Accordingly, Ministry of Education currently are solving the problems of the present system of school teacher assessment, performing multi-dimension appraisal system to improve the teachers's professionalism and the educational quality and submitting ...
Accordingly, Ministry of Education currently are solving the problems of the present system of school teacher assessment, performing multi-dimension appraisal system to improve the teachers's professionalism and the educational quality and submitting a bill to the National Assembly. As a result, the study is to provide the desirable standpoint by analyzing on how the appraisees think of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal system so that all of teachers have same feeling about the system operation.
The concept and characteristics about the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal system are consider in the first place. After setting the variables relating to gender, social position, educational background and workplace, the questionnaire about the teachers's cognition with an introduction, application and effect of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal system and used and analyzed.
The survey was implemented to 350 elementary teachers at Jeonrabukdo and the selected 315 elementary teachers's survey data was analyzed. For the statistical data process, SPSS WIN 12.0 was used and a method of the concrete analysis is as followings.
First, a frequency and percentage were calculated within the variables such as gender, social position, education background and workplace.
Second, x² test was implemented and the analytical process was done within significance level p<.05 to discover the cognition toward the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal within the variables such as gender, social position, education background and workplace.
The results of this study is as followings.
First, the teacher's cognition toward an introduction of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal system is comparatively high and the teachers have the negative point of view about the operation of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal.
Second, there will be no objectivity, reliability and fairness in the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal. Moreover, it does not seems that the school educational quality will be highly improved.
Third, The parents and students have very strong negative cognition toward a solution of the introduction of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal and think that the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal becomes one of methods to get rid of the incapable teachers.
Fourth, in the event of introducing the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal, the regulation in each of schools is necessary. It is the strong cognition that the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal should be implemented to the principals in the first place and gradually extended to the vice-principals and teachers. Moreover, in the event of operating the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal, the most considerable point is the sincerity at work and the appraisers's cognition should be improved.
Fifth, the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal has low reliability in terms of the organizational activation, the reinforcement of the teachers's empowerment and clear cognition toward a target as well as the minimization of disbelief about appraisal results.
Six, it is the strong cognition that the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal spread popularity catching attitude at work, the conflict in organization and cynicism. The appraisal is likely to be wrong by reason of incorrect information and gain an effect from alumni relationship and delay.
The following results are suggested on the basis of the results and consequence of this study.
It seems that the elementary school teachers have high cognition toward the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal. However, the reaction about the operation of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal is negative. Thus, the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal should go through a prudent and sufficient process in discussion. Namely, the teachers's opinion should be actively considered. Prior to the operation of a policy ,the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal should go through the process of the sufficient information delivery and discussion should.
Apart from pretending and physical teaching, there are no people who deny that the education is accomplished by the tangible and intangible virtue that the respective teachers possess. Accordingly, as the direction of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal rebuking the teachers is likely to reduce the teacher's morale, prior to the introduction of the teacher's multi-dimensional appraisal, the evaluation and precise study on a method of appraisal, the contents and a utilization the results should be ahead and there should be the sufficient discussion and debate.