Indicator 22: Teaching Experience
On-the-job experience provides teachers with practical opportunities in which to build their expertise in teaching and classroom management. Further, average years of teaching experience are an indication of teachers' maturity and their long-term commitment to education. All of these factors can play a role in the provision of high-quality instruction.
Table 22: Average years of teaching experience for teachers
of 9-
and 14-year-olds,1 by country: school year 1991-92
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Country Age 9 Age 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-72 France 21 (0.75) 19 (0.72) Italy 22 (0.74) 19 (0.54) West Germany (former) 20 (0.68) 17 (0.54) United States 15 (0.52) 14 (0.66) Other Belgium 18 (0.69) 20 (0.74) Botswana - - 11 (0.49) Cyprus 17 (0.70) 18 (0.47) Denmark 18 (0.52) 18 (0.55) Finland 15 (1.35) 15 (1.13) Greece 13 (0.73) 12 (0.53) Hong Kong 16 (0.86) 10 (0.74) Hungary 17 (0.90) 17 (0.84) Iceland 12 (0.53) 15 (0.67) Indonesia 12 (0.58) - - Ireland 19 (0.99) 17 (0.71) Netherlands 17 (0.70) 17 (0.65) New Zealand 14 (0.73) 13 (0.77) Norway 16 (0.62) 18 (0.74) Philippines - - 11 (0.53) Portugal 23 (0.76) 9 (0.57) Singapore 19 (0.79) 14 (0.91) Slovenia 19 (0.80) 16 (0.68) Spain 18 (0.50) 18 (0.50) Sweden 21 (0.60) 17 (0.78) Switzerland 14 (0.67) 18 (0.55) Thailand - - 14 (0.56) Trinidad and Tobago 17 (0.62) 15 (0.69) Venezuela 12 (0.63) 12 (0.63) Zimbabwe - - 6 (0.58) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Not available.
1/ Standard errors are in parentheses.
2/ No data available for Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom.NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 22 for details on indicator calculation for Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Singapore,
Spain, and Venezuela.SOURCE: The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, IEA Reading Literacy Study, unpublished tabulations, 1992.
Figure 22: Average years of teaching experience for teachers of 9- and 14-year-olds, by G-7 country:1,2 school year 1991-92
1/ No data available for Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
2/ Countries are sorted in descending order by the average years of teaching experience.SOURCE: The International Association for the Evaluation Achievement, IEA Reading Literacy Study, unpublished tabluations, 1992.
Notes on Figures and Tables
In some cases, countries limited assessments to particular geographic areas or language groups. A description of these limitations follows.
Belgium, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Venezuela
See supplemental notes for Indicator 7.
Denmark
All Danish-speaking schools.
Indonesia
All schools in seven provinces where 75 percent of the population lives.
Singapore
Nongovernment schools were excluded.
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