Investigating Finnish teacher educators’ views on research‐based teacher education

In this article, we examine teacher educators’ views on research‐based teacher education. Finnish research‐based teacher education has four characteristics: (1) the study programme is structured according to a systematic analysis of education; (2) all teaching is based on research; (3) activities are organized in such a way that students can practice argumentation, decision‐making and justification when inquiring about and solving pedagogical problems; and (4) the students learn formal research skills during their studies. According to the results, teacher educators appreciate the research‐based approach to which the university is committed, although they were sceptical about how well this vision transfers to the students.     

When you’ve only got one class,one chance: acquiring sociocultural knowledge using eclectic case pedagogy

In this paper we describe the creation of an eclectic case pedagogy based on case‐based methods, sociocultural learning theory and visual studies successfully used in a university teacher education course designed to help students acquire sociocultural knowledge about schooling and teaching. Using qualitative data collected across three semesters and four offerings of the course, we outline the types of cases that made up the eclectic case pedagogy, as well as how students recognized the efficacy and significance of this pedagogic method for their learning. Students highlight three specific kinds of learning opportunities afforded to them when engaging with the eclectic case pedagogy including: guided participation, dismantling and building connections and close in(tro)spection of schooling and society. The benefits students attribute to this approach suggest the eclectic case pedagogy may especially befit courses that aim to expand preservice teachers’ knowledge base around issues of historical inequalities in schools, institutional barriers to equity, and teaching within and about difference.     

制定教师教育课程标准：意义与价值

教师教育课程标准对于规范教师教育课程、提升教师教育质量、促进教师专业发展都有十分重要的意义和价值。制定教师教育课程标准是一项十分重要的工程,必须从全局性、战略性的高度认识教师教育课程标准研制工作。     

从“师范教育”走向“教师教育”

从"师范教育"走向"教师教育",意味着教师教育观念的根本改变。论文从"师范教育"和"教师教育"各自的概念内涵入手,阐述了"师范教育"走向"教师教育"所凸显的观念更新,以及推进教师教育课程体系整体变革的迫切性。     

美国大学化教师教育的课程设置及其特点

美国的教师教育主要经历了师范学校、师范学院和综合大学教育学院时期等历史发展阶段。目前,美国的教师教育主要由综合大学实施,体现了教师教育大学化的发展方向。美国大学化教师教育的课程设置具有明显的研究性、融合性、实践性和灵活性等特征。     

A case study of a career in education that began with “Teach for America”

In this article I share the results of a seven‐year case study of an educator who began his career without formal preservice teacher education, as a participant in Teach for America. Steven (a pseudonym) began teaching mathematics in an urban middle school, later teaching social studies to English language learners, and is currently a principal of an urban charter school. Using a narrative/biographical research method, I have documented how Steven combined his personal resources, the confidence he gained from participating in Teach for America, and, because he began taking professional coursework in his second year of teaching, his emerging understanding of the foundations of teaching and learning (i.e. what he learned at the university) to form the educator he has become. His growth in understanding the culture of his students is a particularly compelling part of his story. Implications for contemporary teacher education are discussed, including the role of multicultural education courses and why customized teacher education programs should become more commonplace.     

发达国家教师教育课程设置的特点及启示

课程问题是教师教育中突出而重要的问题,教师教育课程的设置与构建实际上已成为提高教师教育质量、提高中华民族整体素质、实现中华民族伟大历史复兴的重要课题之一。想要提出我国教师教育课程改革的方略,必须对当前我国教师教育课程设置存在的问题进行深刻分析,并借鉴发达国家教师教育课程的设置。     

教育类课程在我国教师教育中的设置研究

从我国教育类课程在本科教师教育课程体系中的比例和课程内部结构两大方面入手，用历史和比较的方法分析我国教育类课程的课程门数、时间量、课程比重、内容框架、排列顺序等课程设置问题，并对其成因进行深入的透析，进而提出面向新时代的应对改革思路与措施。     

从“师范教育”走向“教师教育”

本文从分析师范教育和教师教育各自的概念内涵及特征入手,阐述了师范教育走向教师教育所凸显的观念更新,以及推进教师教育课程体系整体变革的迫切性。     

我国本科层次教师教育课程设置研究

本文采用内容分析法,通过方便抽样选取30所院校的本科层次的教师教育专业人才培养方案共192份,通过分析培养方案中的课程设置,了解我国教师教育课程设置的现状以及存在的问题。本文提出以下改进建议:适当减少学科专业课程,增加教育研究方法类课程,增加与基础教育和教学实践直接相关的课程,增加自然科学、人文社会科学选修公共课程,适当延长实习时间,将课程学习与实习交织起来,尝试将实习与毕业设计整合在一起,关注课程之间的整合性与关联性,确定培养教师的教学方法,课程设置中要体现出积极的教学观、学习观和教师观。     

Predictors of US teachers’ intervention in anti-lesbian,gay, bisexual,and transgender bullying and harassment

This study examines how United States (US) teachers’ experiences and beliefs may be predictive of their intervention in anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) bullying and harassment using a US national sample of teachers (N?=?726) who completed an online survey. Results from regression analysis indicated that knowing LGBT people, awareness of general bullying and harassment, awareness of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment, and self-efficacy related to intervention in homophobic remarks were significant predictors of teachers’ frequency of intervention in homophobic remarks. Teachers’ sense of obligation to ensure safe schools for LGBT youth was not predictive of intervention. Implications for teacher education include: providing opportunities for exposure to LGBT people; raising awareness of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment; and building teachers’ skills to intervene in anti-LGBT behaviors.     

合并型综合性大学教师教育存在的问题及对策

综合大学举办教师教育已经成为国际上教师教育的发展趋势,在此趋势下,我国一些师范院校通过合并、整合等方式并入了综合大学。这种合并型综合性大学虽然具有教师教育的传统,但是其在教师教育的发展中遭遇了对教师教育重视不够、管理不足和教师教育课程缺失的困境,这些困境可以通过加强对教师教育的认识、充分利用学校资源和探索教师教育课程的改革来突破。