构建区域教师专业发展共同体之探究

促进教师专业发展已成为世界教师教育研究的重要课题。教师发展的主题正在转向包括专业引领、同侪互助、自我反思在内的学习共同体的构建,并且教师的工作现场对教师发展具有重要意义。构建由大学、区域教育行政部门及中小学等为主体的区域教师专业发展共同体,以区域骨干教师为发展主体,以其所在学校为实践现场,开展区域教师专业发展的理论与实践的合作研究,实现多方共赢。一个区域学校变革和教师改变的支持性环境,将为教师从传统的以外在“压迫式”为主的发展模式向教师自主专业发展范式转变提供了前提条件。     

线上教学视域下高校教师职业素养自我提升研究

职业素养是个体胜任特定职业所需的各种内在条件的总和,高校教师职业素养直接决定着高等教育教学的实际效果,制约着高校人才培养、科学研究和社会服务的质量与水平。大规模的线上教学引发了高校教育教学的巨大变革,从职业品格、职业知识和职业能力等三个维度对高校教师的职业素养造成了严峻挑战。要切实提升高校教师职业素养,促进高等教育的高质量发展,高校教师必须在理念重构、定向学习、深度反思和体验观摩上下功夫。     

对文化产业人才培养与课程设置的几点思考

人才,是文化产业发展的重要支撑,我国很多高校在目前都开设了文化产业专业,大力培养文化产业人才。很多高校在课程设置方面存在诸多问题,要培养优秀的文化产业人才,必须大力培养跨学科师资力量,积极搭建教学交流平台,恰当处理各课程之间的关系,并创造宽松的教学环境。     

Professional development: a key to Kentucky's educational reform effort

Despite its essential role in educational reform, professional development typically does not receive adequate support in systemic reform efforts. This article presents an exception—a state that incorporated professional development as a central priority in its reform effort and four schools that used state resources to build their capacity for enacting the reform agenda. We describe central features of Kentucky's approach to professional development, characterize elements of professional development within the four schools, and discuss how these elements promoted three dimensions of school capacity: individual teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions; professional community; and program coherence. Based on this “image of the possible,” we offer recommendations for professional development that supports systemic, standards-based educational reform.     

An early career academic network: what worked and what didn’t

This article documents the experiences of three early career academics trying to establish a network of early career academics (ECAs) in a middle-ranked university in Australia. The changing context of academia means that ECAs face considerable challenges in understanding and negotiating effective career paths. Some of the issues encountered include insecure employment arrangements; unclear and shifting expectations; heavy workloads and competing demands; and conflicting experiences around the collegiate culture of academia. As research and teaching institutions, universities must ensure the ongoing development of new academics. While there is a growing interest in exploring the issues confronted by new academics, much remains to be done to better understand, and improve, the pathways of academic development. To this end we reflect on our efforts to establish an ECA network that aimed to enhance professional development, facilitate an improved research culture and establish an informal peer support network. We did so through establishing an online presence for sharing information, hosting a series of professional development seminars and hosting a 2.5 day writing retreat. Our experiences suggest that, while efforts to enhance the capacity of ECAs are worthwhile, the very same pressures that our network was attempting to address were simultaneously creating barriers to ECA involvement in the network and its activities.     

Traditional and contemporary approaches to career-long professional learning: a primary physical education journey in Scotland

With career-long professional learning increasingly seen as a significant element of teacher education, this paper proposes that there is a need to acknowledge the complex nature of the professional learning process. The paper explores lessons learnt from over a decade of professional learning efforts by the Developmental Physical Education Group at The University of Edinburgh. With the group's traditional initial continuing professional development efforts having limited impact on teachers' practice, the paper considers how more recent efforts have refocused on a longer term, participative and situated approach that appears to be having significantly more influence on teachers as professional learners.     

不同层级教师专业发展道路的个案研究

新课程改革以来,教师发展研究从理论论述迅速发展到实践层面,受到广大教师群体的重视。教师专业发展的不同层级的个案研究显示,校本教研是教师群体专业成长的最好途径,而教师个体也可以通过适合自己的研究,达致教师专业发展的良好状态。参与教师专业发展的各种力量,对于教师发展具有不同的作用。教研员应立足于地区性的教师专业发展的促进,校长在教师专业发展中应起到引领和管理的作用,学科教研组是教师专业知识交流和成长的核心地带,教师个人通过行动研究可以达致专业发展的目的。     

