A Study on the Teacher Competency Building for Digital Content Evaluation

• In Event: Roundtable Session 11
  In Roundtable Session: Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development

Abstract

This mixed-method study examines 171 in-service teachers’ experiences in the one-year digital content evaluation professional development program. The program was funded by Ohio Department of Education. Specifically, the study investigates the teachers’ perceived values of digital content evaluation and the way in which they develop evaluation competency and leadership knowledge and skills. Finding of the study indicated that (a) evaluation competency is apparently a cognitively demanding task; (b) the development of evaluation competency likely proceeds through qualitatively distinctive stages; and (c) leadership building takes a long-term process and is often constrained by school culture. To provide better PD services, this study also suggested design strategies identified from the review of the teacher interviews.

Authors

• Min Kyu Kim, The Ohio State University

• Sheng-Lun Cheng, The Ohio State University - Columbus

• Kui Xie, The Ohio State University

• Dennis Priebe, The Ohio State University - Columbus

• Sheng-Bo Chen, The Ohio State University - Columbus