Perceptions and applications of teachers' evaluation among elementary school principals in the Arab education system in Israel

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 162-169

  Arar, Khalid ^a   Oplatka, Izhar ^b  

^a The Centre for Academic Studies   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab education in Israel; Dilemmas in teacher evaluation; Personnel evaluation; School principals; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054028447     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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