Teachers' involvement in school policy-making and the effectiveness of schools' in-service training policy: results of a Dutch study

C.T. Jongmans, H.J.A. Biemans, D. Beijaard

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Abstract

Schools in the Netherlands are encouraged by the national Government to develop their own in-service training policy. Teachers' involvement in school policy-making and the effectiveness of in-service training policy are assumed to be related. In the present study, this assumption was examined. For this purpose, 1079 teachers from 98 schools for secondary agricultural education filled in a questionnaire. The study shows that teachers working in schools for secondary agricultural education are involved in school policy-making to a low extent. It also appears that these schools have not (yet) been able to develop effective in-service training policies. Additional analyses revealed that teachers' involvement in school policy-making and the effectiveness of in-service training policy are correlated: in-service training policy is relatively most effective in schools in which teachers are most involved in school policy-making. One may conclude that schools for secondary agricultural education are not yet successful in developing effective in-service training policy because of their limited policy-making capacity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59-73
Number of pages15
JournalTeacher Development
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 1998
Externally publishedYes

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