Leading Under Duress - How Exceptional Teachers Thrive in the Global South

This comparative study of teacher attrition in the Global South and OECD countries examines the exceptionality of twenty selected learning leaders in the D.R. Congo, Ghana, and Uganda who have stayed in the teaching profession.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Value of Education in OECD vs. Global South
Chapter 1: Teacher Retention and Attrition in OECD and Africa
Chapter 2: Exceptional Teachers under Duress
Chapter 3: Exceptional Teachers' Coping Mechanisms
Chapter 4: Altruistic or Self-Serving?
Chapter 5: Leadership Ethics of Voiceless Teachers
Conclusion
Appendix A: 2018 Global Teacher Status Index
Appendix B: Gallup Poll (2014)
References
About the Author

About the author

Jean-Pierre Bongila

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Pierre Bongila
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781793620576
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-057-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Leadership, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies, Global South / Developing countries