Teacher evaluation and professional development : a comparative analysis of the perceptions of teachers, principals and inspectors of education

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dc.contributor.advisorMagi, N.V.
dc.contributor.authorNdlovu, Stephen Khehla
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-28T07:36:43Z
dc.date.available2011-07-28T07:36:43Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION (D. Ed) in the Department of History of Education and Comparative Education at the UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND, 1997.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to investigate different perceptions held by respondents about the quality and impact of evaluation on teachers' work, behaviour and attitude to their work. The second aim was to examine different perceptions of respondents to factors of teacher evaluation that promote positive, meaningful and successful teacher evaluation. Lastly, the study aimed to determine whether personal variables such as gender, race, age, teaching experience and qualification have influence on perceptions of teacher evaluation. These perception are important in designing an evaluation system because they indicate teachers' willingness to participate and be evaluated. The data was gathered by means of a questionnaire from teachers, principals and inspectors of education in KwaZulu-Natal north coast. The researcher divided the sample into three groups, that is, teachers, principals and inspectors of education. The researcher used a cluster or multistage sampling design to select the sample of teachers, principals and inspectors of education. Three questionnaires were administered to the respondents. To achieve the above, the researcher used a causal-comparative research design. The One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and the Scheffe Test of Multiple Comparison were utilised to determine statistical significant differences among the three groups The major findings of the study are the following: - teachers, principals and inspectors of education differ in their perception of the overall quality of teacher evaluation. - teachers viewed the evaluation process as having a positive impact towards teachers' attitude about their work, behaviour, teaching strategies, and their understanding of teaching and learning, while principals and inspectors of education saw the evaluation process as having little impact. - gender and age have no influence on perceptions of evaluation, while racial group, teaching experience and qualification have a significant influence in the way teachers, principals and inspectors of education perceive teacher evaluation factors. - the respondents not involved in the evaluation process differed significantly in their perception than those involved. However, there were no differences with regard to evaluator perception; information gathered; feedback from evaluation and context of evaluation in relation to the respondents' involvement. The recommendations of this study are: - it is necessary to consider the performance management system in order to achieve maximum results to improve teachers' performance: appropriate selection of teachers for specific tasks, their induction and probation, on the-job-training, supervision and management, performance evaluation, incentives and rewards, and management of under-performance. - that the role of teachers, principals and inspectors of education in the evaluation process needs to be restructured and clarified in such a way that teachers understand the purpose of evaluation and the criteria for evaluation. Teachers' views and concerns should be sought during the development of evaluation instruments. Finally, a training programme for evaluators should be developed so as to equip them with evaluation skills necessary to conduct effective evaluations. The programme has to involve teachers, heads of departments, deputy or vice principals, subject advisors and inspectors of education so that all concerned are aware of what is expected of them.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/784
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectTeachers--Rating of--South Africa.en_US
dc.subjectTeacher performance.en_US
dc.titleTeacher evaluation and professional development : a comparative analysis of the perceptions of teachers, principals and inspectors of educationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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