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Erschienen in: Journal of Science Teacher Education 5/2008

01.10.2008

Making Problematic Standardized Assessment for Teacher Accountability: Using Political Theory to Guide Science Teacher Education Research

verfasst von: Mark A. Templin

Erschienen in: Journal of Science Teacher Education | Ausgabe 5/2008

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What I propose, is very simple, it is nothing more than to think what we are doing. (Arendt 1958, p. 5)
My purpose in writing this editorial is to problematize the use of standardized assessment for accountability purposes so that new questions for science teacher education research may come to light and guide our efforts. To make this argument, I will rely mainly on the work of Hannah Arendt, a leading political theorist of the twentieth century. I use her work as a basis for my own thought about accountability assessment, not because it is the only way to think about the problem; instead, I use it because it provides a new perspective that I think can add meaningfully to the debate over future directions for research into science teacher education and professional development. …

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Titel
Making Problematic Standardized Assessment for Teacher Accountability: Using Political Theory to Guide Science Teacher Education Research
verfasst von
Mark A. Templin
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2008
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Journal of Science Teacher Education / Ausgabe 5/2008
Print ISSN: 1046-560X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-008-9107-6

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