Teachers should lead classes with more effective and innovative teaching methods (Schleicher, 2012; Benavides, 2010). The culture of lifelong learning is connected with students’ improvement (Darling-Hammond, 2009). The research studies the impact of trainings delivered by CESEDI - a public institution - across ten years and the different school´ organization to permit engagement of teachers as educational leader (named as facilitator). We collected: the quantitative data through a web engine solution based on the Opinio platform. We ran a PCA (Principal Component Analysis) on a part of the questionnaire addressed to the study (n 592) of individual and social factors; the qualitative data with biographical matrix of professional role (n 19). The research shows how a specific role of teacher as facilitator enables the following aspects: leadership empowerment, improvement of teaching, colleagues support for accomplishing the tasks learned, participated decision making. As demonstrated teachers appreciate to be helped by colleagues.
The role of teachers as facilitators to develop empowering leadership and school communities supported by the method of cooperative learning
Ellerani, Pier Giuseppe;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Teachers should lead classes with more effective and innovative teaching methods (Schleicher, 2012; Benavides, 2010). The culture of lifelong learning is connected with students’ improvement (Darling-Hammond, 2009). The research studies the impact of trainings delivered by CESEDI - a public institution - across ten years and the different school´ organization to permit engagement of teachers as educational leader (named as facilitator). We collected: the quantitative data through a web engine solution based on the Opinio platform. We ran a PCA (Principal Component Analysis) on a part of the questionnaire addressed to the study (n 592) of individual and social factors; the qualitative data with biographical matrix of professional role (n 19). The research shows how a specific role of teacher as facilitator enables the following aspects: leadership empowerment, improvement of teaching, colleagues support for accomplishing the tasks learned, participated decision making. As demonstrated teachers appreciate to be helped by colleagues.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
