Re: [MTC Global] Adding contract teachers to regular ones improves outcomes: study

Same issues, another country, similar conclusions ...

"Students learned more when their first in­struc­tor in a dis­ci­pline was not on the ten­ure track, as com­pared with those whose in­tro­duc­tory pro­fes­sor was tenured, ac­cord­ing to a new pa­per from Northwestern University."

http://chronicle.com/article/Ad-juncts-Are-Bet-ter/141523/
http://www.nber.org/papers/w19406

 

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From: Dr Vinod Dumblekar <dumblekar@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MTC Global] Adding contract teachers to regular ones improves outcomes: study

The source report is here:

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/9Rs5VOfTk5lACKVK6j55mJ/Adding-contract-teachers-to-regular-ones-improves-outcomes.html

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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. ~ Herbert Spencer

Dr Vinod Dumblekar 

MANTIS 

Management Simulation Games 

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www.mantis.co.in

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Prof. Bholanath Dutta <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:

Teachers on contract, who come to class more often than tenured teachers who are sometimes paid five times more, improve learning outcomes, a new study of 200 schools in Andhra Pradesh has found. Contract teachers seem to be more committed. Absenteeism was 18% among contract teachers, compared with 27% among the regular teachers, the study noted.      

 

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