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Study On Developmental Assessment Literacy Of Compulsory Education Teachers

Posted on:2014-02-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S S LiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2247330398982902Subject:Curriculum and pedagogy
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Student assessment is the important content of the curriculum reform of compulsory education stage. To achieve the goal of student assessment is the key to the success of curriculum reform. Developmental assessment is the new student assessment form advocated by the new curriculum reform, and is the appeals of era development. In order to implement the development assessment effectively, teachers should have corresponding assessment literacy. But in real teaching, compulsory teachers’development assessment literacy is low, which is the key factor to hinder the effective implementation of developmental assessment. In the view of this, and on the base of relevant theoretical research at home and abroad, this research attempts to construct the structure system of compulsory education teachers’developmental assessment literacy, and survey the current situation of compulsory education teachers’developmental assessment literacy, and put forward the promotion strategies on the base of present situation investigation. This essay carries on research from the following six aspects through the literature research, investigation method, observation method, case analysis.1. IntroductionThis part briefly introduced the thesis’research origin, did carding and summarizes to the relevant research literature, discussed the theoretical basis, defined the core concepts, and illustrated the study design, stated the research values.2. Developmental Assessment:Rational Appeals and Practical PredicamentTo promote students’development is the core idea of new curriculum reform. Developmental assessment is very popular as an assessment idea. The reason is that developmental assessment has the profound rational to adapt to the era and education development, and this is shown in its value orientation, core concept, characteristics and basic logic. Restricted by objective reality condition, the effective implementation of developmental assessment has predicament, this needs educators’ long-term unremitting efforts.3. Developmental Assessment Literacy of Compulsory Education Teachers:Value Proposition and Basic CharacteristicsCompulsory education Teachers’ developmental assessment literacy has important values. It mainly displays in promoting teachers’ professional development, developing teachers’ teaching wisdom; developing teachers’ professional literacy, enhancing teachers’ happiness; establishing good relationship between teachers and students, promoting students’ development; creating a good curriculum assessment culture, promoting effective implementation of developmental assessment. And highlighting the ability literacy of qualitative assessment, emphasis on humanity literacy of life care, paying attention to the idea literacy of students’ development are the main characteristics.4. Developmental Assessment Literacy of Compulsory Education Teachers:Structural SystemIn view of individual quality structure theory, structure of compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment literacy can be divided into three parts:compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment knowledge literacy, compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment ability literacy, compulsory education teachers’developmental assessment affective literacy. Based on "teachers’ knowledge structure" research, compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment knowledge literacy can be divided into assessment principle knowledge, assessment ethical knowledge, assessment psychological knowledge, assessment practical knowledge. Based on the understanding of the process of developmental assessment, compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment ability literacy can be divided into assessment design and implementation ability, assessment application and communication ability, assessment reflection and research ability. In the view of teachers’professional affective literacy research, and according to the characteristics of developmental assessment, compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment affective literacy can be divided into assessment values, assessment purposes, assessment student concepts, and assessment phychological tendency.5. Developmental Assessment Literacy of Compulsory Education Teachers:the Status Quo, Problems and ReasonsThe survey tool is the self-compiled "compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment literacy questionnaire". The compulsory education teachers of Chongqing Beibei are selected as study population. The study found that the current situation of compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment literacy was not optimistic. There are alarming problems, compulsory education Teachers’ developmental assessment knowledge literacy is poor, and practical experience needs to be enriched; compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment ability literacy is low, and the ability of assessment reflection, assessment research, assessment design needs to be improved; compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment affective literacy is thin, and teachers should strengthen comprehensive understanding of developmental assessment; the development of compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment literacy is shortage, and diversified development ways are needed. Combined with analysis of the interview data, the reasons of the problems of compulsory education teachers’ developmental assessment literacy are that teachers’ assessment practice is lack and good assessment environment is not formed.6. Developmental Assessment Literacy of Compulsory Education Teachers:Upgrade StrategiesIn the view of analysis of the Status Quo, Problems and Reasons, in order to promote the developmental assessment literacy of compulsory education teachers, we need to make efforts in the following several aspects:to increase the assessment practice and to arouse cognitive drive; to innovate assessment concept and to guarantee implementation; to respect and promote teachers’ professional autonomy; to continue to carry out teacher education activities and to ensure the quality.
Keywords/Search Tags:Developmental Assessment, Assessment Literacy, TeacherProfessional Development, Compulsory Education Teachers
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