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Unveiling the Impact of Teacher Evaluation Tools on Sustaining Monolingual Teaching Practices (85545)
Session Chair: Doaa Hamam
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Friday, 29 November 2024 12:55
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 3
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This study investigates the influence of teacher evaluation tools on the perpetuation of monolingual teaching practices in select private schools in the capital region of the Philippines. In a country with 175 indigenous languages (Ethnologue, 2022), promoting inclusive educational environments that celebrate multilingualism is paramount. However, this research reveals that despite the growing recognition of multilingual teaching practices as marked by the implementation of the Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in the early grades, existing teacher evaluation frameworks contribute to the persistence of monolingualism in the classroom.
The study used an interpretative-qualitative case study approach (Cresswell 2007) encompassing interviews with teachers and content analysis of teacher evaluation tools and manuals. Data were collected from three high school teachers who teach in three different reputable private schools in Metro Manila. The findings of the study indicate that the performance indicators associated with the language of instruction within teacher evaluation tools exhibit a notable degree of vagueness, and school supervisors inadvertently capitalize on this vagueness to sustain monolingual norms. Furthermore, teachers' apprehension regarding evaluation outcomes and job security often results in the preservation of conventional monolingual approaches.
The study highlights several key factors contributing to the perpetuation of monolingualism, including the absence of explicit criteria for evaluating multilingual pedagogical skills and lack of professional development opportunities for both teachers and supervisors to nurture inclusive multilingual practices.
Authors:
Kim De Castro, Philippine Science High School - Main Campus, Philippines
About the Presenter(s)
Mr. Kim De Castro is currently a high school English teacher at Philippine Science High School - Main Campus.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdecastro-0a40ba166/
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