The purpose of this study was to explore factors
which influence Taiwanese vocational teachers'
participation in program evaluations, use of evaluative
results and, in turn, program improvement. Twelve
Taiwanese public vocational high school teachers were
interviewed during February and March 1992. To confirm
the responses of the teachers, 12 school administrators
and ten external evaluators were also interviewed.
The literature indicates that teachers' participation
in evaluation may be influenced by their self-esteem,
perceived qualification of evaluators, the quality of the
evaluation methods, and their subculture. These concepts
are applicable but from a somewhat different perspective
in Taiwan. Teachers do not seem to feel that they are
active participants in evaluations and that evaluations
may have little consequence to what they do. Current
evaluation practices and purposes appear to be quite
different than those described in official documents.
These differences seem to be inevitable because of the
cultural determinants of "saving face," "reciprocal
obligation," and maintaining "social harmony."
Evaluations appear ritualistic and ineffective as means
to engage teachers in improving the quality of vocational
evaluation on a systematic and sustained basis.
Based on the findings, it was proposed that
alternative evaluation methodologies should be employed.
For short-term improvement, the evaluations should begin
with teachers. Teachers need materials, help from
experienced and expert teachers, training, and time to
fulfill their evaluation responsibilities. Teachers
would collect and analyze information and then use it to
improve their instruction. Selected information would
then be passed up to administrators and ultimately to the
Ministry of Education. For long-term improvement, the
principles and techniques of Total Quality Management
should be applied to assure the quality of vocational
education programs in Taiwan. / Graduation date: 1993
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/35892 |
| Date | 21 August 1992 |
| Creators | Yeh, Chung-ta |
| Contributors | Suzuki, Warren N. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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