Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Standards: Their Importance and Ease of Implementation
| Autor: | Suzanne M Shellady, Laura T. Zionts, Paul Zionts |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Medical education
Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Teacher education Education Likert scale Political science Pedagogy Accountability Developmental and Educational Psychology Professional association Quality (business) business Empirical evidence media_common Accreditation |
| Zdroj: | Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth. 50:5-12 |
| ISSN: | 1940-4387 1045-988X |
| DOI: | 10.3200/psfl.50.3.5-12 |
| Popis: | Accreditation of teacher education programs by professional organizations, such as National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)/Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), was developed to meet two key goals: (a) to monitor teacher accountability for student learning, and (b) to monitor the quality of teacher preparation among institutions of higher education. Accreditation has been controversial from its inception through to present day. Among the consistent criticisms of education accreditation systems is the fact that there is limited empirical evidence to support the stated professional standards, such as those required by NCATE/CEC. It is surprising that there is little empirical evidence documenting the validation of professional standards, even by professional classroom educators. In the present study the authors explored a pilot study of the perspectives of special educators regarding both the importance and ease of implementation of the CEC/NCATE Professional Standards. The aut... |
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