A Study on Relationship between Junior High School Teachers’ Participation in Professional Learning Communities and Their Attitude toward Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development in Tainan City

碩士 === 南臺科技大學 === 教育領導與評鑑研究所 === 103 === The purposes of the study were to explore the relationship between junior high school teachers’ participation in professional learning communities and their attitude toward teacher evaluation for professional development in Tainan City, and apply the result o...

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Main Authors: CHANG, SHU-FENG, 張書鳳
Other Authors: 張媛甯
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 104
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52537288719042388528
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Summary:碩士 === 南臺科技大學 === 教育領導與評鑑研究所 === 103 === The purposes of the study were to explore the relationship between junior high school teachers’ participation in professional learning communities and their attitude toward teacher evaluation for professional development in Tainan City, and apply the result of the study to provide suggestions to be references in the future. The investigation was based on the questionnaire survey. The valid samples were 77.27% of the questionnaires answered by teachers from junior high shool in Tainan City. The data were analyzed by t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Based on the data analyzed, the conclusions were as follows: 1.The teachers’ professional learning community were in the level of “good”. 2.The teachers’ professional learning community showed significant differences according to the teaching years, participation in teacher evaluation for professional development, and school size. 3.Teachers’ awareness and identification for teacher professional development evaluation were both above average, and 50% of teachers were willing participate in the next teacher evaluation for professional development. 4.Attitude toward teacher evaluation for professional development showed part of significant differences according to the teaching years, job position, participation in teacher evaluation for professional development, and school size. 5.There was a significant highly positive correlation between teachers’ identification and the participation willingness for teacher professional development evaluation. 6.There was a significant low positive correlation between the teachers’ professional learning community and teachers’ awareness, identification and participation willingness for teacher professional development evaluation. 7.The teachers’ professional learning community could be used to explain teachers’ identification and participation willingness for teacher professional development evaluation, especially “continuous improvement” the highest. 8.The awareness of “the applications of the evaluation result” could be used to explain teachers’ participation willingness; the identification of “evaluation purposes”, “the applications of the evaluation result” and “evaluation methods” could be used to predict positively teachers’ willingness to participate. Based on the research, the study provided suggestions for educational administrative organizations, junior high schools, teachers, and future educational researchers.