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Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1986
This collection of nine papers was presented at a workshop on evaluation for excellence in education. "Why Evaluate?" by Madeline I. Hardy, contends that although reform is needed, evaluation must continue in order to measure educational change, bring improvement, and provide public accountability. In "Evaluation for Excellence in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Download full textPatton, Ruth Volz, Ed.; Lawrence, Marianne, Ed. – 1985
These 10 papers focus on the key to excellence in vocational education in light of teacher assessment and effective assessment systems, challenges to testing students and teachers and the legal implications, basic and employability skills, and the need for vocational teacher technological update strategies. "Introduction and Colloquium…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Employment Potential, Faculty Development
Waimon, Morton D., Ed.; Kanzler, Eileen, Ed. – 1984
Under consideration in this conference was the idea that prospective teachers should be assessed on the ability to perform teaching skills relative to each other and that overall patterns of skill performance, not separate skills, should be used as the organizing focus of teacher certification. James Raths, in "Teacher Traits Revisited:…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Personality Traits, Preservice Teacher Education
Mackey, Charles C., Jr., Ed.; And Others – 1980
Position papers presented at a conference of state directors of teacher education and certification focused on the quality of educational personnel. The first paper details the need for new talent in teaching in spite of a decline in job opportunities that adversely affects the quality of the applicant pool prepared to enter the teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Jones, Donald W., Ed. – 1983
The Teacher Education Workshop, sponsored by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, provides a means for institutions of higher education to work cooperatively for the improvement of teacher education. The general theme for 1982-83, "Governance and Leadership in Teacher Education," was the focus of the workshop reported…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Beginning Teachers, Governance
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1982
At this workshop, representatives of Canadian provincial teachers' associations came together to share information and discuss appropriate policy directions related to the evaluation and supervision of teachers. This report contains the texts of four major presentations and a summary of a panel presentation made at the meeting. The first…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Civil Rights, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
