A Study on Taichung City Elementary School Teachers’ Perception about Classroom Management Effectiveness after Participating in “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation” Program

• Main Authors: Hsu,Jui-O, 許瑞娥
• Other Authors: Chen, Shr-Jya
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61318064339178921235

碩士 === 東海大學 === 教育研究所 === 99 === This study tries to explore the importance of classroom management effectiveness for those elementary school teachers in Taichung City who have participated in the “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation” program since 2010. It also tries to understand the influences of the “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation” program upon classroom management effectiveness and their expectations. This study uses a survey first. 582 teachers who have participated in the 2010 program from 18 Taichung City Elementary Schools are selected. The valid samples are 421. “Questionnaire of Classroom Management Effectiveness” is used as the tool. Secondly, a semi-structured interview of 7 teachers from the program is applied to discover teachers’ perceptions and viewpoints. The results are as follows: 1.To enhance the teacher’s classroom management effectiveness may improve the campus problems. 2.The teacher’s classroom management effectiveness is influenced by internal and external factors. 3.The phasis on the teacher’s teaching effectiviness is superior to classroom management effectiveness in the “Teacher Professional Development Evaluation” program. 4.Peer-teacher dialogue is an important way to enhance the teacher’s classroom management effectiveness. 5.Massive documents compiling is often an additional workload and time-comsuming job for teachers. 6.Excellent technique in counselling and communication is necessary to enhance teachers’ classroom management effectiveness. 7.Professional growth can be expected by joining "Teacher Professional Learning Community". Finally, based on the results of this study, some recommendations are suggested.