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Teacher Education

Notes • a rating scale is used for evaluating teachers by his peers and the Community in which he
moves. The self concept of a teacher is an important factor for teacher-evaluation. The
teacher performance is governed by his self concept.
• National Policy of Education (1986) has emphasize\zed that there should be valid process of
evaluation of teacher performance. The University Grant Commission has suggested in
(1969) to develop criteria for teacher performance assessment and guided in this direction.
• In this unit we have discussed about present status of teacher performance suggestions,
format of application form, qualification of lecturers, readers and professors.

26.7 Keywords

• Evaluation : The process of forming an opinion of the amount, value of quality of
something after thinking about it.
• Inspectorates : An official group of inspectors who work together on the same subject or
at same kind of institutions.
• Framework : The structure of a particular system.
• Mechanisms : A method or a system for achieving something.

26.8 Review Questions

1. Explain the concept "Teacher-evaluation by his students'.
2. Enumerate the types of rating scales used for evaluating teacher's evaluation. Indicate the
significance of self-evaluation.
3. Indicate the need of supervision and peers ratings. Enumerate the aspects of teachers which
are included in the rating scale.
4. Indicate the need for evaluating teacher-performance.
5. Explain, "Teachers evaluation by his students".
6. Enumerate dimensions of supervision rating of a teacher.
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) teacher education (ii) School system factors
(iii) Improvement (iv) Accountability
(v) Teacher
2. (i) True (ii) True (iii) False (iv) False
(v) True
3. (i) (b) (ii) (d) (iii) (b) (iv) (b)
(v) (d)

26.9 Further Readings

1. Inclusive Education--Study And Teaching : Suzanne E. Wade. Pam Schuctz, Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
2. Teacher Education: Arthur M.Cohen, Florene B. Brawere; Pam Schuctz, Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.

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