职前英语教师反思能力培养探究

新课改对英语教师教学提出了全新要求。因此,以新课改的理念为出发点,探讨教学反思的内涵,提出反思能力的培养对于职前英语教师专业发展的重要性和可行性,并结合英语教学理论和英语教学实践,提出培养和提高职前教师教学反思意识的建议,以期培养出在英语教学研究和实践中具备可持续发展能力的职前英语教师。     

职前教师本体性反思能力培养的必要性与可能性

培养职前教师的反思能力已经成为世界各国教师教育的一项重要任务。然而,许多教师职前培养计划更多地关注职前教师工具性反思能力的培养,而忽视本体性反思能力的培养。这在一定程度上造成了在职前阶段所形成的反思能力很难成为促进教师发展的持久动力。因此,对在职前教育阶段培养职前教师工具性反思能力的局限性和培养其本体性反思能力的必要性与可能性进行探讨就显得很有必要。     

我国反思型教师职前培养的对策

反思型教师的职前培养是新课程改革和发展的要求。我国反思型教师职前培养应采取如下对策：强化职前教师自主发展意识和反思意识;合理设计职前教师教育类课程;加强职前教师实践知识的积累与获得;注重职前教师反思人格的塑造与培养。     

职前教师反思必须明晰的几个问题

职前教师反思的体验基础包括其在基础教育阶段的学徒期观察体验,在教师教育职前培养阶段的课程体验以及日常生活体验。在这些体验中所形成的关于教育教学各个侧面的信念是职前教师反思的重要内容。职前教师反思的目的在于对已有的信念系统进行优化,以更好地指导未来的教育教学实践活动。     

职前教师在教育实习中反思能力发展情况研究

教学反思是教师不断学习的核心动力之一,是教师专业素养结构的重要组成部分。教育实习是师范生教学实践知识生成的关键期,他们在这一时期的反思行动将为今后的专业发展奠定重要的基础。为此,笔者对一组师范生在教育实习过程中的教学反思情况进行了调查,总结分析了职前教师教学反思的特点以及影响因素,并对职前教师的专业培养方式提出了一些建议。     

浅析我国反思型教师职前培养的可行性

反思型教师教育是当前教师教育改革的国际潮流。在我国对职前教师进行反思素质的培养是可行的,国内外的教育工作者的理论和实践探索为其提供了理论依据,而对职前教师可反思的内容和途径的分析又为其提供了现实依据。     

论反思型教师的职前培养

反思型教师是指能够在教育教学实践中,以研究和批判的态度对自我行为表现及其行为之依据进行检查、评价、修正,进而不断提升教育教学实践合理性和自身素养的教师。反思型教师的培养不应只发生在在职教师身上,职前教育也很重要。从整体层面来把握,反思型教师的职前培养既关乎德性,也关乎理性;既涉及课程,也涉及教学。     

我国反思型教师职前培养的意义

反思型教师教育是当前教师教育改革的国际潮流。在我国进行反思型教师的职前培养具有重要的理论价值和现实价值,这表现在:反思型教师职前培养是我国新课程改革的需要;促进职前教师内隐理论的科学转化;为入职后教师专业能力的持续发展提供保障;在反思中职前教师实现对教育和自身角色的理解。     

职前教师教育技术能力培养探索

文章首先概述了教育技术能力,然后分析了职前教师教育技术能力培养的现状,接着探讨了职前教师教育技术能力培养的影响因素,最后提出了职前教师教育技术能力培养的有效策略.     

职前中学数学教师解题能力的培养

解题是中学数学教师的基本功之一,但目前职前中学数学教师在解题方面的能力比较弱。因此,需要有效地、全面地提高职前中学数学教师解题的能力。具体来说,需要系统地、有计划地培养职前中学数学教师解题能力。在第一学年研读中学数学课标和教材,强化中学数学的概念性知识;在第二学年熟练掌握中学数学解题中的解题思想和方法;在第三、四学年对解题中的有意识控制的知识进行训练。同时,将解题的书面表达、口头表达的训练融入每一个阶段当中。     

Spaces of possibility in pre-service teacher education

Pre-service teacher education is a spatialised enterprise. It operates across a number of spaces that may or may not be linked ideologically and/or physically. These spaces can include daily practices, locations, infrastructure, relationships and representations of power and ideology. The interrelationships between and within these (sometimes competing) spaces for pre-service teachers will influence their identities as teachers and learners across time and space. Pre-service teachers are expected to make the connections between these often-contradictory spaces with little or no guidance on how to negotiate such complex relationships. These are difficult spaces, yet the slippages and gaps between these spaces offer generative possibilities. This paper explores these spaces of possibility for pre-service teacher education, and uses the spatial theories of Lefebvre and Foucault to argue that critical reflective practice can be used to create Soja’s ‘thirdspace’ for reconstructing future practice.     

