Teachers and Their Workplace

Commitment, Performance, and Productivity
1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-8039-3689-8
Verlag: Corwin

Buch, Englisch, Band 114, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 402 g

Reihe: SAGE Focus Editions

What makes a good teacher, a committed teacher, one who comes up with new strategies, ideas, and programs that improve how kids learn? What kind of minimum performance standards should teachers be held to? How are teachers encouraged to do more? Will higher salaries improve classroom performance? How do teachers view these questions? Teachers and Their Workplace addresses how commitment, performance, and productivity--from individual as well as organizational standpoints--affect teachers, schools, and students. The book examines the how and why of current school standards, confronts both directions for future research and, more importantly, potential solutions to current personal problems. An outstanding team of contributors explores conditions and attitudes about work from teachers' perspectives; models of school organization, social and psychological issues, and economic theories; and alternatives for professional development. This landmark book is a dynamic overview that anyone in teacher education, teacher evaluation, school personnel administration, human resource management, and organizational studies will welcome. "This [is] a well-integrated collection og thought-provoking essays. Seventeen notable authors contribute 13 cogent articles. With substantial notes and bibliography at the end of each essay, this book is the most relevant to upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty." --Choice

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reyes, Pedro

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Cecil Miskel
Introduction - Pedro Reyes
What Research has to Say about Commitment, Performance, and Productivity
PART ONE: EMPIRICAL ISSUES
Teacher Working Conditions - Karen Seashore Louis and Bets-Ann Smith
Teacher's Efficacy at work - Mark A Smylie
Teacher Participation in School Decision Making - Michael Imber and William A Neidt
Teacher Attitudes about Work - Robert Kottkamp
Teacher Performance Incentives - Craig E Richards and Mwalimu Shujaa
PART TWO: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Organizational Commitment of Teachers - Pedro Reyes
Organizational Performance of Schools - Fred M Newmann and Doug A Archbald
Organizational Productivity of Schools - Terry G Geske and Charles Teddlie
PART THREE: PRACTICAL ISSUES
Developing Teacher Commitment - Kent D Peterson and Judith L Martin
The Role of the Administrator
Managing School Performance - Ann Weaver Hart
The Role of the Administrator
Enhancing School Productivity - Herbert J Walberg
The Role of the Administrator
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
Linking Commitment, Performance, and Productivity - Pedro Reyes