208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The first widespread incentive pay scheme was initiated in UK schools in 2000. This book is the result of monitoring the whole process from its inception. The authors visited schools, observed lessons, and solicited the views and experiences of a large collection of teachers and headteachers. Their discoveries are presented in this lively book. They include the views of teachers... Read more
Part 1 Performance-related pay; Chapter 1 Performance-related pay; Chapter 2 Research and practice; Part 2 Threshold assessment; Chapter 3 Crossing the threshold; Chapter 4 Success and failure; Chapter 5 Agents and agencies; Part 3 Performance management; Chapter 6 Performance management in schools; Chapter 7 Being managed; Chapter 8 Performance-related pay in action; Chapter 9 Paying for performance;

Biography

Ted Wragg is Emeritus Professor of Education at the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Exeter University, where Gill Haynes and Caroline Wragg are Lecturers, and Rosemary Chamberlin is a Research Fellow.

Times Educational Supplement Book of the Week:
'this survey, sharply focused on the realities of schools and teaching and rich with glimpses of good (and occasionally spectacularly bad) practice, is much more than merely interesting reading. It's comprehensive, balanced and persuasive: a significant contribution to an important, indeed urgent, debate.'
- Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

'The book provides an extremely rich source of information on the views of teachers and headteachers toward performance related pay ... [it] is both an accessible and interesting read that will be informative for both teachers and policy makers.' - NUT Education Review