What teachers believe : mental models about accountability, absenteeism, and student learning (English)

The time teachers spend teaching is low in several developing countries. However, improving teacher effort has proven difficult. Why is it so difficult to increase teacher effort? One possibility is that teachers are resistant to increasing effort because they do not believe their effort is suboptimal. Such beliefs may be based on their mental models on absenteeism, accountability, and student learning. This paper explores this idea using data from...

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Sabarwal,Shwetlena;

Abu-Jawdeh,Malek;
Document Date
2018/05/29
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8454
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2018/05/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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What teachers believe : mental models about accountability, absenteeism, and student learning
Keywords
Teachers

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Sabarwal,Shwetlena; Abu-Jawdeh,Malek.

What teachers believe : mental models about accountability, absenteeism, and student learning (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8454 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804301527601436747

What teachers believe : mental models about accountability, absenteeism, and student learning (English)

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