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Teachers and Their Workplace
Commitment, Performance, and Productivity
- Pedro Reyes - The University of Texas at Austin, USA, University of Wisconsin, USA
October 1990 | 320 pages | Corwin
What makes a good, committed teacher, one who comes up with new teaching strategies, ideas and programmes that improve the way children learn? This volume considers this question and such issues as minimum performance standards for teachers, ways of encouraging teachers to do more and whether a radical increase in salary will improve their performance. Contributors examine the how and why of current school standards, with suggestions for future research and, importantly, potential solutions to current problems.
Cecil Miskel
Foreword
Pedro Reyes
Introduction
PART ONE: EMPIRICAL ISSUES
Karen Seashore Louis and Bets-Ann Smith
Teacher Working Conditions
Mark A Smylie
Teacher's Efficacy at work
Michael Imber and William A Neidt
Teacher Participation in School Decision Making
Robert Kottkamp
Teacher Attitudes about Work
Craig E Richards and Mwalimu Shujaa
Teacher Performance Incentives
PART TWO: THEORETICAL ISSUES
Pedro Reyes
Organizational Commitment of Teachers
Fred M Newmann and Doug A Archbald
Organizational Performance of Schools
Terry G Geske and Charles Teddlie
Organizational Productivity of Schools
PART THREE: PRACTICAL ISSUES
Kent D Peterson and Judith L Martin
Developing Teacher Commitment
Ann Weaver Hart
Managing School Performance
Herbert J Walberg
Enhancing School Productivity
PART FOUR: EPILOGUE
Pedro Reyes
Linking Commitment, Performance, and Productivity