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Title:Teachers' perceptions of and attitudes towards performance appraisal in Zimbabwean schools
Authors:Pretorius, S.G.
Ngwenya, V.C.
Year:2008
Periodical:Africa Education Review
Volume:5
Issue:1
Pages:144-164
Language:English
Geographic term:Zimbabwe
Subjects:teachers
job evaluation
work attitudes
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18146620802144859
Abstract:This article reports on an empirical investigation of the attitudes of teachers in Zimbabwe towards Performance Appraisal (PA) as a model of staff supervision and the resultant impact on their motivation and performance. A survey design was used to gather data by means of a questionnaire containing ninety one precoded response items on the concepts of supervision and PA, induction programmes, PA interviews and teachers' attitudes to PA. The responses of fifty two teachers out of a sample of sixty revealed that on the whole teachers are positively motivated by staff supervision models which seek to develop their pedagogical skills and therefore tend to enhance their performance with a view to improving education and attaining educational goals. The research revealed that PA should be collaborative, transparent, dialogical and accountable. Models which are judgmental and call for close and constant supervision are unpopular. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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