Introducing a teacher evaluation system based on teacher effectiveness research: An investigation of stakeholders' perceptions

Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 43-64

  Kyriakides, Leonidas ^a   Demetriou, Demetris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Politics of teacher evaluation; Stakeholders' perceptions; Teacher effectiveness research; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749105831     PISSN: 0920525X     EISSN: 15730425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-007-9046-3     Document Type: Article

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