Chapter 20: Teachers: their characteristics and their role in the education system
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30 Aug 2019
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365–382
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Social and Political Science 2019
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788110426.00030
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Teachers are central to the quality and equity of an education system. However, they have been largely overlooked by the modern sociology of education. To raise awareness of teachers and their importance to sociological inquires, this chapter reviews the literature with the aim of answering three questions. First, how important are teachers to student learning? Second, what observable teacher characteristics foster student learning gains? Third, who self-selects into the teaching profession – and what are the consequences of this for the supply of high-quality teachers?

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Cover Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education
Edited by
Rolf Becker
Handbook
Published:
30 Aug 2019
Print ISBN:
9781788110419
eISBN:
9781788110426
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788110426
Pages:
c 624
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2019
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Front Matter
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Theoretical Foundations
Part III: Methodological Problems
Part IV: Modernization And Educational Expansion
Part V: Organization of Education and Outcomes
Chapter 12: How do educational systems affect social inequality of educational opportunities? The role of tracking in comparative perspective
Chapter 13: Early educational inequality: growing up in different learning environments
Chapter 14: The equalizing effect of schools and its limits
Chapter 15: Educational institutions and inequalities in educational opportunities
Chapter 16: Vocational education and training in comparative perspective
Chapter 17: Vertical and horizontal stratification in higher education
Chapter 18: Still a safety net? Revisiting the role of vocational education and training in school-to-work transitions in Europe
Chapter 19: The social structure of schools and classrooms
Chapter 21: Disability and inequality in educational opportunities from a life course perspective
Part VI: Benefits of Education and Returns To education
Part VII: Migration, Education and Social Integration
Part VIII: Policy Implications of Research in The sociology of Education
Index