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The Legislation Of Teacher Rotation Policy

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An intensive debate over the quantitative or qualitative aspects in education has been sparked in policy planning. However, there is a new consensus among policy makers that the achievement of quantity in education will ultimately rely on the quality of education available (UNESCO, 2004). The importance of good quality is emphasised in the Dakar Framework for Action: Education for All (EFA). Goal 2 lists the provision of “compulsory primary education of good quality” as a collective commitment, while Goal 6 commits nations to improve “all aspects of the quality of education and ensuring excellence of all so that recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and essential life skills” (UNESCO, 2000, p.15-17). The legislation of teacher rotation policy in China is a national campaign towards EFA goals with particular attention to quality improvement in education.
Quality is positioned as a strategic objective in the national policy document. It is internationally recognised that teacher professionalism plays a central role in education quality (Avalos & Barrett, 2011). Policy makers and researchers come to agree that among all the school-based practitioners, teachers have the greatest influence on student achievement (Santiago, 2002; Schacter & Thum, 2004). UNESCO (2004) also lists “processes (competent teachers using active pedagogies)” as one of the indicators of good quality education (p.29). Analogously,

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