英文摘要 |
The data sources for ideal teacher evaluation can present the expertise of the teachers. In view of this, the Ministry of Education encourages the schools to apply to carry out teacher evaluation. The purpose of the study is to explore the data sources of teacher evaluation for early childhood special educators in Taiwan. To fulfill the stated purpose, questionnaire was applied in research. The data collected from 214 special education teachers include special school teachers, special class teachers, inclusive class teachers and itinerant teachers in kindergarten. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The results indicate (1) the data sources of teacher evaluation for early childhood special educators verify based on the different descriptors; (2) the primary data sources in four domains of teacher evaluation were found to come from (a) portfolio in curriculum design; (b) portfolio in individualized instruction domain; (c) class observation and portfolio in teaching management domain; (d) interview in professional cooperation domain. At last, based on the findings, some suggestions of this study are provided for references in implement for teacher evaluation program and in the future study. |