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Managerial Challenges of the Teacher: Acknowledging and Solving Them (I)
Managerial Challenges of the Teacher: Acknowledging and Solving Them (I)

Author(s): Elena Tiron
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Universitatea Tehnică "Gheorghe Asachi" din Iaşi
Keywords: managerial difficulties of the teacher; systemic analysis; win-win mentality; continuous learning.

Summary/Abstract: The paper identifies several managerial difficulties of the teacher depending on his/her activities: prognosis, prediction, decision, design, planning, and organization in class. These difficulties are: risk, uncertain, random, exceptional, correction, improvement decisions, prognosis difficulties, involuntary influence, managing by punishments or rewards, poor regulation, inadequate counselling of the educational process. The paper emphasizes the methods and techniques to overcome these difficulties such as: system analysis, comparative analysis, causal analysis, roles analysis, operational analysis, risk analysis, case analysis, contextual analysis, analysis of task. The methods used in the development this study are: scientific documentation, systemic analysis, longitudinal observations of teachers participating in POSDRU "Student-Centred Education" between 2010 and 2012. The study formulates conclusions on managerial efficiency: being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, win-win mentality, communicating empathetically, cooperating creatively, and learning continuously.

  • Issue Year: 62/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 49-58
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English