Teacher candidates’ opinions and experiences as input for teacher education curriculum development*

The aim of this international study was to generate recommendations for curriculum improvement in family–school partnerships (FSP) by examining teacher candidates’ understandings, attitudes and experiences. A survey of 1144 candidates in their first or final year of preparation at three universities, one each in Belgium, the Netherlands and the USA, provided qualitative and quantitative data regarding their understandings, attitudes about FSP and their experiences in their teacher preparation. The data indicated modest approval of the value of partnerships, understandings of partnerships weighted towards teacher to parent communication, preference for traditional teacher–parent activities over non-traditional choices, and, among final year candidates, mildly positive feelings of preparedness. Candidates wished more interactions with parents during field experiences and practical strategies for communicating with parents. Inferred in their responses was the need for curriculum to develop an expanded view of partnerships, enhance attitudes, especially among secondary education candidates, and cultivate skills in working with families from culturally diverse backgrounds. However, few candidates expressed a desire for exploring theory and research on partnerships or for the opportunity to develop a personal philosophy, components which are thought critical for teachers’ ability to establish partnerships with parents.     

Is Teacher Accountability Possible? The Case of Norwegian High School Science

What influence does the teacher exercise over their students' learning outcomes? This study investigates the impact of teacher quality on student learning outcomes in science halfway through the first year of high school. A multiple‐measurement model estimates the potential impact of teacher influence on learning outcomes for 1,060 secondary school students (16‐year‐olds), as well as the influence on student engagement, motivation, and self‐discipline. Teacher quality has a very weak effect on student learning outcomes. However, teacher quality seems to influence student motivation and self‐discipline to a significantly larger extent. Further, there is an indirect effect of teacher quality on learning outcomes in science via student engagement, motivation, and self‐discipline. Holding the science teacher accountable for pupils' learning outcomes is highly problematic.     

研究性学习课程的特点与价值定位

研究性学习课程作为一种全新的学习方式和课程范式，无论是在理念层面还是在实践层面都有着独特的意义，它与学科课程和活动课程既有联系，又有区别，并在此基础上建立起了全新的师生关系。     

论发展性课程评价的基本理念

本文通过对历史和现实的分析 ,提出了当前课程评价中应确立的三种基本理念 :以学生发展为本的理念、促使课程不断改进和提高的理念、面向多元的理念。这三种理念将成为建构发展性课程评价体系的基础。     

ICT teacher training: Evaluation of the curriculum and training approach in Flanders

A policy-evaluation study was set up of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) teacher training in Flanders, focusing on the following questions: (a) What is the validity of the content and format of the teacher training, and (b) to what extent is the ICT teacher training linked to policies of schools? In-depth interviews were organised with respondents of primary, secondary, and adult education schools. The results indicate that ICT school policies are not well developed and reveal a partial match between policies, needs, and the actual in-service training. Innovative applications of ICT are not promoted. The supply-driven approach, the school-based nature, and follow-up activities are questioned.     

Teacher–student relationship at university: an important yet under-researched field

This article reviews the extant research on the relationship between students and teachers in higher education across three main areas: the quality of this relationship, its consequences and its antecedents. The weaknesses and gaps in prior research are highlighted and the importance of addressing the multi-dimensional and context-bound nature of teacher–student relationships is proposed. A possible agenda for future research is outlined.     

Student-centred inquiry as curriculum as a model for field-based teacher education

This research project focuses on teacher education in a field-based methods course. We were interested in understanding what could be when we worked with pre-service teachers in a high school physical education class to assist them in the process of learning to listen and respond to their students in ways that might better facilitate young people’s interest, motivation and learning. To develop a theoretical understanding of what happened in this field-based methods course designed to promote listening and responding to students as a way to guide curriculum, we utilised grounded theory. In this paper, we describe a model, student-centred inquiry as curriculum, which includes a cyclical process of building the foundation, planning, responding to students, listening to respond and analysing the responses. Student centred-inquiry as curriculum is a blending of action in the historical, localised and particular lived realities of students and teachers illuminated through inquiry with the simultaneous engagement of autobiographies, the negotiation of student voice and the social construction of content. We discuss this model as a possibility for transforming the status quo of teacher education and K-12 schools.     

论教师对学生的理解

教师对学生的理解是教育和发展学生的第一要素，是实现教育效能、促进学生心理健康等的基础和手段，是教师智慧与德行的融合，它有着丰富的内涵。提高教师德行与个性修养、对学生生活的全方位关注、确立师生之间的对话关系等，是提高教师对学生理解力的重要途径。     

Veteran teachers’ job satisfaction as a function of personal demands and resources in the relationships with their students

Many teachers experience their profession as stressful, which can have a negative impact on their job satisfaction, and may result in burnout, absenteeism, and leaving the profession. The relationship with students can have both positive and negative implications for the job satisfaction of teachers, both early and later in their careers. The current study focused on the relationship between veteran teachers’ job satisfaction and their aspirations in teacher-student relationships. Data were gathered among 12 Dutch veteran secondary school teachers, including interviews, the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction, and the Questionnaire on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy. Veteran teachers’ job satisfaction appeared to be positively related to the extent to which their aspirations in teacher-student relationships had been realized. Teachers who had failed to realize their aspirations in teacher-student relationships showed relatively low job satisfaction, or avoided feelings of low job satisfaction by reducing the number of tasks that were directly related to teaching students. An implication for coaching veteran teachers is the need to pay more attention to the teacher-student relationship so that they can adhere to the way they would like to teach students.     

