英文摘要 |
The purposes of this study are to explore the opinions, stress, and coping strategies of elementary school teachers who participate in the “Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development” (TEPD) project. The subjects are five elementary school teachers, interviews are employed for data collection in this study. The preliminary findings of the research are as follows: 1) teachers held a positive attitude towards the purposes of teacher evaluation for professional development project, however, there are differences in terms of evaluation methods and standards. 2)The main stress of teachers who participated in TEPD include teaching load, lack of time, communication and extension of the policy, being short of evaluation knowledge, a formality of evaluation methods, teacher professional competence cannot be enhanced, the complicated forms, the frequency of evaluation, preparation of classroom observation and having problems passing down the evaluation work. 3) Teachers who take part in TEPD project, when they have stresses, the coping strategies include sharing with peers and searching for support, physical and psychological adjustment, arrangements of leisure activities, schedule time effectively and enhance individual’s professional competence. |