ABSTRACT

International attention to improving learning outcomes has increasingly focused on the impact of teachers, those that directly implement national education goals. For small, resource-poor countries where communities have minimal schooling experience, the role of the teacher in building academic knowledge and skills is even more valued, to both support that community and the nation as a whole. Yet governments and other stakeholders may not know much about their teachers’ lives: why they teach, what keeps them motivated and what makes the education system vulnerable to teacher attrition. This paper seeks to understand the lives of the teachers, in this case, in Timor-Leste. This paper reports on the findings from a recent survey of Timorese primary school teachers, finding while the challenges are many, there is a strong sense of personal contribution to the nation’s development evident in teachers’ work, something that the local education ministry might consider in supporting the work of its teachers.

摘要

国际上对提高学习成果的关注越来越多地关注教师的影响，即直接实施国家教育目标的教师。对于社区教育经验最少的资源匮乏的小国来说，教师在建立学术知识和技能方面的作用更为重要，既要支持社区，也可以支持整个国家。然而，政府和其他利益相关者可能对他们教师的生活知之甚少：他们为什么教书，是什么让他们保持积极性，以及是什么让教育系统容易受到教师流失的影响。本文旨在了解教师的生活，在这种情况下，在东帝汶。本文报告了最近对帝汶小学教师进行的一项调查的结果，发现虽然挑战很多，