英语师范生教学能力的职前培养

英语师范教育是师范教育的一个重要组成部分,但是由于英语进入我国教育体系的时间比较晚,所以关于英语师范教育的历史也比较短。由于新课改的不断推进和发展,对英语师范教育的要求也越来越高,对英语师范生的教学能力成为培养师范生过程中的教学重点。现阶段,英语师范生教学能力的职前培养工作还存在很多问题,导致学生在走出校门时无法将所学理论知识融会贯通到课堂实践活动中。英语是一门综合性比较强的学科,对教师的教学能力要求更是非常高,因此关于英语师范生教学能力的职前培养应当引起教育界的关注。本文中,将根据教学能力的具体内涵,结合现阶段英语师范生教学能力的职前培养中存在的问题,提出几点科学合理的措施来更好的开展英语师范生教学能力的职前培养工作。     

Transformational practice: critical teacher research in pre-service teacher education

This article traces the experiences of three pre-service teachers as they engaged in teacher research as part of their teacher education program and considers how teacher research might disrupt dominant paradigms that aim to de-contextualize teaching and offer one-size-fits-all solutions to address inequities. In particular, the article examines: the role of the teacher’s personal and academic history in the design of their teacher research projects; how their research worked to disrupt and complicate classroom cultures and practices; and the ways in which the pre-service teachers interpreted their research in light of new contexts during their first year of teaching. This work has critical implications in an era when teacher education programs are under attack, including: the value of drawing on pre-service teachers' lived experiences as an entry point into inquiry; creating highly localized inquiries; and positioning novice teachers as knowledgeable practitioners who are able to share research with colleagues.     

Teaching in rural Turkey: pre-service teacher perspectives

Despite preliminary findings that preparing teachers for rural positions is of great importance in Turkey’s conditions, little has been reported regarding the measures that need to be addressed in order to effectively prepare teachers for remote areas. In response to this gap, the present study aimed to provide some preliminary views about the expectations of pre-service teachers in relation to rural teaching from a qualitative research paradigm. Data were collected through an open-ended questionnaire from 115 senior pre-service teachers in a large Turkish university. Thematic analysis of the data revealed that participants had polarised views about the issue. While some of them viewed the experience positively, others highlighted the potential challenges. Pre-service teachers’ vague and dichotomous images concerning rural teaching suggested that they had some preconceptions formed through media representations or word of mouth. Implications for teacher education and professional development, along with directions for future research were included.     

农村中小学教师反思能力的培养

现代教师专业发展的研究认为，经验加反思是教师专业成长的最有效途径，而当前中小学教师非常缺乏这种反思能力，尤其是农村中小学教师。培养教师的反思能力，要以问题为切入点，促进教师去反思；以解决问题为契机，引导教师去反思；以外促内，让反思成为教师的一种习惯。     

The tensions of preparing pre-service teachers to be assessment capable and profession-ready

There is both a growing appreciation of teacher assessment capability for the improvement of school student learning and achievement and a commensurate drive for graduates in Australian Initial Teacher Education institutions to demonstrate impact on school student learning as part of a national accreditation process. We argue in this article that if institutions are to prepare assessment capable graduates who are “profession-ready”, attention to practice architectures is warranted. Practice architectures are the features in schools that enable and/or constrain practice. Skills, knowledge and understandings do not just cleanly transfer across Initial Teacher Education institutions and practicum contexts into graduate teacher classrooms. Practitioner identities are produced through “relatings” within specific social-political arrangement, “doings” that constitute activities afforded in material-economic conditions, and “sayings” that are a dominating medium in cultural-discursive frameworks.     

How can pre-service primary teachers' perspectives contribute to a pedagogy that problematises the ‘practical’ in teacher education?

This study examined pre-service primary teachers' perspectives on teaching and learning experiences within college-based courses in ‘practical’ subject areas within a teacher education programme. Following three individual lectures (one each in art, music and physical education), pre-service teachers (n=11) participated in focus group interviews sharing their perspectives on the teaching and learning experiences. These data were analysed thematically and supported by teacher educators' (n=3) planning and reflection documentation. Although the problematic nature of the ‘practical’ suggests appeal and peril of the ‘practical’, the important nature of negotiating the ‘practical’ to enhance student learning is apparent. Students emphasised the value of practical engagement and expressed a strong preference for working in groups to create a safe learning environment to develop confidence and competence. These insights suggest key aspects of a pedagogy of teacher education in these ‘practical’ areas. The importance of being aware of and, in some cases, challenging student perspectives on how they learn best in these curricular areas is discussed.     

The design of pre-service inclusive education courses and their effects on self-efficacy: a comparative study

This study compared two versions of a 13-week mandatory undergraduate inclusive education course to determine their effects on the self-efficacy of pre-service elementary education teachers. For the purposes of the research, the self-efficacy construct was applied specifically to working with students who have inclusive educational needs. The study sought to determine whether there were differential effects of the two approaches – one based on a field-based placement and the other employing a course design approach derived from complex adaptive systems. The results showed statistically significant gains in self-efficacy for both approaches, although there were no statistically significant differences between versions of the course. The implications of the findings are discussed for the design of mandatory inclusive education courses.     

Promoting experiential learning in pre-service teacher education

This report introduces the experiential learning initiative at a major university in Hong Kong that prepares pre-service teachers with experience of engaging with social and cultural issues in teaching. It calls on teacher educators in different contexts to work together on similar initiatives that help pre-service teachers grow professionally through designing, developing, managing and promoting their experiential learning projects to enhance human development and improve human conditions.     

Transforming the embodied dispositions of pre-service special education teachers

Teacher education programs seek to foster dispositions that welcome student differences in race, culture, language and ability. However, pre-service teachers’ dispositions are difficult to transform because they tend to be aligned with the field of schooling where differences are punished or excluded. This study examines an activity for transforming pre-service teachers’ communicative habitus that was inspired by Bourdieu’s theory that habitus or dispositions are unconsciously embodied and therefore require a bodily counter-training for change. The activity instructed 17 pre-service Special Education teachers to communicate an experience through sound alone rather than words in order to challenge teachers’ deeply embodied communicative norms and open them up to the possibilities of non-normative communication. Follow up discussions, written reflections and videotaped think-alouds provided opportunities for explicit pedagogy and reflection. In this article, we discuss findings and implications from a recent implementation of this activity.