Textbooks in the developing world : economic and educational choices /

This volume discusses the major options decision makers face when dealing with teacher career and remuneration policies. Most of the papers were prepared for a seminar on teacher costs and effectiveness organized by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank. Participants holding sen...

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Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
Other Authors: Farrell, Joseph P. (ed.), Heyneman, Stephen P. (ed.)
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank. Economic Development Institute, 1989
Series:EDI seminar series
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Summary:This volume discusses the major options decision makers face when dealing with teacher career and remuneration policies. Most of the papers were prepared for a seminar on teacher costs and effectiveness organized by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank. Participants holding senior posts represented countries from all regions of the developing and the developed world and contributed their views and experience. Like the seminar, the book does not attempt to present ready-made solutions to the complicated and unique problems each country faces. It does, however, attempt to raise common issues and examine the most critical policy choices related to improving the performance of education systems. Some issues are unique to developing countries, as the authors point out. Many problems, however, are shared equally by the industrial countries, so a few papers analyzing the situation in the industrial countries are also included. The book deals with a central question: how can remuneration and managerial policies help improve teacher effectiveness? Three major lessons emerge from the experience of wealthier countries that seem to be valid for the developing world as well: 1) to retain a good teaching force, countries must make sizable investments; 2) in most countries teacher shortages are directly related to decreasing salaries; and 3) motivating the teaching force and providing monetary and nonmonetary incentives for teachers to improve their performance is a matter of concern regardless of a country ' s level of development.
Physical Description:xi, 219 p.
Bibliography:Incluye bibliografía.
ISBN:082131792X