The Development of Teacher Appraisal: A Recent History

The Conservative government made appraisal compulsory to monitor teaching more effectively. Unable to elicit the type of data required, the process became marginalised. Labour is now turning to appraisal to raise standards. Though appearing more conciliatory, it is argued that the end result will be to achieve the Conservatives' original aim of controlling teachers     

Teacher Appraisal in Special Schools

From September onwards the phased introduction of teacher appraisals will begin in schools. So far, in the six areas where DES pilot schemes are being run, special schools have not been to the fore. In this article, however, the authors concentrate on issues which are relevant to special schools. They draw on a survey of 32 headteachers in special schools in the north west of England and also suggest some guidelines for an effective and fair system. Kath Williams is deputy head, Underlea Special School, Liverpool, and Ian Petrie is a lecturer in special education at Liverpool University and honorary editor of this Journal.     

A Critical Appraisal of Critical Reflection in Teacher Education

Critical reflection is regarded as a high-level reflective practice and promoted by many reflective practice programs This article aims to criticize it from two aspects： conceptual perspective and practical perspective. Based on the understanding of it as self-reflection, being critical can be regarded as one feature and consequence of any type of reflective practice. Owing to cultural differences, critical reflection faces many obstacles in practice. Meeting teachers＇ needs, rather than designing the hierarchy, is suggested to be a criterion of good quality reflection.     

学生的个别差异与教师的评价

本文主要探究学生的个性特征、学习成绩和性别等个别差异在教师的评价方面的需求之影响。实验采用问卷调查法发现,性别和个性特征二因素之间交互作用以及学习成绩都对学生在教师的评价方面的需求有显著性影响;实验还发现大多数学生所需求的鼓励和提醒与教师常采用的赞扬不一致,这种不一致可能抑制学生的学习动机和阻碍师生心理健康发展。因此,为了激发学生的学习动机,维护师生心理健康,笔者建议教师根据学生的个性特征、学习成绩和性别等个别差异评价学生。     

Blog:教师专业发展的新途径

教师专业发展是目前教育界的热门话题,与传统的教师发展不同,信息时代的教师专业发展更注重于教师职业技能相对应的品德、能力的培养。通过教育叙事、教育反思等新方式从实践中自我发展、协作交流,而作为叙事反思、协作共享有效途径的Blog必然成为信息时代教师专业发展的新宠。     

民主遵约论评析

民主遵约论认为,相比非民主国家,民主国家更加倾向于遵守国际协议.本文从偏好稳定性问题、公众影响力问题、集体行动问题、非民主国家的公众制约、透明性等五个方面对其因果逻辑进行了检视,并由此得出,民主的政体类型与遵守行为之间并不存在确切的因果关系.已有的经验研究支持民主遵约论的理论假说,很可能是因为其选取的样本数据正好符合其因果逻辑发生作用的特定条件.对于研究者而言,讨论并厘清其发生作用的特定条件,将是未来研究的方向.     

Teacher Performance Appraisal in Thailand: Poison or Panacea?

This research focuses on the examination of problems related to the national teacher performance appraisal system by the Thai Ministry of Education. It highlights major problems of the current performance appraisal system by delineating the weaknesses and pitfalls of the current appraisal system. The findings indicate problems to three major types; problems from the mismanagement of the system; problems arising from the evaluators; and problems arising from the applicants. These problems are the major constraints in accelerating education devolution and development. Therefore, Thailand’s Ministry of Education should find the way to improve its method of teacher performance appraisal.     

行动研究:教师科研新方法

本文论述了中小学教师应如何使用行动研究的方法进行科研,并认为行动研究可以加速教育科研“产业化”。行动研究以合作的定性研究为主,实地研究和反思是行动研究的关键,日记是重要的环节。本文以笔者正在研究的一个课题为例对行动研究的方法作了详细的介绍。     

教师绩效评价的理论与实践

教师绩效评价是教育人事制度改革的关键,20世纪80年代以来,它成为了教育改革的重点和难点。在以往有关教师评价的研究中,三种不同类型的评价常常被混用;而对教师绩效的评价又常常只关注任务绩效,没有关注关系绩效;此外,大多数教师评价研究均是关于大学教师的。教师绩效评价应以教师绩效结构的理论分析为基础。基于教师素质结构理论,在文献分析和关键事件调查、关键事件访谈的基础上,通过定性分析和实证分析,在反复研究基础上,提出了教师绩效的结构,并通过实证研究探讨了教师绩效评价的信度与效度。     

A Collaborative Self-Study: Advocating for Democratic Principles and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teacher Education

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a collaborative self-study of three teacher educators and how they understood, practiced, and promoted democratic education in response to the divisive rhetoric of 2015–2016 at a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in Southern California. The prevalence of neoliberal ideologies throughout the 2016 election season challenged our understandings of democratic education. Therefore, we explore how teacher educators promote democratic education and pedagogy during times of political uncertainty.     

Teacher Professional Development Approach: Action Research

Theory and practice, researchers and practitioners are usually isolated in traditional education research, so much so that the research results can not solve the problems that teachers encounter in their teaching practice. As a new mode, action research provides a bridge linking theory and teaching practice as well as a way to promote teacher development.     

社会主义生态文明建设评价指标体系:一个基于AHP的构建脚本

本文以解决生态文明建设评价指标体系量化问题为基本任务,概括了社会主义生态文明建设评价指标体系的基本特征,总结了生态文明建设评价指标体系应当遵循的基本原则。文章从8个方面构建了一个包含3层评价指标的社会主义生态文明建设评价指标体系,采用AHP方法确定权重,并提出了运用这一评价指标体系的对策措施。     

发展性：教师评价的一种理念

教师评价是对教师工作现实的或潜在的价值作出判断的活动,是教育评价的重要内容。在教师评价活动中,明确评价的目的具有重要意义,它对评价标准的制订,评价过程的具体操作和实施,评价结果的处理和应用等方面都具有规范和指导作用。因此,在教师评价活动开始前,必须合理确定评价目的。本文即在广泛阅读有关文献的基础上,对目前存有争论的教师评价目的试进行梳理和评析。 一、关于教师评价目的的类型及理论假设 文献分析表明,基于不同理论假设之上的教师评价目的有截然不同的两大类,据此,一般又把教师评价分为两     

关于参与式实验室评估的思考

本文阐述了对广西高等学校基础课教学实验室评估中提出的参与式实验室评估的新理念、新模式、新机制及其推广意义的理论思考。     

教师评价模式:合同计划法

合同计划法源于美国,其代表人物和倡导者是美国康涅狄格大学教育学院的爱德华·伊沃尼克。作为一种教师评价模式,合同计划法已经并且正在被许多国家的中小学所采纳。它在促进教师专业发展和提高学校教育质量方面获得了普遍的成功。一、合同计划法的前期准备1.确定教师评价的目的合同计划法主要包括如下评价目的:●鼓励教师开展自我评价。●提高教与学的质量。●促进教师的专业发展。●提高教师的地位。●奖励优秀教师。●调整教学安排和教学任务。●保护教师个人利益和学校组织利益。2.制定《岗位介绍》《岗位介绍》即岗位条例。它依据办学…