Beginning Teaching in Jamaica [microform] : Challenges and Assistance / Tom Ganser
- Bib ID:
- 5679730
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Ganser, Tom
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001
- 44 p.
- Summary:
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This research project explored the perceptions of school teachers, principals, and college lecturers regarding the challenges, obstacles, and needs faced by beginning teachers in Jamaica, West Indies, and the sources of assistance and support available to them. Interviews with participants indicated that teachers and principals were most challenged by instructional factors, while lecturers were challenged by workplace factors. Teachers emphasized two challenge elements: classroom management and lack of resources. Principals considered lack of dedication to work, weakness in planning, and negative relationships with other key stakeholders the most important challenges. Lecturers' challenges overlapped with those of teachers and principals. All three groups considered people the most important source of assistance and schools as organizations and miscellaneous sources as the least important sources of assistance in solving their problems. Teachers found co-workers particularly helpful, while principals found Ministry of Education workshops and inservice staff development helpful. Again, lecturers' opinions overlapped with those of teachers and principals. (Contains 14 tables.) (SM)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Joint Board for Teacher Education (JBTE) (Kingston, Jamaica, January 10, 2001). Project made possible through the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Strategic Initiative Program (2000).
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