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Teacher Education Programmes and Their Contribution to Student Teacher Efficacy in Classroom Management and Pupil Engagement
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Christophersen, Knut A.; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are; Solhaug, Trond – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study focuses on how different educational programmes contribute to student teachers efficacy for classroom management and their abilities to provide learning opportunities and good classroom outcomes. Data were gathered from 491 student teachers attending different teacher education programmes in Norway and analysed via structural equation…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Structural Equation Models, Student Attitudes, Student Teachers
Antecedents of Teachers Fostering Effort within Two Different Management Regimes: An Assessment-Based Accountability Regime and Regime without External Pressure on Results
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Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2012
This article focuses on the comparison of organizational antecedents of teachers' fostering of students' effort in two quite different accountability regimes: one management regime with an external-accountability system and one with no external accountability devices. The methodology involves cross-sectional surveys from two different management…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Systems, Structural Equation Models, Secondary School Teachers
The Nature of Social Practice among School Professionals: Consequences of the Academic Pressure Exerted by Teachers in Their Teaching
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Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The purpose of this study was to measure teachers' views about trust between teachers, trust between the principal and teachers, peer collaboration, positive attitudes towards the school and how these antecedents influence the academic pressure teachers put on pupils with respect to learning and learning intensity and performance. The methodology…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Teacher Administrator Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship, Teacher Collaboration
The Strength of Accountability and Teachers' Organisational Citizenship Behaviour
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Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Turmo, Are – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) involves discretionary behaviour advantageous to the organisation that goes beyond existing role expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between the strength of accountability and teachers' OCB within three different management systems in which teachers are working: a…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Citizenship, Structural Equation Models, Governance
Is Teacher Accountability Possible? The Case of Norwegian High School Science
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Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Elstad, Eyvind; Turmo, Are – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2010
What influence does the teacher exercise over their students' learning outcomes? This study investigates the impact of teacher quality on student learning outcomes in science halfway through the first year of high school. A multiple-measurement model estimates the potential impact of teacher influence on learning outcomes for 1,060 secondary…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Teacher Influence
Social Exchange Theory as an Explanation of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour among Teachers
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Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut Andreas; Turmo, Are – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2011
Primary processes in schools are hard to pin down despite attempts to measure central aspects of processes and outputs. For this very reason, it is important that teachers are motivated to go above and beyond their formal job responsibilities, a phenomenon called organizational citizenship behaviour. Social exchange theory is a theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Citizenship, Social Exchange Theory