How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers

Fuente: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Resumen: This study, based on thirty-eight interviews of principals from public middle schools in Mexico City, analyzes the criteria and methods used by these school officials to identify underperforming teachers, as well as how they wield discretionary authority. The study also proposes several mea...

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Main Author: Instituto De Investigaciones Jurídicas
Format: Artículo de Investigación
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM 2013
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description Resumen: This study, based on thirty-eight interviews of principals from public middle schools in Mexico City, analyzes the criteria and methods used by these school officials to identify underperforming teachers, as well as how they wield discretionary authority. The study also proposes several measures that can be implemented by educational authorities to improve how these cases are handled. These measures include improving both principals’ training and the mechanisms used to evaluate teacher performance in the classroom.
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spelling How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers Instituto De Investigaciones Jurídicas Ciencias Sociales y Económicas Teacher Underperformance Teacher Performance Middle Schools Mexico Principals Educational Administration School Administration Public Schools Mexico City Bajo Rendimiento Secundarias México Directores Administración Educativa Educación Pública Administración Escolar Procedencia: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Repositorio Institucional de la UNAM: https://repositorio.unam.mx/ Resumen: This study, based on thirty-eight interviews of principals from public middle schools in Mexico City, analyzes the criteria and methods used by these school officials to identify underperforming teachers, as well as how they wield discretionary authority. The study also proposes several measures that can be implemented by educational authorities to improve how these cases are handled. These measures include improving both principals’ training and the mechanisms used to evaluate teacher performance in the classroom. Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas 2013-01-01 Text Artículo de Investigación application/pdf Cita bibliográfica: Instituto De Investigaciones Jurídicas (2013). How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers. Mexican Law Review; Volume V, Number 2. Recuperado de https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/mexican-law-review/article/view/7785 ISSN: ISSN impreso: 1870-0578; ISSN electrónico: 2448-5306 https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/20972 eng Mexican Law Review; Volume V, Number 2 https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/mexican-law-review/index Nivel de acceso: Público La titularidad de los derechos patrimoniales de esta obra pertenece a las instituciones editoras. Su uso se rige por una licencia Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Internacional, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.es, para un uso diferente consultar al responsable jurídico del repositorio por medio del correo electrónico mlr.iij@unam.mx
spellingShingle How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
Instituto De Investigaciones Jurídicas
Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Teacher Underperformance
Teacher Performance
Middle Schools
Mexico
Principals
Educational Administration
School Administration
Public Schools
Mexico City
Bajo Rendimiento
Secundarias
México
Directores
Administración Educativa
Educación Pública
Administración Escolar
title How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
title_full How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
title_fullStr How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
title_full_unstemmed How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
title_short How Mexican Principals Deal with Teacher Underperformance: A Study of How Public Middle School Principals in Mexico City Manage Underperforming Teachers
title_sort how mexican principals deal with teacher underperformance: a study of how public middle school principals in mexico city manage underperforming teachers
topic Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Teacher Underperformance
Teacher Performance
Middle Schools
Mexico
Principals
Educational Administration
School Administration
Public Schools
Mexico City
Bajo Rendimiento
Secundarias
México
Directores
Administración Educativa
Educación Pública
Administración Escolar
topic_facet Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Teacher Underperformance
Teacher Performance
Middle Schools
Mexico
Principals
Educational Administration
School Administration
Public Schools
Mexico City
Bajo Rendimiento
Secundarias
México
Directores
Administración Educativa
Educación Pública
Administración Escolar
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