Teacher Empowerment and Cultural Context - The Case of Brunei Darussalam

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Shanthi Thomas completed her PhD in Education at Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. She has ten years of experience as a teacher leader, as well as in teaching modules in the Masters in Education and Masters in Teaching courses at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Klappentext This book treads new ground by redefining Teacher Empowerment in the cultural context of South East Asia. Covering more than just empowering leadership in schools, the author explores how colleagues, parents, and students empower teachers, and how teachers empower themselves. Zusammenfassung This book treads new ground by redefining Teacher Empowerment in the cultural context of South East Asia. Covering more than just empowering leadership in schools, the author explores how colleagues, parents, and students empower teachers, and how teachers empower themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1. Teacher empowermentChapter 2. The cultural contextChapter 3. The role of school leaders in facilitating and/or impeding teacher empowermentChapter 4. The role of colleagues in facilitating and/or impeding teacher empowermentChapter 5. The role of students and parents in facilitating and/or impeding teacher empowermentChapter 6. Self-initiated empowering and disempowering behaviours of teachersChapter 7. Empowering/disempowering values, beliefs and dispositions of the individual teacherChapter 8. Teacher empowerment process in the study context vis-à-vis western conceptualizationChapter 9. A proposed model of self-empowerment and disempowermentChapter 10. Implications and recommendationsConclusionReferences

Product details

• Authors: Thomas, Shanthi Thomas, Shanthi (University of Brunei Darussalam Thomas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138302365
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30236-5
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia; Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Education, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification