Agricultural Education Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of the edTPA

Autor/inn/en	Lunsford, Amanda; Warner, Wendy J.; Park, Travis D.; Morgan, Joy E.
Titel	Agricultural Education Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of the edTPA
Quelle	In: Career and Technical Education Research, 41 (2016) 3, S.213-225 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-754X
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Performance Based Assessment; Focus Groups; Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Student Teaching; Test Validity; Evaluation Methods; Student Evaluation; Student Teacher Attitudes; Competence; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Leistungsermittlung; Schülerverhalten; Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Testvalidität; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Kompetenz
Abstract	The edTPA has recently emerged within the past few years as an innovative Teacher Performance Assessment and is currently adopted to some extent in 34 states. Researchers conducted four focus groups with 16 teacher candidates during and immediately after completion of the edTPA at North Carolina State University. When asked to articulate about their experience with the edTPA, numerous participants believed edTPA to be nearly overwhelming and confusing. Participants also felt the edTPA did not adequately capture their totality of their student teaching experience. These stresses and general confusion were not alleviated with assistance from the cooperating teacher. They believed the edTPA enhanced deep, focused reflection on their teaching practice. Teacher candidates also believed the edTPA, while not adequately capturing the totality of the student teaching experience, did serve as a quality assessment of their teaching practice. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: http://acteronline.org/publications/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01