Abstract:
The main purpose of this study was to investigate summative teaching evaluation criteria for student teachers. The study administered the self-devised Summative Teaching Evaluation Criteria for Student Teacher Evaluation Questionnaire to the educational professors of teachers' colleges, principals, grade principals, elementary teachers and teachers' college students. A total of 1,006 of 1,395 questionnaires were returned, for a rate of 72.1%.
The findings showed that: (1) There were five areas of teaching performance of summative teaching evaluation criteria for student teachers; the five areas of teaching performance were teaching attitudes, teaching plans, teaching methods, teaching techniques and teaching evaluations. (2) The five areas of teaching performance included 20 teaching behaviours which included 25 teaching behaviour indicators. (3) The most important area of teaching performance was teaching attitudes; the second was teaching techniques; the third was teaching methods; the fourth was teaching plans; the last was teaching evaluations. (5) The items of summative teaching evaluation criteria for student teachers were rated as important on a Likert scale. The index of discrimination of those items was generally good.
The findings showed that: (1) There were five areas of teaching performance of summative teaching evaluation criteria for student teachers; the five areas of teaching performance were teaching attitudes, teaching plans, teaching methods, teaching techniques and teaching evaluations. (2) The five areas of teaching performance included 20 teaching behaviours which included 25 teaching behaviour indicators. (3) The most important area of teaching performance was teaching attitudes; the second was teaching techniques; the third was teaching methods; the fourth was teaching plans; the last was teaching evaluations. (5) The items of summative teaching evaluation criteria for student teachers were rated as important on a Likert scale. The index of discrimination of those items was generally good.