Revisiting Technology Integration in Schools: Implications for Professional Development

As the technology infrastructure of schools expands, a common concern has been the underutilization of computers and other technologies in the classroom. Teachers are often blamed for failing to integrate technology into their teaching, giving such reasons as lack of time, training, equipment, and support. However, it has been suggested that these are not the “real” reasons technology is underutilized; instead, it is argued that teachers’ core values about teaching and learning are the primary obstacles to successful technology integration (e.g., Cuban, 2001 Cuban, L. 2001. Oversold and underused: Computers in the classroom, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.  [Google Scholar]). Implications for professional development are addressed in relation to these barriers to classroom technology use and the developmental pattern of teachers’ technology integration.     

论信息技术的整合与化学教师的专业发展

化学课程内容与信息技术的整合将会极大地促进学生的化学学习,而这种整合也是信息技术对化学教学影响所产生的必然后果。影响整合的重要因素之一是化学教师本身。整合是一项复杂的工程,它需要化学教师具备相应的信念、知识和技能。化学教师的专业发展是使得他们具备相应的信念、知识和技能的主要途径。     

Professional Development for International Teachers: Examining TPACK and Technology Integration Decision Making

This mixed-methods study explored the impacts of a semester-long technology professional development for secondary school international teachers from developing nations around the world. We used (a) a survey approach to examine international teachers' perceived technology integration abilities using the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework and (b) a design task to understand their rationale behind technology integration decisions. As a group (N = 16), international teachers reported increased abilities in all TPACK domains. Qualitative analysis of their rationales revealed that though teachers learned to consider the affordances of technology, technology access issues were pivotal in their choice and use of technology in instruction planning. With education becoming increasingly global, the study has implications for the motivation and design of technology professional development programs for international teachers.     

教师专业发展学校:探索、经验与启示

教师专业发展学校是实现教师职前培养与在职培训一体化的一种新的探索。它在认可中小学校对于学生发展的价值的基础上,强调学校也是教师发展的场所。教师专业发展学校不仅促进了实习教师的专业成长和中小学生的发展,而且也为大学教师和中小学在职教师提供了对话的平台。专业发展学校的发展历程为我们提供了许多有益的启示:实习教师的“临床实践”是其完成教师角色转变的必经之路;教师教育必须与学校教育改革实践紧密结合;教育理论与教育实践的沟通必须在理论主体与实践主体的“对话”中实现。     

以实践为基础 促进教师专业发展

教师的专业发展是一个实践的过程,在此过程中,以满足教师专业发展的需要,提高专业发展的兴趣为出发点,建立学习和研究共同体。通过教师的反思、沟通、交流与合作,激发教师专业发展的积极性,增强自主发展意识,从而积极主动地进行研究和学习,促进自身的专业发展。     

中学音乐教师专业发展的影响因素及对策

影响中学音乐教师的专业发展的因素,既有应试教育政策的影响,也有音乐教师自身专业素质的局限。教育管理部门和学校就要为音乐教师的专业发展提供良好的外部环境和政策支持,音乐教师自己也要不断地加强学习和研究,寻找专业发展的空间和条件。     

Contextually Based Professional Development

In this article, the authors detail a study of a three-year professional development project designed to increase in-service teachers’ classroom technology integration. Participants engaged in learning activities that modeled technology integration from a contextually based perspective that included technology, and pedagogical and content knowledge. Although participants reported having very limited technology skills before professional development began, after two years they reported a significant increase in using technology skills. In addition, participants reported increased comfort and confidence in using technology to the level where they changed their teaching practice to integrate technology. Indeed, between years two and three, participants reported a significant increase in technology use for learning by their students.     

中小学教师专业化发展影响因素的调查与分析——以合肥地区中小学为例

2007年以来,合肥市教育行政主管部门以课题研究为载体,在合肥地区中小学教师中全面推进教师专业化发展。为了解教师参加专业化发展课题研究活动的基本情况,我们在合肥地区中小学中开展了一次问卷调查,调查重点为教师专业化发展的主要影响因素,并根据调查分析结果,对进一步深入开展"有效推进合肥地区教师专业化发展"课题研究提出了相关建议。     

技术视野下的教师专业成长透视

在技术迅速发展的时代里,教师作为一项职业,注定同其他职业一样,要经历一个有始无终的专业成长过程,以适应技术推动下的社会产生的新的要求。文章尝试解读基于技术推动的教师专业成长的内涵,剖析其成长过程与成长路径,反思在专业成长的道路上教师对技术应该秉持的态度,期待以此增进各界对教师专业成长的认识与理解。     

论美国教师专业发展学校与教师专业发展

20世纪80年代末期产生于美国的教师专业发展学校,作为教师教育创新模式,经历了构想与实践、蓬勃发展和标准化、规范化发展三个阶段;实践证明它是实现教师专业发展的重要环节,对于促进候选教师和在职教师的专业发展起到积极作用;同时教师专业发展学校对我国规范职前教师（师范生）的教育实习、加强职前教师（师范生）和在职教师的互动和联系以及鼓励中小学校积极参与职前教师的培养方面都有深刻启示。     

