Original scientific paper
THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORMAL QUALIFICATION OF TEACHERS AND PERCEPTION OF ACHIEVEMENT IN TEACHING TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Damir Purković
; Rilozofski fakultet u Rijeci, Odsjek za politehniku, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Eugen Ban
; Agencija za odgoj i obrazovanje, Podružnica Rijeka, Rijeka, Hrvatska
Abstract
Technical education, as a specific educational field, is faced with the problem of insufficient and/or unacceptable achievements of learning outcomes and objectives of teaching. The problem is often manifested in teacher's very unprofessional and non-objective perception of student achievements. This results in formalism in learning, inappropriate attitude of students, parents, and the public to technical education, and, finally, adversely affects the further student career.
Due to the lack of specially trained teachers, the causes of this condition can be found in the impact of formal teacher education on the perception of achievements, that is, the impact of the level of teachers' qualifications to access the evaluation of student achievements.
For this purpose a research was conducted and the analysis of formal teacher education of teachers who teach technical education, and their perception of the level of student achievements. The survey includes all formally acquired qualifications of teachers and distribution of students’ assessments in regular teaching of subject Technical culture.
Data analysis indicates a significantly different perception of the level of students’ achievements between teachers with formal teachers education and those whose teacher qualifications are not the product of formal academic education.
The results indicate the necessity of equalizing the competence of teachers and mechanisms for assessing levels of student achievements. This requires implementation of the continuing education of teachers in terms of developing teacher’s competences, establishing an acceptable mechanism for evaluation of learning outcomes, and more intensive education of teachers in the technical educational field.
Keywords
learning outcomes; student achievements; teacher qualifications; technical culture; technical education
Hrčak ID:
121406
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2013.
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