Autor(es): Piper, Benjamin; Sitabkhan, Yasmin; Mejía, Jessica; Betts, Kellie
Publisher(s): RTI Press
Date: 2018
Pages: 26 p.
Serie: RTI Press occasional paper
Series Volume: 0053-1805
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This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the authors examine how teachers’ guides across the projects differ and find substantial variation in the design and structure of the documents. The authors develop a scripting index so that the scripting levels of the guides can be compared across projects. The impact results of the programs that use teachers’ guides show significant impacts on learning outcomes, associated with approximately an additional half year of learning, showing that structured teachers’ guides contribute to improved learning outcomes. During observations, the authors find that teachers make a variety of changes in their classroom instruction from how the guides are written, showing that the utilization of structured teachers’ guides do not create robotic teachers unable to use their own professional skills to teach children. Unfortunately, many changes that teachers make reduce the amount of group work and interactivity that was described in the guides, suggesting that programs should encourage teachers to more heavily utilize the instructional routines designed in the guide. The report includes a set of research-based guidelines that material developers can use to develop teachers’ guides that will support effective instructional practices and help improve learning outcomes. The key takeaway from the report is that structured teachers' guides improve learning outcomes, but that overly scripted teachers' guides are somewhat less effective than simplified teachers' guides that give specific guidance to the teacher but are not written word for word for each lesson in the guide.
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Estado árabe
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Egipto
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Jordania
África
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Etiopía
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Kenia
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Liberia
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Malaui
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Nigeria
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Sudáfrica
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Tanzania RU
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Uganda
Américas y Caribe
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Haití
Asia y el Pacífico
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Indonesia
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Nepal
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