Abstract:
The main purpose of this study is to construct professional indicators for education evaluators in public elementary and junior high schools. To examine the appropriateness of the professional indicators for educational evaluators and evaluated school staffs in public elementary and junior high schools, this study employed questionnaire surveys, then used Fuzzy Delphi analysis and Fuzzy Hierarchical analysis to construct questionnaire details. The conclusions of this study are as follows:(1)The professional indicators for public elementary and junior high school educational evaluators in Taiwan consisted of four broad categories, eighteen main indicators, and eighty secondary indicators. The four broad categories included professional attainment, professional ethics, professional services, and professional developments in which the weighting for professional attainment is the highest among all other categories. (2)There were six main indicators and twenty-nine secondary indicators in the professional attainment categories. The weighting for professional evaluation knowledge was the highest among those main indicators. (3)There were three main indicators and fifteen secondary indicators in the professional ethics categories. The weighting of work ethics was the highest among those main indicators. (4)There were five main indicators and twenty secondary indicators in the professional service categories. The weighting of professional responsibilities was the highest among those main indicators. (5)There were four main indicators and sixteen secondary indicators in the professional developments categories. The weighting of professional qualifications and experiences was the highest among those main indicators. (6)The education evaluators and staffs from evaluated schools from Taipei’s public elementary and junior high schools believed that the current professional indicator system reflects its main objective .
Keywords: educational evaluator, professionalization indicator, educational evaluation, public elementary and junior high schools
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