A methodology for integrating computer‐based learning tools in science curricula

This paper demonstrates a methodology for effectively integrating computer‐based learning tools in science teaching and learning. This methodology provides a means of systematic analysis to identify the capabilities of particular software tools and to formulate a series of competencies relevant to physical science that could be developed by means of these capabilities. This analysis could inform the transition to technology‐rich learning environments by helping to deflect reliance on computer‐based tools for objectives they cannot meet, while encouraging the design of activity sequences that make the most of the educationally useful capabilities of available computer‐based tools. This methodology is demonstrated by means of two software tools widely used in science learning, namely modelling and simulation tools.     

新课程对体育教师的新要求

新课程标准的颁布与实施,在体育教学中产生了积极而深远的影响.新课标与大纲对比,在体育教学过程中对教师的教学方法、教学组织手段、教学评价以及学生的学法等诸方面提出了新的要求,对这些要求进行阐述,能指导体育教师按新课标的要求进行教学活动.     

促进学生主动发展:课程目标的转型--我国新一轮基础教育课程改革的课程目标解读

促进学生的积极主动发展是时代发展的客观要求 ,也是国际教育改革的共同目标。我国新一轮基础教育课程改革以此为目标 ,是针对时代要求做出的正确选择 ,它实现了我国课程目标的根本转型。     

大学生心理健康教育课程中教师角色的研究

在大学生心理健康教育课程中教师角色存在着"沿袭高校教师的传统角色"、"混淆了管理者、思想政治教育者与心理健康教育者的角色"、"被误定为学校教育中的边缘教育者"等问题,影响了大学生心理健康教育课程的教学质量。因此,在大学生心理健康教育课程中,教师应充当大学生积极心理品质的培养者和潜能的开发者,充当大学生的真诚倾听者和引导者,充当大学生经验的分享者和心理健康的示范者。     

Beginning and end of the internship: student teachers’ interpersonal profiles and the accuracy of their self-beliefs

An important purpose of internships in teacher preparation programmes is to develop competence through experience. The research questions in the present study concern student teachers’ interpersonal profiles (i.e. patterns of their interpersonal behaviour as perceived by students) and the accuracy of their self-belief regarding the interpersonal relationship with students at the beginning and end of the internship. Participants were student teachers (n=34) of a one-year teacher education programme. There were fewer student teachers with preferable interpersonal profiles at the end of the internship than in the beginning. Self-beliefs at the beginning indicated that the majority of student teachers were underestimating themselves; at the end of the internship most of them were overestimating themselves. About two-thirds had more accurate self-beliefs at the end of the internship than at the beginning. Overestimating oneself seemed negatively related to more accurate self-beliefs at the end of the internship and student teachers with more preferable profiles had more accurate self-beliefs.     

新课改背景下体育教师课程资源开发能力研究

本文通过文献资料法和比较分析法,从体育课程资源的概念、分类、体育教师课程资源开发能力培养的必要性等方面进行较深入的分析,并在此基础上提出了对体育教师课程资源开发能力培养的建设性对策。     

国际教师教育课程设置及从业标准对河南省教师专业化发展的启示

教师专业化是当今社会教师职业发展的共同目标,为此,西方各国非常注重教育类课程设置的灵活性、多样性、实用性,同时也对教师的从业标准提出严格要求。借鉴他国促进教师专业化的经验,河南省在促进教师教育专业化健康发展时要认识到：教师资格的制度化是教师专业化发展的基础环节,改变师范生照顾性规定是教师专业化发展的客观要求,鼓励综合性大学培养师资力量是教师专业化发展的必要补充,改善教师教育课程设置开展教育行动研究是教师专业化发展的有效途径。     

论先秦儒家的师生友朋思想

先秦儒家主张在人际交往中以友辅仁、以文会友,这是一种立足于个人成长进步和人与人之间和谐相处的人际交往观,为当今确立新型的人际交往观,进而推动和谐社会建设提供了思维借鉴。同时主张师生之间以爱相济、以道相随、教学相长,这是一种着眼于师生之间民主平等、友爱相助的和谐师生观,为当今构建和谐师生关系以及贯彻教师教育新理念提供了思想指南和行动参考。     

挪威教师教育大学化形成及启示

从12世纪建立最初的学校以来,挪威的教师教育经过几百年的发展,形成了较为完善和科学的体系,其历史经验和改革成果均值得借鉴。挪威教师教育大学化的特点在于：建立粗放式的课程指导框架;高等师范院校拥有更多的权限;强调教师能力的培养,努力实现学术性和师范性的更好结合;教师教育多元化且均衡发展。     

试论素质教育环境下的电子技术课教学

在技工学校电子课教学中,实施素质教育要转变教育观念,融洽师生关系,变“教”为“导”,把课堂交给学生,使学生自主学习,和谐学习,充分认识到人生的价值所在。