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Teacher Tenure - An Analysis of the Critical Elements (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,776
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Teacher Tenure - An Analysis of the Critical Elements (Hardcover): Ovid K. Wong, Chak Lau

Teacher Tenure - An Analysis of the Critical Elements (Hardcover)

Ovid K. Wong, Chak Lau

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What is tenure? It is a policy which gives teachers a permanent contract ensuring them a guarantee of employment like for life. Tenured teachers cannot be fired unless for just cause such as gross misconduct, or incompetence. Proponents of teacher tenure say that it is good. They argue that tenure prevents teachers from being fired for inappropriate reasons; tenure protects teachers from false accusations; tenure reduces teacher anxiety and allows them to become even better educators; properly used, tenure creates an environment where teachers are encouraged to improve; and lastly tenure protects good but veteran teachers from being fired for being too expensive. Opponents of teacher tenure say that it is bad. They argue that tenured teachers if they are ineffective are often extremely difficult to dismiss; dismissing tenured teachers takes a long time and is often extremely expensive; almost every k-12 teacher receives tenure whether they have earned it or not; and last but not least teacher tenure leads to complacency. The purpose of the book is not to further debate the pros and cons of teacher tenure. Rather it examines the critical elements to better prepare teachers for the tenure application and the tenure decision makers to make better informed evaluation. Teacher Tenure: An Analysis of the Critical Elements begins with an unlikely introduction of a story that uses rhetorical comparison of the shoe experience to connote the wisdom of the teacher tenure process.

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Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2015
Authors: Ovid K. Wong • Chak Lau
Dimensions: 239 x 160 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-1283-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
LSN: 1-4758-1283-3
Barcode: 9781475812831

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