Background Papers

Two papers were prepared with the main objective of providing background work for launching the Activity.

• Teacher Demand and Supply: Improving Teaching Quality and Addressing Teacher Shortages by Paulo Santiago (December 2002).
• Teacher Education and the Teaching Career in an Era of Lifelong Learning by John Coolahan (December 2002).

Commissioned Papers

The following studies have been commissioned within the context of the Activity:

• The Economic Cycle and Teacher Supply  / Le cycle économique et l'offre d'enseignants by Peter Dolton, Andrew Tremayne and Tsung-Ping Chung (March 2003).
• School Leaders: Changing Roles and Impact on Teacher and School Effectiveness  / L'évolution des fonctions de direction en milieu scolaire et son incidence sur l'efficacité des enseignants et des établissements by Bill Mulford (April 2003).

Literature Review

• Performance-Based Rewards for Teachers: A Literature Review by Owen Harvey-Beavis (February 2003)

Related Documents

• Improving Teacher Supply and Effectiveness , March 2004 (Powerpoint presentation)
• OECD Observer, March 2004 - Teaching: Restoring its class
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• Policy Brief, February 2004 - The Quality of the Teaching Workforce
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• Education Policy Analysis 2002 - The Teaching Workforce: Concerns and Policy Challenges
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• Education Policy Analysis 2001 - What Future for Our Schools?
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• Education Policy Analysis 1998 - Teachers for Tomorrow's Schools
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• Education Policy Analysis 1996 - Teachers' Pay and Conditions
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• OECD Observer, March 2001 - Teacher Shortage.
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Related Publications

• Completing the Foundation for Lifelong Learning: An OECD Survey of Upper Secondary Schools  (2004)
• Education Policy Analysis  (2003 edition)
• Education Policy Analysis (2002 edition)
• Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators  (2003 edition)
• Knowledge and Skills for Life: First Results from PISA 2000
• Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow: Further Results from PISA 2000
• Learning to Change: ICT in Schools
• What Schools for the Future?
• Innovating Schools
• Teachers for Tomorrow's Schools: An Analysis of the World Education Indicators (2001 edition).