How Much and What Kind of Teaching Is There in Elementary Education in India? Evidence from Three States

How Much and What Kind of Teaching Is There in Elementary Education in India? Evidence from Three States

This study focuses on the link between teachers' 'time-on-task' (TOT) and the nature of tasks in classrooms. This study, carried out with concurrence from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), is built upon the independent s...

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Main Authors:	Sankar, Deepa, Linden, Toby
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABILITY OF TEACHERS ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM RATES ACADEMIC LEARNING ACADEMIC YEAR ACADEMIC YEARS ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS AVAILABILITY OF TEACHERS AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AVERAGE SCORE CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLASS ORGANIZATION CLASS SIZE CLASS TIME CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION CLASSROOM TEACHING CLASSROOM TIME CLASSROOMS CURRICULA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM DISTRICT EDUCATION EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION DECISIONS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PLANNING EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE LEARNING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT FIGURES ENROLMENTS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE TEACHERS FINAL GRADE GIRLS GRADE REPETITION GRADE TEACHING HEAD TEACHER HEAD TEACHERS HIGHER GRADES HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMPROVING PRIMARY EDUCATION INSERVICE TRAINING INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME INSTRUCTORS INTERVENTIONS LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS LEARNERS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING ACTIVITIES LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING MATERIAL LEARNING MATERIALS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESSES LEARNING TIME LESSON PLANNING LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATURE MULTIGRADE CLASSROOMS NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NUMBER OF PUPILS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS NUMERACY PAPERS PARENTAL SUPPORT PARITY PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES PEDAGOGY PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLIO PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTS PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPIL PERFORMANCE QUALIFIED TEACHERS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS REGULAR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REGULAR TEACHER REGULAR TEACHERS REMEDIAL TEACHING REPEATERS RESEARCH INSTITUTES RESEARCHERS RESOURCE CENTRE RETENTION RATES RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOL RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL CALENDARS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SCHOOL LEARNING SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PROFILE SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOL TEACHER SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOL TIME SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL VISITS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SERVICE TRAINING SINGLE GRADE CLASS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL GROUPS SPORTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT ATTENDANCE RATES STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS STUDENT GROUPS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATES TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER CANDIDATES TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER PAY TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS TEACHING MATERIALS TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PRACTICE TEACHING STRATEGIES TEACHING-LEARNING TEXT BOOKS TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK AVAILABILITY TEXTBOOKS TRAINING OF TEACHERS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION UPPER PRIMARY GRADES URBAN SCHOOL URBAN SCHOOLS VILLAGE EDUCATION VILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEES WOMEN TEACHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/02/19231774/much-kind-teaching-elementary-education-india-evidence-three-states http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17800

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Summary:	This study focuses on the link between teachers' 'time-on-task' (TOT) and the nature of tasks in classrooms. This study, carried out with concurrence from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), is built upon the independent study commissioned by MHRD to explore teacher attendance rates in schools. This study ventures beyond the quantitative dimensions of teacher attendance (physical presence) to look at the 'time-on-task' (TOT) and nature of tasks, that is, the quantity and quality of teacher presence and interaction. Most specifically, it will provide insight into the work environment of teachers who are the key to service delivery and suggest implications for both policy and program interventions to empower teachers and introduce more accountability into the system. The McKinsey and Company study (Barber & Mourshed, 2007) identified three things that matter most: (1) getting the right people to become teachers; (2) developing them into effective instructors; and (3) ensuring that the system is able to deliver the best possible instruction for every child. In the present study, the attempt is to see whether the teachers are 'effective instructors' and the system is delivering the best to its children. The study aims to find out the factors that facilitate improved quality of instructional time on the one hand, and what it means to the whole process of improving learning levels on the other. In addition, there is an effort to understand the characteristics of various enabling inputs