教师职业承诺与专业成长

教师职业承诺是指教师认同所从事的教师职业的专业价值与规范,忠于职守的态度或行为倾向。教师职业承诺具体表现为教师对学校组织的承诺、对学生的承诺、对职业的承诺、对专业的承诺、对教学的承诺等。教师职业承诺具有鲜明的专业发展意蕴,学校组织、教师共同体和教师个人必须采取措施,提升教师职业承诺水平,致力于教师专业发展。     

高校教师在线专业发展的学习共同体机制探究

高校教师专业发展必须从外部驱动的＂目标—结果＂范式转向教师的专业自觉行为,使教师成为教学的行动研究者和反思者。教师在线学习共同体的出现,为教师专业发展开辟了一条新的途径。依据在线教师发展的内涵,高校教师专业发展的在线学习共同体机制的结构体系有交互层、媒介层和资源层三层,其具有共同的文化认同,共同的学习氛围、共同的学习机制、共同的学习资源、共同的行动研究及共同的愿景等特征。     

培养教师良好的自我意识:教师专业发展的内在诉求

国内外教育界的研究表明,一个专家型教师必须具有四方面的复合型知识结构,其中重要的一个方面就是自我知识。因此,一个好的教师首先是一个有独特人格的人,是一个具有健全自我意识的人,是一个知道运用“自我”作为有效工具进行教学的人。形成和完善教师的良好自我意识、对教师的专业发展具有特殊的作用,它有助于教师正确认识自我,有助于教师的职业生涯规划,有助于教师生命的提升。我们应通过培养教师的主体精神、主动性与责任感,创造有利于促进教师自我意识的工作环境与社会氛围,提高教师自我反思的能力来培养教师良好的自我意识。     

教师写作小组:美国教师专业发展的重要组织形式

教师写作小组是美国促进教师专业发展、提高教师写作和学习能力的组织形式,它符合当下重视教师的主体地位、注重教师间分享和合作的教师发展观。教师写作小组作为国家写作项目的实施载体,其构成一般包括成员、材料和规则三部分,其运行包括组建教师写作小组、谈话引导写作、教师写作、分享和反馈、写作反思五个阶段。教师写作小组具有教师专业发展共同体的一般特征,其兴起与发展,也是教师专业发展范式转移的体现。     

教师专业发展视角下的知识分享研究

知识分享作为学校知识管理的核心,它最重要的价值在于通过沟通交流使知识分享的双方都得到专业提升。目前我国教师在知识分享上存在分享意愿低落等现象,主要是因为促成知识分享的软环境及硬环境的缺失,而从建立知识分享团队体系、营建知识分享的组织氛围、构建知识分享的技术平台这三个方面入手可以促进知识分享的更好形成。     

Threshold concepts about online pedagogy for novice online teachers in higher education

ABSTRACT

The use of threshold concepts to define key points of curricula is a relatively recent development in educational research. Threshold concepts represent crucial stages of learning, the acquisition of which enables learners to progress from one level of achievement to another. In this context, the learner is described as passing through an unsettling liminal space in which they may encounter troublesome knowledge and experience uncertainty or anxiety. When applied to online pedagogy in higher education contexts, academic staff become the learners as they extend their on-campus teaching knowledge into the online realm. In this setting, the identification of threshold concepts has the potential to inform the content of professional development (PD) programmes for novice online teachers. Because little research has yet been reported on threshold concepts associated with online teaching, this study identified these threshold concepts and investigated their specific nature. Funded by an Office for Learning and Teaching Australia Grant, the project employed a mixed-methods research approach. A mixture of qualitative and quantitative data was gathered from responses to questionnaires and reflective journal entries provided by university educators who were teaching in online contexts. Also, experts in the fields of PD, online teaching and threshold concepts were consulted using a modified Delphi technique that incorporated two rounds of surveys. Results of this study are discussed in association with potential applications to PD design for novice online educators, informed by the most fundamental learning experiences encountered by their more experienced colleagues.     

教育生态学视野下的教师专业发展

在当前的教育实践中,教师作为新课程改革的最终执行者,其职业状态和生存状态没有引起人们足够的重视。文章从教育生态学的角度来说明教育应该深入分析教师发展问题,为教师专业发展提供更多的机会,从而实现教师的可持续发展,提升教师的生命质量与价值。     

美国在线教师专业发展标准与启示

在线教师专业发展作为一种学习模式,其核心理念是帮助教师学习,特点是突破时空限制,建立最广泛的专业实践共同体。美国在线教师专业发展标准从环境、过程和内容三个方面,为在线教师专业发展项目规划和课程实施评价制定了详细的标准,解读这些标准对我国在线教师专业发展研究具有一定的启示。     

Examining instructional practices in Core-Plus lessons: implications for professional development

In the research reported in this article, we sought to understand the instructional practices of 26 secondary teachers from one district who use a problems-based mathematics textbook series (Core-Plus). Further, we wanted to examine beliefs that may be associated with their instructional practices. After analyzing data from classroom observations, our findings indicated that the teachers’ instructional practices fell along a wide continuum of lesson implementation. Analysis of interview data suggested that teachers’ beliefs with regard to students’ ability to do mathematics were associated with their level of lesson implementation. Teachers also differed, by level of instructional practices, in their beliefs about appropriateness of the textbook series for all students. Results strongly support the need for professional development for teachers implementing a problems-based, reform mathematics curriculum. Further, findings indicate that the professional development be designed to meet the diverse nature of teacher needs.     

