Teacher effectiveness: an issue in educational administration

Much of the lustre of the 1950-60 era of an abundance of faculty positions, polite students, and a swift increase in salary has changed considerably. A paucity of faculty positions, student revolts, and" a declining economy are present-day realities. Faculty members are enjoined to do more soci...

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Main Author: Mirinda Coetsee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 1979-09-01
Series:Curationis
Online Access:https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/479
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Summary:Much of the lustre of the 1950-60 era of an abundance of faculty positions, polite students, and a swift increase in salary has changed considerably. A paucity of faculty positions, student revolts, and" a declining economy are present-day realities. Faculty members are enjoined to do more socially profitable research, to teach more students and more courses. They are admonished to understand students’, to be interested in their development, to be ‘relevant’ in their teaching, and are constantly reminded that learning involves more than mastery of the abstract content of the discipline.
ISSN:0379-8577
2223-6279