ABSTRACT
Evaluation has an affective element for teachers: at a personal level, evaluation findings sustain a sense of purpose and contribution and, at a professional level, they provide information on the technologies of teaching — classroom activities, homework, materials, etc. — which help plan for the future. Of course these plans are being made anyway, on an ongoing organic basis and the contribution of a formal evaluation procedure is perhaps a validating one. confirming, as appropriate, the various hunches and ideas that have held the curriculum together.
