Teacher Education Program Evaluation

Author : William J. Gephart,Jerry B. Ayers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400926752

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Teacher Education Evaluation by William J. Gephart,Jerry B. Ayers Pdf

In an age that dictates accountability and verifiability of educational programs, institutions of higher education are called on to justify their programs. To meet these demands, there is a need for improved methods for the evaluation of teacher education programs. More importantly, there is a need for the development of methods and procedures to conduct continuous and on-going evaluation that can aid the process of program improvement. Many institutions have had difficulties in developing and implementing satisfactory systems for conducting needed evaluation. In recent years the standards for the approval of teacher education programs in all of the states were strengthened as were the standards for approval by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). These revised standards put even more emphasis on accountability and the need for both summative and formative evaluation in a teacher education program. Tennessee Technological University has long been recognized as an institution with an exemplary project in program evaluation. As a result, in 1986, the state of Tennessee established at Tennessee Technological University, a Center for Teacher Education Evaluation. The Center began work in July 1986, on the development of models and systems for conducting teacher education program evaluation. To most, teacher education program evaluation is simple and straightforward. Evaluation includes a set of options, a set of criteria, data collection and interpretation, x and then use in meeting accountability needs.

Author : Elizabeth Nelli,Norma Nutter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112006817917

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A Model for Evaluating Teacher Education Programs by Elizabeth Nelli,Norma Nutter Pdf

Prior to presenting a model for evaluating teacher education progams, it is pointed out that five major issues must be settled before attempting an evaluation: (1) the evaluation's purpose; (2) clients or audience; (3) specific questions to investigate; (4) use of an internal or external evaluator or a combination; and (5) dissemination of the evaluation and types of decisions to be made based on its results. The matrix of the model includes the following elements: (1) the philosophy and basic purposes of the program; (2) objectives or intended outcomes of the evaluation; (3) collection and assessment of data; (4) characteristics of students, faculty, college policy, program budget, and administration; (5) interactions between mentors and students in the actual working curriculum; (6) outcomes attributable to the program; (7) external factors impinging on the program; (8) standards against which the program's quality or value are measured; and (9) judgments on the quality, value, or effectiveness of the program and its components. These elements, their interpretations, and their interrelations are described and discussed. Four examples are given demonstrating how the model might be applied in actual evaluations. (JD)

Author : R. Kiely,P. Rea-Dickins
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230511224

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Program Evaluation in Language Education by R. Kiely,P. Rea-Dickins Pdf

The authors describe evaluation as a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking or researching language program evaluations concludes the text.

Author : Jerry B. Ayers,Mary F. Berney
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400925120

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A Practical Guide to Teacher Education Evaluation by Jerry B. Ayers,Mary F. Berney Pdf

J. T. Sandefur Western Kentucky University American's ability to compete in world markets is eroding. The productivity growth of our competitors outdistances our own. The capacity of our economy to provide a high standard of living for all our people is increasingly in doubt. As jobs requiring little skill are automated or go offshore and demand increases for the highly skilled, the pool of educated and skilled people grows smaller and the backwater of the unemployable rises. Large numbers of American children are in limbo--ignorant of the past and unprepared for the future. Many are dropping out--notjust out of school--but out of productive society. These are not my words. They are a direct quote from the Executive Summary of the Carnegie Forum Report on Education and the Economy entitled A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (p. 2, 1986). This report was motivated by four purposes: 1. To remind Americans, yet again, of the economic challenges pressing us on all sides; 2. To assert the primacy of education as the foundation of economic growth, equal opportunity and a shared national vision; 3. To reaffirm that the teaching profession is the best hope for establishing new standards of excellence as the hallmark of American education; and 4. To point out that a remarkable window of opportunity lies before us in the next decade to reform education, an opportunity that may not present itself again until well into the next century.

