Parity in Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Teacher Education Programs: A Conceptual Definition.

Autor/in	Caruso, Joseph J.
Titel	Parity in Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Teacher Education Programs: A Conceptual Definition.
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Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Consortia; Content Analysis; Decision Making; Definitions; Evaluation Methods; Governance; Measurement Instruments; Models; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Teacher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vereinigung; Inhaltsanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Begriffsbestimmung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Analogiemodell; Programmplanung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Fragebogen; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	Individuals, agencies, and institutions involved in the education and employment of teachers conceptually defined parity relevant to the decision-making process in planning, conducting, and evaluating teacher education programs and translated the conceptual definition into an instrument for describing parity in consortium-centered teacher education programs. Three basic research methods were used--content analysis, content validation, and field testing. Variables comprising the resultant model were translated into the Parity Profile questionnaire, a 146-item instrument designed to yield a descriptive profile of parity among those collaborating to design, conduct, and evaluate a teacher education program. Basic findings showed that: (a) the Parity Profile questionnaire does yield consortia policy-board descriptions of parity based on the 23 variables of the conceptual definition; (b) the questionnaire reveals widely different descriptions of parity among some consortia and more similar parity profiles among others; (c) subgroups reveal very different descriptions of parity within some consortia; (d) some subgroups reveal fairly similar parity profiles in other consortia; (e) no consistent patterns are apparent of one subgroup consistently yielding higher or lower profiles than those of another subgroup or the whole group. Proposed uses of the questionnaire were as a disgnostic instrument, an evaluative tool, and a pre- and posttest assessment device. (JCW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC