Standards-Based Evaluation and Teacher Career Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

Structural equation modeling was used to assess the plausibility of a conceptual model specifying hypothesized linkages among perceptions of characteristics of standards-based evaluation, work environment mediators, and career satisfaction and other outcomes. Four comprehensive high schools located in two neighboring counties in southern California provided the data for this study. The schools’ districts had recently developed and implemented evaluation systems based on six California Standards for the Teaching Profession generated in 1997. One hundred and seventy-eight teachers responded to survey questions designed to capture the following constructs: understandable/relevant standards, satisfactory/helpful evaluation, role ambiguity, effort performance-rating linkage, work criteria autonomy, career satisfaction, organizational commitment, and perceptions of the effectiveness of the evaluation system. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to assess whether the items measuring evaluation fit two hypothesized constructs. Structural equation modeling results indicated that there are two mediators in the evaluation-career satisfaction relationship: role ambiguity and work criteria autonomy.

行动研究：教师专业发展的实践探索

作为近年来在我国兴起的行动研究,已有成为教师继续教育及专业发展主要形式。但在实际开展过程中由于针对性弱,讲多练少,组织失当等问题的存在,致使效果不明显,教师参与兴趣不大。而行动研究的校本培训在实践中可以有效克服此类流弊,推动教师专业化的进程。     

基于职业生涯发展阶段的中小学教师职业规划

有效的职业规划是学校与教师共同负责的结果。而基于教师职业生涯发展阶段的职业规划更具有针对性。职业探索期教师发展的重点在于一入职就成为职业发展的自觉主体,顺利实现职业角色的转换;职业成长期教师发展的重点在于不断生成教育实践智慧,快速成长;职业高原期教师发展的重点在于寻找发展的突破口;职业超越期教师职业发展的重点在于自主创新,实现新的飞跃。     

论生涯心理教育与教师发展

迄今为止,我国的教师继续教育关注的焦点仍是在提升教师的专业理论、专业知识和专业技能上,但对教师在个人生涯发展上的不确定因素和困惑及其对教师职业发展的影响,我们却较少研究。其结果,尽管花了很大力气。在对教师的专业促进作用方面仍然收效甚微。本文将根据对广西数千名中学教师的相关调查数据,对上述现象进行分析,并试图从教师生涯发展的角度,探索解决教师发展问题的途径。     

中小学教师职业生涯发展与教学工作激励——来自中国农村的经验

传统的教育经济学观念认为,教师的受教育水平是有价值的,较高的受教育水平往往可以带来较高的经济收益,从而促成教师较好的工作激励和积极性。但是关于发展中国家教师经济收益的研究结果并没有很好地支持这一观念——越好的教师可以得到越高的工资。教师如何在整个教学过程中发挥作用,这是分析教师教学行为与教学质量的一个非常重要的问题。那么,在教师薪酬激励失效或者无法实施的情况下,从教师职业发展、职业生涯的角度进行教师的教学工作激励研究显得更为重要。基于中国农村数据的经验分析结果表明,农村中小学教师的工资主要取决于教师的教龄和职称,而与教师个人的教学质量没有直接的显著相关性;良好的教师职业生涯发展可以提高教师工作的积极性和努力程度,从而提高教师的教学质量和学生的学业成绩。教师学历提高的时间越短、速度越快、学历提高增长值越大、教师积极地参与教学研究,那么教师所教学生的学业成绩提高的越快;对于不同年龄段教师的分析表明,教师职业发展对提高教师教学质量的有效性,在40岁之前较为突出,这在25岁到30岁年龄段体现得更为明显。因此,虽然良好的教师职业发展作为一种教学激励,可以提高教师的教学质量,但这种有效性是有年龄阶段限制的。可以判定,在农村地区中小学教育系统中形成的、通过教师职业生涯发展体现的教学激励,能够提高教师的教学质量和学生的学业成绩,这是在薪酬激励失效后,较为有效的一种教学激励,是值得赞许和推广的。     

民办高校教师工作满意度调查分析——以陕西省为例

本研究借助工作满意度量表的统计分析,发现陕西民办高校教师总体满意度中等偏下,教师离职倾向较高.之所以如此,与民办高校目前仍处于人才就业的次要劳动力市场、当前民办高校组织文化建设滞后、教师对民办高校的心理契约多属交易型或变动型,以及一些民办高校教师功利性的价值观等因素密不可分.从稳定教师队伍、促进教师发展、提升民办高校核心竞争力出发,本研究提出了提高民办高校教师工作满意度的若干建议.     

做好职业生涯规划,促进职业发展--兼论SWOT技术在职业生涯规划中的应用

职业生涯规划是个人职业生涯发展的基础，本提出职业生涯规划过程及SWOT技术在职业生涯规划中的应用以及加强自和管理，促进职业发展的几点建议。     

免费师范生职后教师生涯发展的困境

从质性研究的角度运用扎根理论的方法通过对10位就业满一年的免费师范生访谈资料的分析,试图描述出免费师范生成长的困境,并理清免费师范生从选择到职后成长过程中的内心冲突。研究发现:(1)免费师范生在报考选择时基于三个维度的原因:个人因素、家庭因素、社会因素,免费师范生政策是个人选择的主要诱因;(2)职业印象、政策的引导促使学生选择免费师范生;职业理想与职业现实不一致,内心产生冲突;(3)职业困惑促使职业理想转变为职业现实。职业困惑主要表现为班级管理、师生关系、后进生、学校环境、教师价值;(4)外因促使免费师范生成长的方式为:向家人、同事、朋友寻求帮助。内因促使免费师范生成长的方式为:自我反思、制定职业规划。     

国外中小学教师生涯发展研究述评

国外教师生涯发展研究的主轴是按照教师的年龄或教龄来划分他们的生涯发展阶段,即理论界强调的周期论或专业发展阶段论.周期论者认为个体的发展任务和年龄相一致,发展任务随年龄的不同而改变;阶段论者以一些具有共同心理特征、态度、需求等作为划分生涯发展的依据.在研究发展趋势上,生涯发展的动态观点被很多人接受,多学科、系统化、综合化的研究方法成为人们的选择.     

