1 online resource (225 pages) : color illustrations
Contents
ch. 1. Teachers today -- 1. Macro-economic conditions and resources for education -- 2. Teachers and the funding and governance of education -- 3. Teachers and the organisation of learning -- 4. Profiles of the teaching force -- ch. 2. Teachers tomorrow -- 1. Demand for teachers in the next decade -- 2. The expectations placed on teachers -- 3. What is offered to teachers -- 4. Policy choices -- ch. 3. Country profiles -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Chile -- China -- Egypt -- Indonesia -- Jordan -- Malaysia -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Russian Federation -- Thailand -- Tunisia -- Uruguay -- Zimbabwe