Detail Investigating Indonesian junior high school teachers’ conceptions of assessment: A mixed methods study   Oleh:  Azis, Astuti Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: 58th TEFLIN International Conference: Language Teaching and Character Building, Semarang, 3rd-5th November 2011, page 1-18. Fulltext: 13.ASTUTI AZIS.pdf (181.22KB) Isi artikel Studying teachers’ conceptions is important as it relates to beliefs which influence teaching practices including assessment. The hot issue of character building in Indonesian education context particularly relates to teachers’ conceptions of assessment. This study will investigate Indonesian junior high school teachers’ conceptions of assessment in the learning of English, how they perceive their conceptions reflects their assessment practices, including how assessment is used to build students’ character. This study will use a sequential explanatory mixed methods design. Brown’s Hong Kong model of Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment will be used as the instrument in the first phase of the study to identify the conceptions of assessment held by teachers. These results will be used to select participants for the second qualitative phase of the study. Semi-structured interviews and analysis of teachers’ assessment documents will be used to triangulate the data in this case study phase of the project. The results of the study will add to knowledge about how teachers in different contexts and cultures may conceive dissimilar conceptions, and how assessment relates to character building. It is also hoped that this study will encourage policy makers to take into account teachers’ conceptions before implementing new plans for educational reform. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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