"A Contribution to My Country": Professional Lives of Teachers in Timor-Leste

Autor/inn/en	Quinn, Marie; Buchanan, John
Titel	"A Contribution to My Country": Professional Lives of Teachers in Timor-Leste
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 42 (2022) 3, S.497-512 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Quinn, Marie) ORCID (Buchanan, John)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2021.1880370
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Work Environment; Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Surveys; Barriers; Outcomes of Education; Developing Nations; Teacher Role; Teacher Motivation; Career Choice; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Persistence; Foreign Countries; Teacher Salaries; Teacher Recruitment; Economic Development; Timor-Leste + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Arbeitsmilieu; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Lehrerrolle; Ausland; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Lehrerrekrutierung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Abstract	International attention to improving learning outcomes has increasingly focused on the impact of teachers, those that directly implement national education goals. For small, resource-poor countries where communities have minimal schooling experience, the role of the teacher in building academic knowledge and skills is even more valued, to both support that community and the nation as a whole. Yet governments and other stakeholders may not know much about their teachers' lives: why they teach, what keeps them motivated and what makes the education system vulnerable to teacher attrition. This paper seeks to understand the lives of the teachers, in this case, in Timor-Leste. This paper reports on the findings from a recent survey of Timorese primary school teachers, finding while the challenges are many, there is a strong sense of personal contribution to the nation's development evident in teachers' work, something that the local education ministry might consider in supporting the work of its teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01