Zehava Rosenblatt, Theo Wubbels

Accountability and Culture of School Teachers and Principals (eBook, PDF)

An Eight-country Comparative Study

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Accountability and Culture of School Teachers and Principals studies the degree to which teachers and principals in eight countries view themselves as taking responsibility, working by clear standards, reporting transparently, and accepting feedback at work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351024099
• Artikelnr.: 61237795

Autorenporträt

Zehava Rosenblatt is Professor Emerita in the Department of Leadership and Educational Policy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research is focused on ethical issues in teachers' work, such as personal accountability and absenteeism, as well as other related topics in teachers' organizational behavior.

Theo Wubbels is Professor Emeritus of Educational Sciences at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His research interests developed in his career from the pedagogy of physics education, via problems of beginning teachers and teaching and learning in higher education to studies of learning environments and, especially, interpersonal relationships in education.

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
List of tables, figures and appendices
Contributing chapter authors
Contributing researchers
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Teachers' and principals' accountability: theoretical background
Conceptualizing accountability
Accountability and cultural values
Accountability and organizational support
Chapter 3 Study methods
Introduction
Data collection
Study measures
Analytical approach
Chapter 4 Study findings
Introduction
Accountability distribution
Cultural values distribution
Organizational support distribution
Prediction of teachers' and principals' external and internal
accountability
Prediction of accountability: summary
Chapter 5 Discussion of study findings
Introduction
The two dimensions of accountability: external and internal
Accountability audiences: parents and school management
Effect of principals' accountability on teachers' accountability
Predicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivism
Accountability at a country level
Organizational support as a predictor of accountability disposition
Chapter 6 Concluding thoughts
Educators' accountability versus school accountability
Focus on internal accountability
Cultural values and accountability - theoretical and practical implications
The contingent role of the accountability audience
Team accountability: a future research direction
References
Index

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Dedication

List of tables, figures and appendices

Contributing chapter authors

Contributing researchers

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Teachers' and principals' accountability: theoretical background

Conceptualizing accountability

Accountability and cultural values

Accountability and organizational support

Chapter 3 Study methods

Introduction

Data collection

Study measures

Analytical approach

Chapter 4 Study findings

Introduction

Accountability distribution

Cultural values distribution

Organizational support distribution

Prediction of teachers' and principals' external and internal accountability

Prediction of accountability: summary

Chapter 5 Discussion of study findings

Introduction

The two dimensions of accountability: external and internal

Accountability audiences: parents and school management

Effect of principals' accountability on teachers' accountability

Predicting accountability by personal individualism and collectivism

Accountability at a country level

Organizational support as a predictor of accountability disposition

Chapter 6 Concluding thoughts

Educators' accountability versus school accountability

Focus on internal accountability

Cultural values and accountability - theoretical and practical implications

The contingent role of the accountability audience

Team accountability: a future research direction

References

Index