Three Dozen Countries and Counting: Teach For All's Global Influence on Teacher Recruitment and Training

Session Type: WERA Symposium

Abstract

In the contemporary global educational landscape, teacher education is rapidly shifting, with a particular focus on preparing teachers to demonstrate international competitiveness, typically through student performance on high-stakes achievement tests. These trends are driven by various global actors, including Teach For All--an organization with the mission to combat educational inequality through the development of national-level nonprofits throughout the world, based on the organizational principles of the US-based nonprofit Teach For America. The effectiveness of this model has been highly contested in the US literature, yet interestingly the model continues to spread, and actors affiliated with national-level Teach For All organizations have taken on prominent roles in education policy circles. This panel builds the yet-nascent literature on this increasingly important topic.

Sub Unit

• World Education Research Association

Chair

• Rolf Straubhaar, University of Georgia

Papers

• Mapping the Teach For All Phenomenon - Rolf Straubhaar, University of Georgia; Daniel Friedrich, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Transnational Educational Movements in Education: The Case of Teach For All - Oren Pizmony-Levy; Alison Angoff, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Unpacking Teachers' Thinking About Teaching: Participants Interpreting Their Participation in Brazil's Teach For All Affiliate - Rolf Straubhaar, University of Georgia

• The Rise and Fall of the Teach For All Model in Brazil: The Ensina! Case - Antonio Olmedo, Institute of Education - University of London; Karolina da Silva Miranda Jardim, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

• Indonesia Mengajar: An Investment in Hope - Charlina Gozali, Claremont Graduate University; Thomas F. Luschei, Claremont Graduate University; Hanni Yukamana, PGRI University of Palembang