Observation and Teacher Quality: Critical Analysis of Observational Instruments in Preservice Teacher Performance Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Caughlan, Samantha; Jiang, Heng
Titel	Observation and Teacher Quality: Critical Analysis of Observational Instruments in Preservice Teacher Performance Assessment
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 65 (2014) 5, S.375-388 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/0022487114541546
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Preservice Teacher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Observation; Measures (Individuals); Teacher Educators; Elementary School Students; Secondary School Students; Discourse Analysis; Linguistics; Grammar; Student Empowerment; Teacher Empowerment; Professional Identity; Accountability; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Evaluation; California; Michigan; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Beobachtung; Messdaten; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung; Sekundarschüler; Diskursanalyse; Linguistik; Grammatik; Studienberechtigung; Verantwortung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Teacher preparation programs commonly use observational instruments to assess the progress and the exit performances of teacher candidates. However, while these instruments have been described and several have been studied for effectiveness, the field lacks a close examination of how they position participants: teacher candidates, K-12 pupils, and teacher educators. This article closely examines three classroom observation instruments used in preservice programs. We use critical discourse analysis (CDA) and systemic-functional linguistics to examine how the grammar of these instruments assigns agency and positions participants as teachers and learners, and define their larger discourses of professionalism and accountability. We argue that instruments differ in the extent to which they grant participants agency, thus influencing the assumed pedagogical relations among the teacher educator, teacher candidate, and K-12 pupils. Instruments are not neutral, but reflect the values of the programs that use them, inflected by often contradictory discourses of teacher and student learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10