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 standard 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 teachers here in Chile.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Nuevos horizontes en la formación docente : el Desafío de contar con los profesores que Chile necesita |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Beginning teachers
- Educational quality
- Quality management
- Standards
- Teacher certification
- Teacher effectiveness
- Teaching effectiveness
Disciplines
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
- International and Comparative Education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development