Abstract
This article describes the main characteristics of international experience in formulating standards on graduation and initial teacher certification. It also reviews, among others, cases of Australia, Saudi Arabia, England, New Zealand, Scotland, United States and Chile. It emphasises the importance of promoting quality in teaching and explains the processes of describing and fixing standards, the development of standards on content, and generic standards and specific standards according to content and teaching level. It ends with a description of the process of formulating standards for teaching here in Chile. [Author abstract]
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Calidad en la Educación |
| Issue number | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Accomplished teachers
- Australia
- Chile
- England
- New Zealand
- Professional certification
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Standards
- Successful teaching
- Teacher certification
- Teaching effectiveness
- United States
Disciplines
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
- Teacher Education and Professional Development