如何提升教育期刊的编辑策划能力

信息多元化及更新速度的不断提升,致使编辑出版业不得不思考下一步的发展方向———唯有走深度、内涵发展之路,才能有新的出路。对于教育期刊而言,只有依据期刊的定位和广大受众的阅读需求,提升编辑策划能力,策划出有影响力的栏目、版面、选题、活动等,才能真正赢得市场。     

反思能力是幼儿教师专业发展的关键

反思能力对幼儿教师的专业发展具有重要的推动作用。幼儿教师要想获得专业发展,必须深刻认识反思的意义,了解反思能力及幼儿教师专业发展,理解反思能力对幼儿教师专业发展的意义。     

教学反思:教师专业化成长的一种重要途径

教育的发展和教育改革的成败关键在于教师,因此,教师必须不断提高自身的专业素质。教学反思被认为是促进教师专业发展、提高教师教育教学水平的重要途径,对教师专业化的成长有着重要的意义。     

美国第一职业学位的发展及其启示

美国第一职业学位是一种特殊的高层次职业学位,它是为进入某一特定专业领域而设立的一种学位制度,专业技能水平要求高于一般学士学位,起点与硕士相同,终点接近博士;其领域涵盖医学、法律、神学等,具有职业性、后续性、实践性等特征。第一职业学位的产生与发展,丰富了美国高等教育学位体系,对美国高等教育以及经济社会发展起了重要作用;其对我国专业学位与职业资格的衔接、设置独立的职业学位和发展应用型专业博士学位等方面也有一定的借鉴意义。     

幼师高专钢琴教学现状、成因及对策——以石家庄幼儿师范高等专科学校为例

钢琴课程,是作为幼师生重要的专业必修课程,随着学校的"升格"和社会对毕业生要求的不断提高,多年形成的固有钢琴教学体系已不能适应当前教育发展的大环境,幼师高专钢琴教学起点低、目标高,与职业对接不够紧密,为此,结合钢琴教学实际情况,以石家庄幼儿师范高等专科学校钢琴教学为例,对其现状及成因进行系统分析,实践并构建出系列建设性的改革对策与实施意见:完善课程目标,调整课程安排,转变授课模式,教学方式与评价方式的多样化等.     

地方文化资源与高职旅游英语教学的关系

地方旅游文化资源是所在地高职院校旅游专业英语教学不可缺少的最基本要素.随着旅游国际化的发展趋势,旅游的文化享受越来越成为游客追求的目标之一.作为高职旅游专业的英语教学,必须重视地方旅游文化资源的渗透,为培养专门化旅游人才作出努力.     

昆明市民办幼儿园教师专业化发展制约因素探析

目前,昆明市民办幼儿园师资状况不尽如人意,教师的专业发展问题令人堪忧。过低的从教资格门槛、缺乏稳定中坚的教师队伍、教师专业能力欠缺、职业满意度低,教育信仰缺失、待遇过低等因素严重阻碍了民办幼儿园教师专业成长,制约着昆明市民办幼儿教育又好又快发展。要改善这一状况还需政府、幼儿教育管理者及幼儿教师自身三方面的共同努力。     

高职高专大学英语教师发展的现状及其途径

高校教师专业化是高等教育发展的必然要求。调查结果显示,河南省高职高专大学英语师资队伍状况不甚理想。教师发展是加强师资队伍建设的根本途径。英语教师需要增强专业发展意识,明确专业发展目标,树立先进的教学理念,培养高尚的职业道德,加强教学反思和自觉学习,提高科学文化素养和英语教学能力。学校需要建立结构优化、素质优良的教学团队;创建学习型组织;加大能与基于网络技术下的大学英语教学模式相适应的教学设施建设力度;加大校本培训力度。     

Challenges and barriers to Austrian early childhood educators' participation in online professional development programmes

Online professional development programmes have a long tradition in adult education. However, in early childhood education, such programmes are only just beginning to be developed. Before online professional development courses can be made inclusive, accessible and widely available to early childhood educators, they must meet a few basic requirements. The present study provides insights into essential aspects that need to be considered when setting up online professional development programmes, a field which is still in its infancy in Austria. The results of a representative survey (n = 317) demonstrated that early childhood educators' digital competencies are highly variable and cannot be taken for granted. The survey results also stress the need to provide educators with functional digital devices appropriate to their work environment. Early childhood educators' interest in online professional development programmes is very high, in recognition of the advantages afforded by flexible participation options independent of users' time constraints or location. The development of attractive, compelling and accessible online professional development courses can contribute to current professionalisation efforts in the field of early childhood education.

