The purpose of this study was to find how the recognition on qualitative evaluation is in the education of social studies with teachers of special schools for the physically disabilities. The method of this study involved survey using questionnaires, ...
The purpose of this study was to find how the recognition on qualitative evaluation is in the education of social studies with teachers of special schools for the physically disabilities. The method of this study involved survey using questionnaires, which consisted of characteristics recognition, method recognition, and results utilization, The results of this study were as follows ; First, when evaluation is conducted with an evaluation philosophy of assessment for diagnosis, improvement and development, the social studies teachers of special schools for the physically disabilities who recognize the concept on qualitative evaluation higher than average for themselves consider that qualitative evaluation is needed more than recognized. Second, it has been shown that more than 60% of the teachers use the qualitative evaluation by 5 0~70% of the evaluations in social studies and that problem solving and decision making area has been evaluated through learning activities during class hours and life applications using observation method, portfolio, descriptive evaluation. In this case, it has been concluded that qualitative method is primarily used for assessment or formation evaluation. Finally, although the qualitative evaluations of social studies is considered to have a positive influence on all of purpose and goal realization, educational method improvement, modification of individualized education plan, and identification of development levels and individual differences, it has been revealed that their practical applications are perceived to be difficult due to the lack of understanding and time for the method and the procedure of qualitative evaluation and reference materials. According to the perception by the teachers of special schools for the physically disabilities, an advantage of application of social studies`s qualitative evaluation is that it made individual evaluation suited to children`s distinctiveness, whereas a disadvantage is the question of objectivity.