Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

There is neither a universally recognized teacher licensure system, nor consensus on the criteria for assessing how teacher licensing programs affect the quality of teachers. This is the study to assess the licensing program impact on the professional qualities of UAE teachers. The perception survey...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Asma Khaleel Abdallah, Mohammed Borhandden Musah
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Educational policy Licensing Teacher perception Teacher professionalism Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f0bce7b6a8ac4268af5694a6edb33191
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:f0bce7b6a8ac4268af5694a6edb33191
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f0bce7b6a8ac4268af5694a6edb331912021-12-02T05:02:46ZEffects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception2405-844010.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08348https://doaj.org/article/f0bce7b6a8ac4268af5694a6edb331912021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021024518https://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440There is neither a universally recognized teacher licensure system, nor consensus on the criteria for assessing how teacher licensing programs affect the quality of teachers. This is the study to assess the licensing program impact on the professional qualities of UAE teachers. The perception survey was piloted with a group of teachers from random UAE schools. A survey method with valid tests and descriptive statistics were used to determine the self-evaluation of teachers in a wide range of competencies related to licensing. Teacher self-evaluate themselves during the test accentuates strong social competence, while professional qualities and professional growth received significantly lower scores. A strong direct correlation was found between test size and participants' experience. There was no correlation between the quality of the assessment and gender or age factors. The results of the study are aimed at helping government and academic policymakers to obtain feedback from teachers on educational reforms. Both the results of the study and the methods of its implementation can be expanded beyond the UAU due to the typological similarity of problems of licensing of teachers in different countries. The originality and novelty of the research is presented by the analysis of the subjective assessment of their results by teachers who passed licensing for the first time in the conditions of UAE, where the licensing system is in the process of formation. The findings of the study demonstrate the points of further development of the newly created teacher licensing system.Asma Khaleel AbdallahMohammed Borhandden MusahElsevierarticleEducational policyLicensingTeacher perceptionTeacher professionalismScience (General)Q1-390Social sciences (General)H1-99ENHeliyon, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp e08348- (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Educational policy Licensing Teacher perception Teacher professionalism Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	Educational policy Licensing Teacher perception Teacher professionalism Science (General) Q1-390 Social sciences (General) H1-99 Asma Khaleel Abdallah Mohammed Borhandden Musah Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
description	There is neither a universally recognized teacher licensure system, nor consensus on the criteria for assessing how teacher licensing programs affect the quality of teachers. This is the study to assess the licensing program impact on the professional qualities of UAE teachers. The perception survey was piloted with a group of teachers from random UAE schools. A survey method with valid tests and descriptive statistics were used to determine the self-evaluation of teachers in a wide range of competencies related to licensing. Teacher self-evaluate themselves during the test accentuates strong social competence, while professional qualities and professional growth received significantly lower scores. A strong direct correlation was found between test size and participants' experience. There was no correlation between the quality of the assessment and gender or age factors. The results of the study are aimed at helping government and academic policymakers to obtain feedback from teachers on educational reforms. Both the results of the study and the methods of its implementation can be expanded beyond the UAU due to the typological similarity of problems of licensing of teachers in different countries. The originality and novelty of the research is presented by the analysis of the subjective assessment of their results by teachers who passed licensing for the first time in the conditions of UAE, where the licensing system is in the process of formation. The findings of the study demonstrate the points of further development of the newly created teacher licensing system.
format	article
author	Asma Khaleel Abdallah Mohammed Borhandden Musah
author_facet	Asma Khaleel Abdallah Mohammed Borhandden Musah
author_sort	Asma Khaleel Abdallah
title	Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
title_short	Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
title_full	Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
title_fullStr	Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception
title_sort	effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: uae case in local perception
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f0bce7b6a8ac4268af5694a6edb33191
work_keys_str_mv	AT asmakhaleelabdallah effectsofteacherlicensingoneducatorsprofessionalismuaecaseinlocalperception AT mohammedborhanddenmusah effectsofteacherlicensingoneducatorsprofessionalismuaecaseinlocalperception
_version_	1718400746917986304

Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

Ejemplares similares