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Teacher Education in Europe. IP/Vilnius July 8 2010. Teacher education counts. Teachers are of major importance to student outcomes
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TeacherEducation in Europe IP/Vilnius July 8 2010 Jens Rasmussen, Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus
Teacher education counts • Teachers are of major importance to student outcomes • Most important single factor to explain student outcomes (Darling-Hammond & Young, 2002), (Darling-Hammond & Brasford, 2005) (OECD, 2005), (Day, Day, Qing, & Stobart, 2009) • Teacher quality correlate significant and positive with student outcomes (Hanushek, 2002) • “The quality of an educational system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers” (Barber & Mourshed, 2007) • Teacher education matter (Darling-Hammond, Hammerness, Grossmann, Rust, & Schulman, 2005), (OECD, 2005)
53 % Student performance 100th percentile 90th percentile Student with high-performing teacher* 50th percentile Student with low-performing teacher** Two students withsame performance 37th percentile 0th percentile Age (yrs) 8 11 * Among the top 20% of teachers ** Among the bottom 20% of teachers Source: Sanders & Rivers Cumulative and Residual Effects on Future Student Academic Achievement McKinsey & Company
Challenges to teacher education Recruitment Theory and practice Research based
The study • Differences between Finland and the rest of the Nordic countries • Literature • History • Survey • Potential applicants (last year) • Teacher education students (1. year) • Focus group interviews • Potential applicants (last year) • Teacher education students (1. year)
Background Few applicants Entrance level Completion
Completion Denmark: 62% Norway: 47% Sweden: 77% Finland: Nearly all
Factors of importance for choice of education • Education • Interesting and demanding • City • University • Time for other activities • Employment • Salary • Interesting work • Job security
Teacher education • University • Research environment • Interesting and demanding • Academic demanding
What counts? Education • University • Orientation at the profession • Pedagogic and didactics • Communicator, teacher • Teaching subjects • Research based • Valence • Environment • City with a good reputation • Academic development more than social club activities
What counts? Employment • Status • High status in Finland and Iceland • Low status in Denmark and Norway • Job security • Orientation at profession • Expert in teaching • http://www.norden.org/sv/publikationer/publikationer/2010-533