A Different Role for Teachers Unions? Cooperation Brings High Scores in Canada and Finland

Autor/in	Tucker, Marc
Titel	A Different Role for Teachers Unions? Cooperation Brings High Scores in Canada and Finland
Quelle	In: Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 77 (2012) 9, S.4-10 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-127X
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Unions; Role; Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Analysis; Cooperation; Teacher Associations; Federal Legislation; Canada; Finland; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Rollen; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Co-operation; Kooperation; Lehrerorganisation; Lehrerverband; Lehrervereinigung; Bundesrecht; Kanada; Finnland; USA
Abstract	American teachers unions are increasingly the target of measures, authored by friends and foes alike, intended to limit their power or eviscerate them. One would never guess that the countries that are among the top 10 in student performance have some of the strongest teachers unions. Are those unions in some way different from American teachers unions? Do unions elsewhere behave differently from American teachers unions when challenged to do what is necessary to improve student performance? To explore these questions, the author compares teachers and their unions in Ontario, Canada, and Finland with their U.S. counterparts. Finland and Canada, both leaders in student performance, bring teachers and their unions to discussions of education reform. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10