A Study on the Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development for Junior High and Elementary Schools in Central Taiwan

[[abstract]]本研究旨在探討中部地區試辦之教師專業發展評鑑之情形，並且探討中部地區試辦教師專業發展評鑑對該方案的知覺情形。據以提出結論與建議，冀能提供主管機關及未來研究之參考。 本研究先採取問卷調查法，以自編「中部地區試辦教師專業發展評鑑之研究調查問卷」為研究工具，針對中部地區800位參與試辦教師專業發展評鑑國民中小學人員進行問卷調查，問卷有效回收519份，回收率64.8%，問卷調查所得資料以SPSS 12.0版之統計套裝軟體進行描述性統計、t考驗、單因子變異數分析等統計分析方法。此外，本研究輔以半結構式訪談，使研究更臻完善。 本研究結論如下： 一、中部地區參與教師專業發展評鑑之相關人員對於該試辦方案之背 景知覺，有中低程度的了解。 二、中部地區參與教師專業發展評鑑之相關人員對於該試辦方案之 「現況分析」層面之知覺，達中高理想程度。 三、中部地區參與教師專業發展評鑑之相關人員對於該試辦方案之 「困境探討」層面之知覺，具有中高程度的了解 四、在「背景知覺」上，中部地區不同年齡、服務年資、學校規模、 擔任職務之國民中小學參與教師專業發展評鑑者有顯著差異。 五、在「現況分析」知覺上，中部地區不同年齡、服務年資、擔任職 務等之國民中小學參與教師專業發展評鑑者有顯著差異。 六、在「困境探討」之知覺上，中部地區不同學校規模、擔任職務之 國民中小學參與教師專業發展評鑑者有顯著差異。 根據上述結論，本研究提出以下建議： 一、對教育行政機關的建議 (一)人力資源方面協助宜有更多投入 (二)辦理評鑑之研習活動，以提升教效能 （三）建立專責單位以負責相關事宜 （四）建立法源依據外 (五) 建立完善之配套措施 二、對未來研究的建議 （一）研究對象可再擴大 （二）可針對特定學校進行深入探究 （三）後續追蹤研究[[abstract]]This study aimed to explore the evaluation of teacher professional development in Central Taiwan junior high and elementary schools? and teachers’ perception of it. This study results can provide references to educational administrators and future studies. This study adopted questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to survey 800 teachers who participated in teacher professional development programs. Returned questionnaires were analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way ANOVA. Data analysis yield the following results (1) Personnel participated in the evaluation of teacher professional development program had medium to low level of perception to the program. (2) Personnel participated in the evaluation of teacher professional development had medium to high level of perception to the program’s circumstances. (3) Personnel participated in the evaluation of teacher professional development had medium to high level of perception to the program’s problem. (4) In background awareness, obvious differences existed among participants of various ages, serving years, school sizes and occupations. (5) In circumstances analysis, obvious differences existed among participants of various ages, serving years and occupations. (6) In problem analysis, obvious differences existed among participants of various school sizes and occupations. Based on above results, this study proposed following recommendations: A. Recommendations to educational administrators 1. Provide personnel assist in evaluation 2. Organize evaluation workshops 3. Establish specific units to encharge evaluations 4. Establish laws about evaluations 5. Establish comprehensive strategies on evaluations B. Recommendations to the future researches 1. Enlarge the scope of research participants 2. Focus on specific schools 3. Conduct follow-up researches[[note]]碩