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Author: Hussain, Wahid × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2000 × Type: Doctorate × Subject: Education ×

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    Perceptions of teacher evaluation in Pakistan: a case study from Peshawar District
    Hussain, Wahid ( 2008)
    Profound changes are taking place in education including teacher evaluation and teacher effectiveness over the past few years. This signifies a paradigm shift from the traditional to more sophisticated `state of the art' approaches to teacher evaluation. Central to the debate on teacher evaluation have been the purposes it serves and the criteria against which teachers are evaluated. While review of the evaluation literature indicated widespread agreement on the importance of teacher evaluation, there was little convergence of views on the appropriate criteria and processes. To gain an understanding of the purposes, procedures and criteria of teacher evaluation, the study adopted a qualitative, case study approach. Interviews were conducted with secondary school teachers and principals in Peshawar district of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan. A total of forty interviews were conducted, twenty five with teachers and fifteen with school principals in the case study district of Peshawar. The data analysis produced several key findings. First, the thesis reveals that teacher evaluation in schools in Peshawar is overwhelmingly used for accountability (summative) rather than formative purposes. Second, teachers are evaluated against generic criteria not based on any empirical research. Third, the processes adopted are messy and unstructured. Fourth, evaluation is not linked to career structure. Fifth, teacher pay has been linked to evaluation which is based on student outcomes. From these findings, an integrated model of teacher evaluation was developed. Although the study's findings are based on a single district, in a particular context, these are likely to be of use to school teachers, principals, educational researchers and policy makers in various contexts. It will contribute to the scarce discourse on teacher evaluation issues in Pakistan.