试论发展性教师评价理念对教师专业发展的意义

要配合素质教育的全面推进,就必须全面提高教师的教育质量。本文从教师专业发展着手,分析了教师专业发展的提出、对它的理解和教师专业结构的三大构成要素,指出教师自身才是他的专业发展的重要保证。但外部评价机制的促进作用也不容忽视,从而引进“发展性教师评价”概念,并从发展性教师评价对教师专业结构三大构成要素的促进分析阐述了“发展性教师评价”对教师专业发展的重大意义。     

我国教师专业发展学校:推广的必要性及对策

教师专业发展学校是融职前教师教育、在职教师培训、大学教师发展为一体的教师教育模式,推行广泛并取得了巨大成效。我国教师教育发展模式相对滞后的现状迫切需要我们认真学习国外先进经验,加快发展我国的教师专业发展学校建设。     

Teachers' computer anxiety: implications for professional development

Changes in society's expectations mean that school teachers need to be able to use computers in education with minimal anxiety. Some 350 primary and secondary school teachers completed a questionnaire that identified sources of computer anxiety and provided teachers with the opportunity to suggest solutions. The teachers were very supportive of the use of computers in education, but reported moderately low levels of computer competence. A number of suggestions for the reduction of computer anxiety are made, based on teachers' first-hand accounts, and an analysis of trends in the quantitative data. The implications of these suggestions for teachers' professional development are explored     

高校大学英语教师专业发展——走合作教学路径

根据《大学英语课程教学要求》和基于目前高校大学英语教师专业发展现状,深入剖析通过合作教学实现高校大学英语教师专业发展的可行性,最后提出具体对策分析。     

反思性教学:外语教师专业发展的必由之路

反思性教学是近年来在教学实践领域兴起的一种教学思潮。因其具有将“学会教学”与“学会学习”结合起来的实践合理性而受到教育界的广泛关注。本文阐述了反思性教学的内涵以及反思性教学对教师专业发展的意义与作用,分析了在外语教学中运用反思性教学,将有利于促进外语教师的专业发展。最后,介绍了在外语教学中开展反思性教学的几种途径和方法以及外语反思性教学实践的基本环节。     

当代地理教师专业发展的制约因素及发展途径

教师专业发展适应现代教育发展的需要,目前己成为世界教师教育发展的潮流。地理教师专业发展是教师专业化的一个重要组成部分,作为地理教育工作者,全面而正确地认识地理教师专业发展的制约因素,找到适合其发展的有效途径,无疑有着非常重要的意义。本文就针对当前制约其发展的因素,提出了一些解决的途径,借以抛砖引玉。     

Competing priorities in professional development: an Australian study of teacher professional development policy and practice

This paper argues that neoliberal and managerial pressures external to the teaching profession, as well as more progressive and democratic approaches internal to the profession, have simultaneously influenced professional development policy and practice in Australia. In making this case, the paper reviews the nature of the teacher professional development that is supported in federal Australian policies associated with the recently defeated Liberal/National Coalition government (1996–2007) and research into how professional development has been enacted in practice in Australia, during this government's tenure. While acknowledging the significant impact of more neoliberal and managerial approaches and how such policy emphases contribute to the continuation of traditional, systemic/employer provided workshops, the paper also provides evidence of competing, more teacher‐centred approaches.     

必要性与可能性:教师参与教师专业发展政策决策

教师参与教师专业发展政策决策不仅具有必要性,而且具备可能性.文章首先明确了教师参与教师专业发展政策决策的必要性:有利于教师专业发展政策的完善、保障教师的合法权利和利益及推动教师专业化成长.然后通过理论分析和事实分析提炼教师参与教师专业发展政策的可能性.理论分析包括政策法规依据和教师主体属性;事实分析包括现实基础和域外借鉴.     

美国教师专业发展的几种模式及启示

随着教师专业化的发展,美国对教师专业发展采用不同层次的发展模式,主要有教师专业发展学校;学习型组织与团队学习;教师个人专业发展计划与自我教学实践反思等。将教师的职前培养,初任教师的过渡,在职教师的继续教育一体化,促进教师的专业成长。其成功的经验可以为我国教师专业发展提供借鉴。     

ICT professional development for teachers in online forums: Analysing the role of discussion

This paper explores the role of engaging teachers in constructive dialogue within ICT professional development activity. As part of an ICT professional development program, sixteen teachers across eight geographically removed schools participated in an online threaded discussion forum for a school year. Data reported in this paper are generated from the archived posts to a threaded discussion forum and are analysed qualitatively for evidence of community and quantitatively for different forums of feedback (Mäkitalo, Häkkinen, Leinonen, & Järvelä, 2002) and levels of discussion (Jarvela & Hakkinen, 2002). The findings suggest evidence of both collegial and critical forms of discussion. Collegial discussion was found to be important in developing and maintaining community while critical discussion was vital for its role in transforming teachers' beliefs. The data also revealed a number of practical aspects of online environments that inhibit what is termed in this paper as constructive discussion.     

Reassembling teacher professional development: the case for Quality Teaching Rounds

Conventional professional development, while still in full swing in many places, has been widely maligned for its passive approach to learning, its failure to address local differences, and its often single-event format. While the corrective move to more collaborative models of professional learning has been heralded, few empirical studies to date have demonstrated impact on classroom practice or student learning outcomes. What is missing in both approaches, we argue, is a focus on pedagogy that guides teachers’ efforts at improvement. To address this absence, we elaborate our ‘reassembled’ approach to professional development, Quality Teaching Rounds. We argue that bringing together approaches to teacher development that privilege collaboration, community, and context with a substantive pedagogical framework will deliver more powerful professional development that makes a substantial impact on practice and produces measurable effects.