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Key Data on Teachers and School Leaders in Europe. 2013 Edition

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Key Data on Teachers and School Leaders in Europe. 2013 Edition

19 February 2018

Key Data on Teachers and School Leaders in Europe

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Description:

Key Data on Teachers and School Leaders contains 62 indicators on teachers and school leaders from pre-primary to upper secondary education in 32 countries (EU Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Türkiye). Six topics are covered: Initial teacher education and support for beginning teachers; recruitment, employers and contracts; continuing professional development and mobility; working conditions and pay, as well as levels of autonomy and responsibilities of teachers and school leaders. The report combines statistical data and qualitative information derived from primary data supplied by the Eurydice Network, Eurostat data and evidence derived from the international surveys TALIS 2008, PISA 2009 and TIMSS 2011.

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 Contents:

Chapter A: Initial Teacher Education and Support for Beginning Teacher

Chapter B: Recruitment, Employers and Contracts

Chapter C: Continuing Professional Development and Mobility

Chapter D: Working Condtions and Pay

Chapter E: Levels of Autonomy and Responsibilities of Teachers

Chapter F: School Leaders 

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