A Study of the Junior High School Teachers' Opinions on Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development in Taipei County

• Main Authors: Want-Ting Yang, 楊琬婷
• Other Authors: Kuo-Shih Yang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02892423776130411063

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士班 === 98 === The purpose of this thesis is, on one hand, to investigate the junior high school teachers’ opinions on Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development in Taipei County, and, on the other hand, to compare the differences in opinions among the teachers with different background variables. Adopting a questionnaire method based on “The Questionnaire on the Junior High School Teachers in Taipei County,” this research, conducted among the teachers with 631 valid questionnaires returned, involves a comprehensive data analysis using averages, standard deviations, independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), Scheffé''s method, etc. The findings of this research are as follows: 1. The level of junior high school teachers’ identification with the content of teacher evaluation for professional development is found to be “middle,” among which “usage of evaluation result” is higher and “evaluation method” is lower. 2. The level of junior high school teachers’ identification with the implementation of teacher evaluation for professional development is found to be “middle,” among which “supplementary measure” is higher and “support for evaluation” is lower. 3. Opinions on the content of teacher evaluation for professional development differ among junior high school teachers with different background variables, like their gender, age, years of service, and position. 4. Opinions on the implementation of teacher evaluation for professional development differ among junior high school teachers with different background variables, like their gender, age, years of service, and position. Based on the above conclusions, the researcher proposes concrete suggestions for the educational administration and the administration of junior high school in Taipei County as a reference for executing teacher evaluation for professional development and the follow-up studies.