Not exact matches
One of the most powerful ways in which districts
influence teaching and learning is through the contribution they make to feelings of professional
efficacy on the part of school principals.
As longtime educators who believe in the power of good
teaching and, even more, good teachers, our belief was validated when John Hattie (2014) identified collective teacher
efficacy (CTE) as the highest educational
influence found in the research literature to date — 1.57 effect size!
When teachers have the opportunity to
influence important school - site decisions about curriculum,
teaching and learning, and professional development, they gain a stronger sense of collective
efficacy.
The pharmaceutical industry promotes many vaccines and drugs of questionable
efficacy or need, and it has too much
influence in veterinary
teaching.