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Valuing our Teachers and Raising their Status
How Communities Can Help
There is increasing recognition that teachers will play a key role in preparing students
for the challenges of the future. We expect teachers to equip students with the skill
set and knowledge required for success in an increasingly global, digital, complex,
uncertain and volatile world. This will involve teachers and schools forging stronger
links with parents and local communities, building a sense of social responsibility
and problem solving skills among their students. It also means that teachers need
to adopt effective and individualised pedagogies that foster student learning and
nurture their social and emotional skills. How can education systems help them engage
in continuous innovation and professional development to enhance their own practice?
This report shows how education systems can support teachers to meet these new demands
and encourage a paradigm shift on what teaching and learning are about and how they
should happen. Education systems need to create the conditions that encourage and
enable innovation. They need to promote best practice through policies focused on
professionalism, efficacy and effectiveness in order to help build teachers’ capacity
for adopting new pedagogies. Due attention should also be paid to teachers’ sense
of well-being so that classroom learning environments remain conducive to students’
own well-being and development.
Published on March 15, 2018
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