Perceptions of Retirement Affect Career Commitment: The Mediating Role of Retirement System Satisfaction for Two Teacher Age Groups

This study investigated a sample of California elementary, intermediate, and high school employed teachers (N = 247) to assess the effects of retirement perceptions on career commitment among teachers who are in different age groupings. Using path analysis, the influence of five retirement perceptions variables was examined: concerns about retirement benefits, understanding of the retirement system, perceived need for system change, control over the retirement plan, and satisfaction with current salary. The results indicated that the pattern of results differed for younger and older teachers. For the younger (age 21–45) group, concerns about retirement benefits (such as losing or reducing benefits through geographic mobility) and control over the retirement plan had significant, large, and direct effects on career commitment. For the older (age 46+) group, retirement variables had a significant effect on career commitment via the mediator of satisfaction with the retirement system. Given these findings, for younger teachers, strategies might focus on providing greater control over the retirement plan, such as in offering choice in how their retirement monies are invested. Older teachers need to feel safe about retirement in the sense of being satisfied with the system and its benefits to commit to their jobs.     

An Inquiry Into the Development of Teacher Identities in STEM Career Changers

National shortages of math and science teachers have led to a variety of strategies and programs to attract second career professionals into teaching. This qualitative study explores the development of professional teaching identities in six STEM career changers in a post-baccalaureate pre-service teacher credential program in California. Findings suggest the career changers relied upon skills developed in their previous careers to navigate through a new profession; however, returning to the life of a student again was difficult. Additionally, the career changers in this study valued interacting with their traditional aged peers in the program as these relationships were beneficial to their own socialization into teaching as they developed their teacher identities.     

高校英语教师专业发展现状、内涵与特点探究

“教师素质是教育改革与发展的关键”是人们的共识,教师专业发展问题也是当今教育理论研究和教育实践改革中的热门话题。通过对高校英语教师专业发展现状、内涵及特点的分析,以期为教育行政部门或高校人事等职能部门制订有关教师教育、教师评价及专业发展相关政策时提供参考,以谋求学校与教师个人的共同发展,同时也为英语教师个体的专业发展指明方向。     

女教师生涯发展研究的现状与展望

在有关教师生涯发展的研究中,女教师生涯发展已经逐渐受到许多学科的广泛关注。文章对女教师生涯发展的研究取向、研究方法等问题进行了梳理,并在此基础上对女教师生涯发展研究的现状进行了反思与展望。     

On Teacher Development:The Making of a Good Teacher

教师发展在近些年越来越受到教学界的关注。因为教师是教学中的灵魂和灯塔,在他的影响和指引下,学生的学习才有保证。该文作者在此提出了教师应具备的三种知识,这三种知识让教师对教授对象,教育政策,和教学动态发展有一个清晰的认识,从而更好的来进行和安排教学,提高教学效率。     

Non‐Career Teachers in the Design Studio: Economics,Pedagogy and Teacher Development

As the economic pressure to teach more students with fewer (and less costly) instructors has increased in higher education, the utilisation of non‐career teachers has become more prevalent. Design education has not escaped this phenomenon; non‐career teachers, such as graduate and undergraduate students or design practitioners, have become commonplace in design education, including the design studio. The studio, however, is a unique teaching and learning environment in higher education. It poses distinct socio‐academic challenges for both students and teachers. The utilisation of non‐career teachers in studios raises a number of ethical and pedagogical questions. Teacher development is one serious concern. Here, the authors articulate the major challenges confronted by non‐career studio teachers, especially student teaching assistants, and strategies for their development.     

美国职业教育新任教师的专业发展计划

20世纪90年代以来,美国不断反思和改革职业技术教育,分析职业教育面临的困境, 关注职业教育新任教师的专业发展计划,采取了多种策略促进教师的专业化。美国推行的职业教育新任教师专业发展计划,对我国职业教育教师专业发展具有一定的借鉴意义。     

赋权予教师:教师专业发展中的教师领导

教师专业发展中的教师领导有两个方面的意义:一是领袖教师对其专业群体的引领;二是教师自主的专业发展。鼓励同侪协作,发挥优秀教师的示范-引领-辐射等作用固然重要,但教师的自主才是专业发展持续且有效的基础。在中国大陆,教师在职的专业发展受到行政部门的主导,骨干教师们在各种专业发展活动中发挥着重要作用,然而也呈现出精英化、等级制与工具性等特征。此外,由于处处受到行政干预,教师的专业发展充满着功利色彩、被迫与被动。我们认为,只有赋权予教师,留给教师自主发展的空间并提供更多选择,才能促成教师持续而有效的发展。教师领导的专业发展应成为教师专业发展的原则之一。     

教育叙事保留视角下的教师专业发展与教师身份认同

本文一方面通过对教育叙事研究的历时性进行追溯,区分了叙事、教育叙事及教育叙事研究三个概念,并阐述了教育叙事研究是实现教师专业发展的有效方法之一,另一方面认为教师教育叙事的过程可以被看成为身份认同的三个过程：自我呈现、自我理解与反思、自我改变,教师专业的发展贯穿在整个过程中。