Is Good Teaching Rewarded at Berkeley?.

Schwartz, Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ443099

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Is Good Teaching Rewarded at Berkeley?

Schwartz, Charles

College Teaching, v40 n1 p33-36 Win 1992

A study of 55 recipients of the University of California, Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award found most felt the award had little effect on their careers and provided little incentive to improve teaching. Four recommendations for making the reward structure more effective in motivating teachers to improve instruction are offered. (MSE)

Descriptors: Awards, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Incentives, Instructional Improvement, Merit Pay, Rewards, State Universities, Teacher Salaries

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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