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ERIC Number: EJ1334187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0968-4883
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Kindergarten Teachers' Evaluation: Perceptions of the New Israeli Multiple Domains Performance Tool
Cohen-Azaria, Yael
Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, v30 n2 p184-198 2022
Purpose: In 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Education and its Testing and Evaluation Department introduced a new tool to evaluate the quality of kindergarten teachers' work. This paper aims to identify how kindergarten teachers perceive the new multiple domains performance tool. Design/methodology/approach: The study applied a qualitative paradigm of data collection and analysis. Data collection consisted of semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with 36 kindergarten teachers. Findings: Findings indicated that most kindergarten teachers perceive their work plan and the kindergarten climate as the most important evaluation domains, while perceiving involving parents as the least important and even an unnecessary domain. One-third of them indicated that an innovation domain should be added. Also, the kindergarten teachers perceived the use of the KT-MDPT as both positive and negative. Originality/value: There is a clear dearth in scholarly literature dealing with the evaluation of the quality of kindergarten teachers' work. This study is the first to reveal Israeli kindergarten teachers' attitudes regarding this new tool for work quality evaluation.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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