Guided Training Model Development as an Improvement Strategy for Early Childhood Education Teachers' Assessment Ability

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10.2991/icece-16.2017.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Assessment, Early Childhood Education, Training, Teachers

Abstract

This research aimed to develop a guided training model as an improvement strategy for early childhood education teachers' assessment ability in assessing children's development through learning activities to establish indicators of assessment ability for early childhood education teachers. Literature review has been done concerning teachers' assessment ability that comprises teachers' understanding in assessment, determining assessment type, using tools and procedure, conducting assessment process, using assessment result information, and obtaining data of training model used in teacher training. The data collection technique is conducted through observation, interview, Focus Group Discussion, and documentation analysis about the current training model used for teacher training in DKI Jakarta. The result of the research conducted is indicators for early childhood education teachers' assessment ability. The indicators show that specific knowledge and skill are required for assessment ability. On the other hand, there are two types of common training model used in teacher training namely guided and independent training. The condition should become a consideration of the education institution of educators, researcher and government in developing training model to improve teacher's pedagogic competence, including assessment ability.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Sofia Hartati
AU  - Ade Dwi Utami
AU  - Lara Fridani
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Guided Training Model Development as an Improvement Strategy for Early Childhood Education Teachers' Assessment Ability
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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