Author : International Reading Association. Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Reading teachers
ISBN : 0872077144

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Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading by International Reading Association. Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading Pdf

Author : Nancy L. Zimpher,William E. Loadman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Curriculum evaluation
ISBN : PURD:32754067667448

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A Documentation and Assessment System for Student and Program Development by Nancy L. Zimpher,William E. Loadman Pdf

This monograph grew out of an effort to develop a new and comprehensive system for evaluation of teacher education programs at Ohio State University (OSU). The need for a more sophisticated evaluation system became apparent as it was noted that follow-up studies revealed that many graduates of the College of Education took their first jobs unequipped with many skills the curriculum was supposedly providing. Also, the system had no feedback loop which would enable the College to identify and correct student and program deficiencies. The monograph provides an overview of the literature on teacher education evaluation systems, and describes issues at OSU that can be generalized to other institutions. Descriptions are provided of the student and program evaluation system that has emerged at OSU, including its conceptual base, the components of the system, and its implementation process. The instrumentation used in the program is presented, as well as analyses of data produced from the system. Discussions are included on the implications drawn from the findings of the system, the proposed next steps in the system's development, and the significance of such a system to the improved effectiveness of the teacher education enterprise. It is believed that this system is replicable in whole or in part in many other settings, and special care is taken to explain the rationale, to provide many examples of forms and materials used, and to document the implementation process at each step of the way. Appendixes present: a hypothetical individual profile; the Freshman Early Experiencing Program (FEEP) exploration profile, 1982-83; an analysis of teacher candidate profile ratings, 1982-83; a summary of findings from a follow-up questionnaire, 1982-83; and elements, activities, and strategies for implementing an evaluation system. (JD)

Author : Robert O. Brinkerhoff,D.M. Brethower,Jeri Nowakowski,T. Hluchyj
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401176309

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Program Evaluation by Robert O. Brinkerhoff,D.M. Brethower,Jeri Nowakowski,T. Hluchyj Pdf

Please glance over the questions that follow and read the answers to those that are of interest. Q: What does this manual do? A: This manual guides the user through designing an evaluation. A: Who can use it? A: Anyone interested or involved in evaluating professional trammg or inservice education programs. The primary users will be staff members who are doing their own program evaluation-maybe for the first time. (Experienced evaluators or other professional educators can find useful guides and worksheets in it.) Q: If I work through this manual, what will I accomplish? A: You will develop one or more evaluation designs, and perhaps you'll also use the designs to evaluate something to make it better or to document its current value. Q: What is an evaluation design? A: An evaluation design is a conceptual and procedural map for getting important information about training efforts to people who can use it, as shown in the graphic below.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Follow-up in teacher training
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032660727

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Teacher Education Program Evaluation and Follow-up Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dikilita?, Kenan,Erten, Ismail Hakki
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522517481

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Facilitating In-Service Teacher Training for Professional Development by Dikilita?, Kenan,Erten, Ismail Hakki Pdf

As new trends emerge in the realm of education, instructors are faced with the task of continuing development in order to stay up to date on the latest teaching methodologies for both virtual and face-to-face education. Facilitating In-Service Teacher Training for Professional Development is a pivotal reference source for the latest research on the scenarios faced by in-service educators, uncovering models, recent trends, and perceptions of in-service teacher training. Featuring extensive coverage across a range of relevant perspectives, such as teacher identity, collaborative teacher development, and exploratory practice, this book is ideally designed for researchers, practitioners, and professionals seeking current research on the need for continuing development in teacher education.

Author : Walt Heinecke,Pete Adamy
Publisher : IAP
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617350856

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Evaluating Technology in Teacher Education by Walt Heinecke,Pete Adamy Pdf