Practitioner notes

What is already known about this topic

• Online professional development has already a very long tradition in the field of adult vocational training but not in Early Childhood Education.
• The possibility of attending online professional development programmes independent of a participant's time constraints or location is viewed as a particularly beneficial advantage.
• Online professional development programmes positively affect the professionalisation of educators. For this reason, they must increasingly be integrated into the field of early childhood education.

What this paper adds

• In the field of early childhood education in German-speaking regions, online professional development training courses are only beginning to be developed.
• This paper examines the challenges and barriers for early childhood educators associated with implementing online professional development programmes for early childhood educators.
• The survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and includes current data on the ongoing digitalisation boom.

Implications for practise and/or policy

• Online professional development courses should not be understood as competition for conventional face-to-face programmes. Instead, they act as a useful supplement.
• Media competencies are a fundamental prerequisite for everyday professional life—early childhood educators need functional media devices, stable internet connections, and support structures in IT and computer literacy.
• Early childhood educators require effective instruction in using online professional development programmes to expand online professional development programmes in their field. They must also address compelling topics in early childhood education relevant to educators' practise.

     

Questioning reform in the standards movement: professional development and implementation of common core across the rural South

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were adopted in an effort to create a consistent set of standards across schools, districts, and states in order to ensure equality of educational opportunities for all students in the country. Educational reform through standardization implies that across thousands of miles and millions of students, individual classroom teachers are able to create equitable instruction based on policy and curriculum mandates. For such reform efforts to be successful, standards must be implemented with fidelity, thoroughness, and strong support from stakeholders. The present study examines the role of teacher preparation for CCSS implementation, notably in rural and economically depressed districts in the American South. Teachers were surveyed about their CCSS professional development experiences and needs, CCSS instructional and assessment practices, and perceptions of student learning related to new standards. The analysis reveals that teachers do not feel fully prepared to teach according to CCSS, and highlights areas of professional development where districts failed to support effective teacher implementation. Findings from this study illustrate inequitable professional development for teachers and provide implications for professional development types, content, and quality that teachers perceive as essential for CCSS success.     

New technologies to support teaching for understanding

In this era of rapid change, educators increasingly recognize that students must learn how to develop and apply knowledge creatively, not simply remember what they have been told. To meet these demands, teachers need professional development opportunities that support them in a transformational process. New technologies appear to hold promise in overcoming the traditional limitations of professional development. In this chapter, we describe and analyze a program designed to provide such professional development. We begin by summarizing recurrent challenges and promising approaches to professional development organized around a set of qualities that characterize effective learning. Next, we use these qualities to describe a program that explicitly incorporates a model of teaching for understanding into the design of an online learning environment and professional development activities for educators. Finally, our analysis of this program emphasizes the Internet's unique advantages, as well as some remaining issues to resolve in online professional development for educators.In this era of rapid change, educators increasingly recognize that students must learn how to develop and apply knowledge creatively, not simply remember what they have been told. This goal requires shifting from traditional lessons based on transmitting information toward approaches that help learners build robust and flexible understanding. Such transformation of curriculum and pedagogy is a complex process for teachers who must develop new knowledge, skills and beliefs.To meet these demands, teachers need professional development opportunities that support them in a transformational process. Unfortunately, most learning opportunities for teachers fall short. They tend to be short-term workshops, focused on general topics rather than deep knowledge of subject matter and pedagogy, inattentive to teachers’ individual interests, disconnected from specific classroom practices, and isolated from ongoing support by coaches and colleagues. Formal professional development activities are often the antithesis of what is known to promote effective learning.New technologies appear to hold promise in overcoming the traditional limitations of professional development. The World Wide Web, with its rich trove of multimedia resources, interactive tools, and telecommunication facilities, accessible from anywhere on the planet, seems full of potential as a facilitator of teacher learning. Yet we know that mere access to technical resources is not sufficient to generate learning or to change practice. How might the Internet be used to support communities of reflective practitioners committed to teaching for understanding?     

加强思想政治教育工作培养高素质应用型人才

加强对高职学生的思想政治教育，是促进高职学生全面发展．提高综合素质的关键。加强思想政治教育，必须进一步转变思想观念。增强对思想政治教育工作重要性的认识，加强师资队伍建设，进行思想政治教育改革，改善思想政治教育工作的社会环境。     

关于职业院校办学特色的若干问题

职业院校要办出特色才能生存和发展。办学特色不可能自然形成，必须在正确办学思想指导下，在各方面的支持下，经过办学领导者和全校教职员工的共同努力，经过相当长实践的积累。才能逐步突现出来。本文试从以下七个方面来论述职业院校办出特色应具备的条件。