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Social Justice and Teacher Education: What Can the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) Tell Us?

Friday, 20 July 2018: 08:30-10:20
Location: 801B (MTCC SOUTH BUILDING)
RC04 Sociology of Education (host committee)

Language: English

Along with the upcoming global competition of PISA, OECD started to conduct another international survey from the perspectives of teachers and principals titled The Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) since the year of 2008. Unlike PISA focuses on the students' achievement, TALIS keeps an eye on teaching force and the quality of teaching. In order to juxtapose the research findings with PISA, TALIS aims to analyze the teacher supply and demand, teaching conditions, teacher preparation and development, teaching practices,  school leadership and school climate, appraisal and feedback, and teacher self-efficacy among junior high school teachers and principals around the world. Regarding to the theme of our sessions, social justice and teacher education, the most salient findings of TALIS 2013 include recent economic downturns, shortage of personnel and materials and equitable teacher distribution. For instance, in 13 out of 34 jurisdictions , experienced teachers were much less likely to work in schools with more disadvantaged students. If we regard the teaching force and the quality of teaching represent the social justice and teacher education, how can we learn from the findings of TALIS? Can TALIS provide us some suggestions to overcome the struggle of educational inequity and global trends to social justice from teacher education?
Session Organizers:
(Kent) Sheng Yao CHENG, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan and Feng-Jihu LEE, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Oral Presentations
Supporting Teacher Professional Development through Learning Communities to Improve Classroom Teaching Practices.
Dina GALLEGOS FERNÁNDEZ, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Mexico; Silvia AQUINO ZÚÑIGA, UNIVERSIDAD JUAREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO, Mexico; Guadalupe PALMEROS Y AVILA, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Mexico
The Study of New Zealand's Teaching and Learning Based on Talis 2013
Chousung YANG, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
Excellence and Equity of Teacher Professional Development in Singapore
Bo-Ruey HUANG, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
Socially Just Teacher Education: Talis, a Way Forward
Parul SINGH, National Council of Educational Research and Training, India
Distributed Papers
The Social Context of Rural Education in Mexico: A Barrier for the Academic Achievement of Tele-Secondary School Learners
Silvia AQUINO ZÚÑIGA, UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO, Mexico; Pablo MARIN OLAN, UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO, Mexico; Jesus IZQUIERDO, UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO, Mexico