Teacher's engagement at work in a developing country

Gérard Lassibille ()
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Gérard Lassibille: IREDU - Institut de recherche sur l'éducation : Sociologie et Economie de l'Education - UB - Université de Bourgogne, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Using data from a survey conducted recently in Madagascar, this article analyses what teachers and school directors do when they are at work and how they manage the pedagogical process. The results show that in only 15% of the sample schools do all of the teachers and school directors consistently perform the tasks considered essential to their role. Engagement at work is found to be significantly lower among contract teachers than among civil service teachers, and the ability of teachers to manage the pedagogical process does not improve with accumulated experience. Other noteworthy features in the results are that the principal is the key agent in the school and that leadership is vitally important in developing effective schools.

Keywords: Engagement at work; management of pedagogical process; Teacher; School director; Effective school; Madagascar; developing countries; Engagement professionnel; Gestion de l'enseignement; Enseignant; Chef d'établissement; Amélioration; Efficacité des établissements d'enseignement; Pays en développement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06
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Published in Journal of African Economies, 2013, 22 (1), pp.52-72. ⟨10.1093/jae/ejs014⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejs014

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