Developing a Professional Performance Evaluation System for Pre-Service Automobile Repair Vocational High School Teachers in Taiwan

Ming-Jenn Wu, Chi-Yo Huang, Yu-Sheng Kao, Yeou-Feng Lue and Liang-Chu Chen
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Ming-Jenn Wu: Department of Industrial Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Chi-Yo Huang: Department of Industrial Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Yu-Sheng Kao: Department of Technology Management for Innovation, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
Yeou-Feng Lue: Department of Industrial Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Liang-Chu Chen: Department of Information Management, National Defense University, Taipei 112, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-30

Abstract: Educational quality is one of the most important factors for having well-trained human resources that support the productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth of a nation. Teachers have always played dominant roles in ensuring education quality. Thus, teacher education is becoming ever more important. However, scholars have long warned about the ineffectiveness of teacher preparation. Indeed, a significant gap still exists between current pre-service teacher education and ideal training. Thus, a new professional performance evaluation system for pre-service teachers will be very helpful in resolving long-term public dissatisfaction with schools. To resolve this problem, developing a performance evaluation system that contains professional standards, performance evaluation criteria, and a precise performance evaluation mechanism is essential to guarantee the highest teacher quality in Taiwan. The authors designed a two-stage research effort for a professional performance evaluation system for Taiwanese pre-service teachers of automobile repair. In the first stage, the Delphi method is introduced to develop pre-service teachers’ professional standards and key evaluation criteria using two iterations of Delphi processes and 14 iterations of focus group meetings based on experts’ opinions. In the second stage, a professional performance evaluation and review mechanism for pre-service teachers is developed using focus group meetings to collect opinions from six vocational education experts. The final performance evaluation system will enhance the quality of pre-service teachers in vocational high schools and serve as a useful model for other countries and economies.

Keywords: vocational education; vocational high schools; pre-service teachers; teacher professional performance evaluation system; professional standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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