TY - JOUR
T1 - The recognition of effective teaching in Latin America
T2 - Awards to excellence
AU - Vaillant, Denise
AU - Rossel, Cecilia
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The main goal of this article is to review recent experience of effective teaching recognition policies in Latin America. The article examines the main issues related to the recognition of teaching by summarizing experiences of awards to teachers in the region, describing their results and limitations. The article outlines the most important characteristics of the awards' initiatives: background, goals and outreach, institutional design, participating actors, functioning methodology, selection criteria, achieved impacts and resources. The authors discuss their potential role in the strengthening of teaching's social prestige and recognition of effective teaching in the region.
AB - The main goal of this article is to review recent experience of effective teaching recognition policies in Latin America. The article examines the main issues related to the recognition of teaching by summarizing experiences of awards to teachers in the region, describing their results and limitations. The article outlines the most important characteristics of the awards' initiatives: background, goals and outreach, institutional design, participating actors, functioning methodology, selection criteria, achieved impacts and resources. The authors discuss their potential role in the strengthening of teaching's social prestige and recognition of effective teaching in the region.
KW - Latin America
KW - awards
KW - effectiveness
KW - recognition
KW - teaching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861964096&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13664530.2012.669592
DO - 10.1080/13664530.2012.669592
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:84861964096
SN - 1366-4530
VL - 16
SP - 89
EP - 110
JO - Teacher Development
JF - Teacher Development
IS - 1
ER -