Overall we come away from this project with a renewed sense of the complexity of evaluating the implementation and impact of technology in teacher education. In the post-PT3 period the federal government turned to large-scale experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of educational technology but these have produced little in the way of understanding what types of technology work in various content areas under various conditions. PT3 and its approach to evaluation can be viewed as the pioneering period of educational technology evaluation in teacher education. It was a time when evaluators were just beginning to develop appropriate standards that could be used as evaluation criteria. It was a time when the accumulated wisdom of the evaluation field with regards to the primacy of mixed methods and multiple indicators of outcomes was just beginning to take hold. PT3 evaluators understood the importance of treading the line between summative and formative evaluation, and the relationship of evaluation to the improvement of educational practice. In a world where the policymakers now clamor for simple quantitative evaluations linking teacher preparation to pupil achievement scores, we are reminded that the causal chain from teacher preparation to in-service performance and student achievement is fraught with externalities, complexities and a less than equal playing field. Collectively we still have not figured out how technology may be adding value to education beyond any potential impact on superficial standardized test scores. We have as a nation, ignored the call of cognitive psychologists who in 2000 called for a new frame of reference for learner-centered, community-centered , assessment-centered and content-centered educational processes. They understood that the high stakes accountability systems hinder educational innovation and the release of technology's potential to unlock new ways of knowing and learning. Looking back now on the accomplishments of the PT3 program within our current political context, we see a need for more nuanced evaluation models that examine the relationship between pedagogy and technology integration, with a realization that teacher preparation programs will vary in their approaches to both. Some will focus on skills-based approaches, others on the relationship between pedagogical content knowledge and technology integration. The PT3 program served as an important incubator and test-bed of appropriate evaluation practice; we are already looking back at the program for lessons on how to move forward. We hope this volume may serve as a reminder of lessons for the future.

Author : International Reading Association. Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading,Grayce A. Ransom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:614267423

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Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading by International Reading Association. Committee on Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in Reading,Grayce A. Ransom Pdf

Author : Joyce E. Many,Ruchi Bhatnagar
Publisher : IAP
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781641131216

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Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education by Joyce E. Many,Ruchi Bhatnagar Pdf

Teacher education has long relied on locally-developed assessments that lack reliability and validity. Rigorous performance-based assessments for preservice teachers have been advanced as one possible way to ensure that all students receive instruction from a high-quality teacher. Recently, performance-based assessments have been developed which focus on the application of knowledge of teaching and learning in a classroom setting. Our book explores factors related to the implementation of teacher performance assessments in varying state and institutional contexts. The contributors, teacher educators from across the country, focus on what was learned from inquiries conducted using diverse methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, self-studies, and mixed methods). Their research encompassed faculty, supervisors, cooperating teachers, and students’ perceptions and concerns of teacher performance assessments, case studies of curricular reform and/or resistance, analyses of experiences and needs as a result of the adoption of such assessments, and examinations of the results of program alignment and reform. The chapters showcase experiences which occurred during high-stakes situations, in implementation periods prior to high-stakes adoption, and in contexts where programs adopted performance assessments as an institutional policy rather than as a result of a state-wide mandate. Endorsements The chapters compiled for Implementing and Analyzing Performance Assessments in Teacher Education edited by Joyce E. Many and Ruchi Bhatnagar, present a thoughtful look at the challenges and solutions embedded in the adoption of teacher performance assessments for preservice teachers. Most chapters feature edTPA, the most commonly used performance assessment now mandated in numerous states and used voluntarily by other programs across the country, and reveal how such assessments shine a bright light on the problems of practice in teacher preparation (stressful timelines, faculty silos, communication with P-12 partners, etc.) when new requirements disrupt the status quo. Each chapter tells a valuable story of performance assessment implementation and approaches that offset compliance in favor of inquiry and educative experiences for candidates and programs alike. Andrea Whittaker, Ph.D edTPA National Director Stanford University Graduate School of Education UL-SCALE Many and Bhatnagar launch the AAPE book series with a curated volume highlighting the contexts in which teacher educators implement and utilize performance assessments in educator preparation. Together, the chapters present research from various viewpoints—from candidates, faculty, university supervisors, and clinical partners—using diverse methodologies and approaches. The volume contributes significantly to the program assessment research landscape by providing examples of how performance assessments inform preparation at the intersection of praxis and research, and campus and field. These chapters provide a critical foundation for teacher educators eager to leverage performance assessments to improve their programs. Diana B. Lys, EdD. Assistant Dean of Educator Preparation and Accreditation School of Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Author : Michael J. Feuer,National Academy of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Teachers
ISBN : 061590081X

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Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Programs by Michael J. Feuer,National Academy of Education Pdf

Author : Robert A. Roth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X000562507

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Handbook for Evaluation of Academic Programs by Robert A. Roth Pdf

Author : Nathaniel Lees Gage
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031588655

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The Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness and Teacher Education by Nathaniel Lees Gage Pdf