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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819562103321

Autore

Tandon Prateek

Titolo

Educating the next generation : improving teacher quality in Cambodia / / Prateek Tandon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The World Bank Group, , 2015

ISBN

1-4648-0418-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (pages cm)

Collana

Directions in development

Disciplina

379.596

Soggetti

Teachers - Training of - Cambodia

Teacher effectiveness - Cambodia

Education and state - Cambodia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview-Educating the Next Generation: Improving Teacher Quality in Cambodia; The Importance of High-Quality Teachers for Economic Growth; Figure O.1 Teaching Career Stages; Figures; Figure O.2 Hourly Wages Are More Highly Compressed for Teachers than for Other Professionals, 2008-11; Figure O.3 The Income Gap between Teachers and Other Professionals in Cambodia Is Much More Pronounced than in Neighboring Countries; Table O.1 Summary of Teacher Mathematics Knowledge (Classroom Observations); Tables

Table O.2 Class Time Use (Percentage of Class Time, Unless Otherwise Indicated)From Diagnosis to Reform: Three Policy Pillars to Raise Teaching Quality; Bibliography; Introduction: The Importance of High-Quality Teachers for Economic Growth; Figure I.1 Grade 9 Vocabulary and Math Performance of Enrolled and Out-of-School Children; Managing a Changing Teaching Force; Using SABER to Diagnose Teaching Quality; Figure I.2 The SABER-Teachers Policy Goals; Notes; Figure I.3 Teaching Career Stages; Bibliography; Chapter 1 How Attractive Is the Teaching Profession in Cambodia?; Key Messages

Teacher Salaries and Education SpendingFigure 1.1 Spending per Primary School Student in Southeast Asia and Pacific (Average, 2005-12); Table 1.1 Wage and Other Costs in Recurrent Funding; Figure 1.2 Public Spending on Education in East Asia and Pacific (Average, 2007-



12); Figure 1.3 Budgeted and Actual Recurrent Expenditures; Figure 1.4 Hourly Wage and Its Dispersion-Teachers at Different Levels, 2007-11; A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Salaries; Figure 1.5 Average Monthly Wage Income of Teachers and Other Professionals, 2007-11, by Region

Figure 1.6 Hourly Wage and Its Dispersion-Teachers versus Health Professionals, 2007-11Table 1.2 Average Monthly Nominal Income of Teachers and Other Professionals versus Minimum Wage in Garment Sector, and Income Growth Rate, 2007-11; Table 1.3 Daily Income of Teachers and Other Professionals versus Poverty Line, 2007-11; Table 1.4 Average Nominal Income of Teachers and Other Professionals in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam; Unpacking Earning Differences; Figure 1.7 Monthly Income of Teachers as a Percentage of Monthly Income of Other Professionals, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand, 2007-11

Table 1.5 Mean and Standard Deviation of Selected Variables for Teachers and Other Professionals, 2007-11Figure 1.8 Hourly Wage Distribution for Teachers and Other Professionals, 2011; Table 1.6 Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition of Income of Teachers and Other Professionals (Dependent Variable: Logarithm of Monthly Income); What Teachers Say about Salaries; Figure 1.9 Recent Improvements in Average Monthly Teacher Income by Level, 2011-13; Table 1.7 Teacher Salaries, Monthly and Hourly Average; Table 1.8 Covariates of Teacher Total Salary and Hourly Average; Table 1.9 Teacher Payment Problems

Table 1.10 TTC Trainee Salary Expectations and Difficulty of Entering TTC

Sommario/riassunto

This book diagnoses Cambodian teaching quality and presents policy options for reform. Through classroom observation, assessments of mathematics and pedagogical content knowledge, and surveys of teachers and school directors, it sheds light on content and instruction, interactions with school directors, instructional support systems, and the implementation of teacher standards. The book investigates the competencies and skills of those attracted to teaching; it assesses the extent to which preservice education in Cambodia is delivering graduates with high content mastery and exposure to a stud