Portugal’s teaching workforce ages as class sizes grow
Portugal has a high proportion of teachers over 55, and large class sizes are linked to the aging workforce and long teaching hours.
What we know
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- Portugal has one of the oldest teaching forces among OECD countries, with a high share of teachers over 55, according to RTP Notícias.
- According to Público, large class sizes in Portugal are attributed to aging teachers and long teaching hours.
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Isabel Flores explains that large class sizes in Portugal are due to aging teachers and long teaching hours.
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Is this point wrong? Tell usPúblico“explica especialista”
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Portugal é, na OCDE, dos países com menos alunos por professor, mas não consegue evitar turmas grandes porque os professores estão mais velhos e há muitas horas de aulas, segundo Isabel Flores.
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Portugal has one of the oldest teaching forces among OECD countries, with a high share of teachers over 55.
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Is this point wrong? Tell usRTP Notícias“Portugal é dos países onde o corpo docente está mais envelhecido”
Machine translation: Portugal is among the countries where the teaching body is the most aged
com uma elevada percentagem de professores com mais de 55 anos, e a profissão tende a ser menos atrativa e pouco reconhecida pela sociedade. Os dados são de um novo relatório da Organização para a Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico (OCDE), que indica que quanto aos estudantes, há progressos na escolarização, mas há ainda 36 por cento da população portuguesa que não completou o ensino secundário.
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Who reported it
- PúblicoSonae
- RTP NotíciasRTP (public broadcaster)
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