教师专业发展学校的功能定位与制度建设

教师专业发展学校作为实现教师教育一体化的重要载体,其功能发挥得如何直接影响高等师范教育改革能否回归基础教育这一问题。在高校实行评价制度创新、在中小学构建学习型组织应成为保证教师专业发展学校顺利运行的关键。     

教师职业学习团体：教师职业发展的有效途径

教师职业学习团体在国外教师职业发展过程中起到重要作用。反思我国当前教育改革背景下的教师职业发展问题,认为在校内、校际建立、维系和发展教师职业学习团体乃是促进我国教师职业发展的有效途径。     

School Teachers' Continuous Professional Development in an Online Learning Community: lessons from a case study of an eTwinning Learning Event

A social revolution is occurring in the way information is shared, knowledge is generated and innovation takes place over the Internet and there is renewed interest in the social concept of ‘community’ to support online learning. This article describes action research conducted in the context of an eTwinning Learning Event (LE) that provides useful insights into how an online learning community can support the continuous professional development (CPD) of school teachers. Using the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison et al., 2000), it offers empirical evidence of how cognitive, social and teaching aspects impact competence development. It suggests that online learning communities offer an appropriate environment for teachers' intellectual and emotional reflection, characterised by trust, mutual respect and shared values centred on improving pupils' learning. It also suggests that the educational experience within such a community is significantly influenced by the tutor's design and moderation of activities aimed at fostering critical thinking. The article concludes that online learning communities offer a valuable alternative to traditional teacher training by supporting teachers to learn in the context of their everyday practice, whilst collaborating and reflecting on their experience with peers across regions and countries. Concerning the wider use of social networking for learning, it suggests that educators still have a valuable role to play in ensuring that collaboration leads to an effective educational experience.     

构建“实践共同体”促进教师专业发展

构建教师实践共同体是当下教育改革中促进教师专业发展的有效途径。教师实践共同体的相关理论研究表明构建实践共同体具有重要意义。从实践共同体的特征——相互的介入、共同的事业和共享的技艺库出发,提出了促进教师专业发展的几点建议。     

加强专业课程的理论实践一体化教学

高职教育在人才培养上,要加强专业课程的理论实践一体化教学,积极推进高职教育改革与发展。     

对我国小学教师专业化发展的思考

新课程改革在教育观、课程观、教师观、学生观等方面对教师提出了全新的要求,小学教师专业发展面临着重重困难。文章通过界定小学教师专业化发展的概念,分析小学教师的专业结构,针对影响小学教师专业发展的因素及存在问题,提出小学教师专业发展的途径及对策在于：构建一体化教育体系,实行专业化培养;改革小学教师教育课程,加强小学教育学科建设;加强高校培养小学教师的力度;培养小学教师的科研意识;搭建合作互助平台,打造教师发展共同体。     

Interpreting a Community of Practice Perspective in Discipline-Specific Professional Development in Higher Education

Through this study we explored a community of practice framework applied to faculty professional development at a mid-size state university in order to examine the issues unique to discipline-specific professional development in higher education. Through content-focused professional development activities conducted by the authors, several key areas were identified that point to challenges in building a faculty community of teaching practice: (a) the need for a culture of professional development, (b) developing old-timers and recruiting newcomers, (c) the need for teaching scholars to coordinate professional development, (d) challenging the “culture of service”, and (e) the need for a language to mediate thinking about practice. Maria Blanton  received a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from North Carolina State University. She is currently a Senior Executive Research Associate in the Kaput Center and an Associate Professor in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Dept at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her research interests focus on applications of sociocultural theory in understanding teaching and learning mathematics in both elementary grades and higher education. Despina Stylianou  received an Ed.D. in mathematics education from the University of Pittsburgh. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education at the City College of New York. Her research interests are in the area of mathematical cognition; her work explores the mathematical skills, sensibilities, and habits of mind and action that are critical to doing, learning, and using mathematics proficiently.     

影响高职教师专业发展的障碍与对策

我高职教师综合素质问题是目前高职教育发展的"瓶颈,"高职教育发展中迫切需要解决的一个问题是高职教师专业发展问题。本文从学校管理角度分析目前高职教师专业发展存在着"教育政策导向因素"、"高职学校管理的因素"、"教师个体的因素"的障碍,并从国家地方政策层面、学校层面、教师层面提出相应措施。     

河北省小学科学骨干教师专业发展现状调查

采用问卷调查对参加河北省"国培计划"的小学科学骨干教师的专业发展现状进行了调查。调查结果表明:河北省小学科学骨干教师年富力强,整体教龄较长,但科学教龄较短;大多数教师专业学科背景缺乏,专业知识结构与能力存在缺陷;专业发展途径不够完善,缺乏专业发展规划指导;教学科研能力薄弱,参加学术会议和培训机会相对较少。针对此种状况提出了促进小学科学教师专业发展的若干建议。     

学校的责任与教师专业发展

学校的伦理责任具有双重性,既包括对教师发展的伦理责任,也包括对学生成长的伦理责任,而且二者具有关联性。对于教师团体专业成长而言,现有中小学校承担的责任相当有限。中小学校应该承担参与教师职前培养、促进教师职后发展以及提升教师专业社会贡献力的责任。要落实促进教师发展的责任,加强学校的功能性建设,就是要保证教师能够在日常的学校生活中获得完整、全面及可持续的发展。