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Crimmins, Gail; Nash, Gregory; Oprescu, Florin; Alla, Kristel; Brock, Ginna; Hickson-Jamieson, Bree; Noakes, Caitlin – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
There has been a threefold increase in the employment of casual academics in Australian universities within the last 20 years, to the extent that most teaching and marking is now undertaken by casual academics, also known as sessional staff. Yet, casualised teaching and assessment has been considered a risk to student engagement and success, and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Professional Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Zubrzycki, Jaclyn – Education Week, 2012
The mythology surrounding the substitute teacher is not a pretty one: Paper airplanes, lost learning, bullying. But as schools collect more information about teacher absenteeism and its consequences, districts and schools are exploring ways to professionalize substitute teaching--or experiment with alternative ways of coping with teacher absences.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Attendance, Teacher Effectiveness, Coping
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Bletzer, Keith V. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2010
Formal education is both a right and an obligation bestowed on young people in most all nations of the world. Teachers (adults) and students (youth) form a co-present dyadic contract that must be maintained within the classroom. Substitute teachers fill a role in sustaining the integrity of this teacher-student link, whenever teachers are absent.…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Integrity, Substitute Teachers, Youth
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Willerman, Marvin; McGuire, Jane – Planning and Changing, 1986
Research supports the notion that substitute teachers generally are ineffective. This study examines whether trained substitutes can be as effective as assigned teachers in teaching students with behavior disorders. Findings showed that substitutes with intensive inservice training in behavior management were equally effective for one-day…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques