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Making Teachers by Policy? The Case of Teacher Evaluation in Norwegian Education
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Silje Kristin Gloppen; Judit Novak – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2024
The reported study investigates the emergence of teacher evaluation (TE) in Norwegian green papers between 1988 and 2019. We examine how knowledge dissemination and discourses in Norwegian official reports shape suggestions for TE and discuss implications for how teachers are "made by policy". Guided by Bacchi's (2009) approach to…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Policy Analysis
Educating Teachers for the Future School--The Challenge of Bridging between Perceptions of Quality Teaching and Policy Decisions: Reflections from Norway
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Smith, Kari – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Teacher quality, or 'the good teacher' is not clearly defined in Norway, nor are there specific standards for measuring teacher quality. Everybody has an opinion about the good teacher, and teacher quality is frequently debated. Moreover, in Norway there is no systematic evaluation of teachers. Nevertheless, numerous reforms and popular discourses…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Quality
Systematic Observation with Two Analytic Video-Score Approaches and Loss of Instructional Time in Lessons
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Vattøy, Kim-Daniel; Gamlem, Siv M. – Cogent Education, 2019
Systematic observation in educational research highlights a wide diversity of aspects of classroom interactions, yet frequency of score cycles is crucial when analysing dimensions of classroom teaching. The aim of this study is to focus on differences in quality of teaching and loss of instructional time using Classroom Assessment Scoring…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Observation, Secondary School Teachers, Time on Task
Compensation Criteria in Higher Education in Israel and Elsewhere: Evaluation of Research and Teaching Outcomes
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Sinuany-Stern, Zilla – Journal of International Education Research, 2014
Teachers in academia are usually not required to have teacher training but must often be evaluated by their students who expect them to have much better teaching qualifications than their high school teachers. However, teachers in elementary and high schools are required to go through several years of teacher training, resulting in a teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Salaries
Boosting Teacher Quality: Pathways to Effective Policies
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European Commission, 2017
This study gathers evidence on policies that aim to raise students' learning outcomes through incentives and support measures to enhance teacher quality. A central concern is to identify policies that are effective and efficient. These include incentives and support systems to ensure that high-quality candidates are recruited to initial teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education
From Role Models to Nations in Need of Advice: Norway and Sweden under the OECD's Magnifying Glass
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Pettersson, Daniel; Prøitz, Tine Sophie; Forsberg, Eva – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
By analysing five separate OECD reviews of evaluation and assessment practices with Norway and Sweden as cases, our study illustrates different ways in which a specific international educational reasoning is blended into more context-based national education policies and, as such, works in parallel with internal reforms and agendas. It is evident…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, International Education, Educational Change