tara
Evans, David K
Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
description Successful teachers are likely to be the first role models that young people encounter outside the home. They teach content, make learning fun, shape students’ attitudes, exemplify empathy, teach teamwork and respect, and build student confidence in several ways. Effective teachers prepare students for a world where they must interact with others, adapt quickly to change, and where success will hinge on knowledge as well as attitudes and behavior. Helping young people develop these skills is a complex task, especially when many come from deprived backgrounds. It requires routine human interface with people who combine deep knowledge, a conviction that all students can succeed, and empathy. Successful teachers are irreplaceable in this task and will remain irreplaceable in the future. Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related school closures changed the nature of interactions between students and teachers around the world. While students in some school systems remained in regular contact with their teachers through technology-enabled classes and continued to learn, many did not. School closures will take place in the future, if not worldwide, then in individual countries for a variety of reasons. To be effective, teachers must also be able to use technology effectively to ensure learning beyond school walls, navigate unpredictable circumstances, and be flexible based on student needs. Teachers are successful when teacher policies are designed and implemented in a manner that attracts high-ability individuals, and prepares, supports and motivates them to become high performing teachers. This paper describes the vision and key principles guiding the world bank’s support to countries on teachers.
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author Béteille, Tara
Evans, David K
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Evans, David K
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title Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
title_short Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
title_full Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
title_fullStr Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
title_full_unstemmed Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession
title_sort successful teachers, successful students : recruiting and supporting society’s most crucial profession
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