Uncertain identities of non-higher-education-based EFL teacher educators: a third space theory perspective

ABSTRACT

Although research on teacher educators’ identities has received increasing attention in recent years, non-higher-education-based teacher educators’ professional identities are still under-researched. Informed by the third space theory perspective, this paper presents a study that investigated 139 non-higher-education-based English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher educators’ identities through the lens of metaphors. An analysis of the metaphors revealed four types of identities, namely, the willing communicators, the discontented jack-of-all-trades and master of none, the struggling professional leaders, as well as the caring supporters. These terms capture the participants’ self-images and specify their obligations and responsibilities as teacher educators. The paper concludes with some implications for teacher educators’ preparation and continuing development.     

Understanding Teacher Educators and Their Pre-Service Teachers through Multi-Media Case Studies of Practice

The challenges facing those who seek to prepare mathematics teachers are well established in the literature. Most of the research to date has focused on the perceptions and understandings of pre-service teachers, but not on the perceptions and understandings of teacher educators. In this study, we explore how four teacher educators understand their pre-service secondary teachers as the pre-service teachers attempt to make sense of teaching through the investigation of a multimedia case study of practice. We found that the teacher educators adopted two different implementation strategies: one strategy tended to be open-ended and exploratory; the other was more focused on the teacher educators' goals of anticipating student understanding and developing mathematical content knowledge for teaching. We also found that, in using the case study, teacher educators elicited pre-service teachers' thinking about the complexities of the teacher's role in small group work, about the value of explicitly revealing the teacher's reflections on the lessons, about the role of planning and preparation, and about the limits of pre-service teachers' abilities to understand and appreciate students' thinking and to extend lesson ideas. Both teacher educators and their pre-service teachers gained perspectives on the role of a teacher's mathematical content knowledge. These results imply that multimedia case studies of practice can serve as vehicles for revealing the knowledge and practice of teacher educators, as they engage in supporting the professional development of pre-service teachers.     

教学指导：促进初任教师专业发展的有效途径

初任教师入职阶段是教师专业发展的关键环节。在这一阶段，安排有经验的教师对其进行教学指导，是促进初任教师专业发展的有效途径之一。文章主要论述教学指导在教师专业发展过程中的作用、教学指导的特点，以及成功教学指导计划的标准等。     

以形传神的中国艺术美

中国艺术以形传神，这是中国艺术创作的原则，也是审美的原则，中国的绘画、雕塑、舞蹈、戏剧无不以这一原则为指导，这与西方艺术依形绘形的艺术创作和审美的原则形成了显明的反差。中国艺术何以如此必然地走向这一道路，是由于哺育他的是独特的中国文化。     

Preparing Teacher Candidates to be “Effective” in the Classroom: Lessons Learned from National Teachers of the Year

Defining what it means to be an “effective teacher” is a difficult, but necessary, undertaking, as research reveals a correlation between teacher qualities and student success (Buchel and Edwards 2005 Buchel, T., and F. Edwards. 2005. Characteristics of effective clinical teachers. Resid Educ. 37 (1):30–5. [Google Scholar]; Darling-Hammond 2000 Darling-Hammond, L. 2000. Teacher quality and student achievement: A review of state policy evidence. Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy. Seattle: University of Washington Press. doi: 10.1086/ahr/106.2.595-a.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]; Lupascu, Pânisoa, and Pânisoar 2014; Stronge 2007 Stronge, J. H. 2007. Qualities of effective teachers. 2nd ed. Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. [Google Scholar]). The literature on this topic clearly demonstrates that there is no consensus on exactly what traits and characteristics truly define an effective teacher. Given this lack of agreement, the question for teacher educators becomes how do we prepare teacher candidates to be effective in the classroom when researchers, policymakers, and administrators can’t agree on the traits that encompass what the system has come to deem an “effective” teacher?

Throughout this article, we share our findings from an exploratory case study of National Teachers of the Year. Through an analysis of personal teacher of the year narratives and nomination letters, we learned that even in the ever-changing world of education, specific characteristics and philosophies which support and exemplify outstanding teaching have remained constant over the years. Award winning educators agree that teacher effectiveness is realized only through the intersection of curriculum, relationships, collaboration, engagement, and a commitment to further one’s learning. In this article, we offer insight into each of these ideological constants and discuss the implications they have for today’s teacher education programs.     

“顶岗实习生”实践性知识生成问题探析

促进师范生实践性知识的发展是“顶岗实习”最根本的出发点。“顶岗实习生”这个特殊群体实践性知识的缺失在某种程度上影响了“支教”农村薄弱学校和自身顶岗“实习”的效果。就“顶岗实习生”实践性知识生成的外部条件存在的问题,可从高等师范院校课程设置的调整、“顶岗实习”过程的指导与评价的加强等方面进行大胆探索。     

论教师作为学习者的主体立场

教师作为学习者,是基于教师发展的主体立场提出的新命题,既契合职业本性,也适应时代精神。教师作为学习者,目的维度是"学以成人",内容维度是"学致广大",动机维度是"学起内需",过程维度是"学于互动"。成就教师作为学习者,政府和教育行政部门要以增加教师自由时间为宗旨制定政策,学校要以激发教师真实学习为目标规划发展,教师本人要超越功利化学习重建"自我意识"。     

教师:有效教学的关键因素

有效教学是符合教学规律,有效果、有效益、有效率的教学.影响教学有效性的因素是多方面的,其中教师因素是一个关键的因素.教师的教学观念、口语表达能力、采用教学策略的能力、管理能力、心理品质都对教学的有效性产生影响.通过构建教师在职培训体系、勤学苦练提高口语表达能力、在实践、反思中不断提高教师采用教学策略的能力、掌握课堂管理策略、关注教师心理健康来提高教摔的综合素质以提高教学的有效性.     

基于教学隐喻的职前国际汉语教师转化性学习初探

职前国际汉语教师的教学信念在经过一个学期的课程学习之后,绝大部分都有了转变,转变的结果呈现出人本主义倾向,转变的过程蕴涵了丰富的情感。教学隐喻视角的研究对职前国际汉语教师培养的启示在于:隐喻是促进职前国际汉语教师批判性反思的有效途径;要充分重视并有效利用职前国际汉语教师的先前经验;在职前国际汉语教师的培养中要探究有深度的学习内容和方式。     

神奇的土颗粒与土力学实验教学改革

基于土力学实验特点及教学现状的分析研究,重点探讨了目前实验内容设置和实验教学模式.针对其不足对土力学实验教学进行改革,包括更新实验内容,改革教学模式,以教学演示仪器及土颗粒神奇现象等方式吸引学生,从而提高了土力学实验教学水平,激发学生兴趣,培养了学生创新能力和科研素质.     

黑人音乐:一股神奇的力量——兼论拉尔夫·艾利森的音乐情结

美国当代作家拉尔夫.艾利森作为黑人民族文化传统的坚定捍卫者,自幼与黑人音乐便有了不解之缘,其文学创作深深植根于美国黑人音乐,在音乐方面的修养直接影响到其世界观和种族文化观。他的代表作《看不见的人》自始至终都流淌着黑人音乐的音符,成为小说人物表达心声的特殊语言。艾利森在作品中对黑人音乐娴熟的驾御能力充分说明了黑人音乐已成黑人声讨种族歧视、走出身份认同的困惑和超越自我的有力武器,是一股无形的巨大动力。     

Critical moments in the process of educational change: understanding the dynamics of change among teacher educators

This study examines the complex process of change among teacher educators who have chosen to improve their practice in a professional development community. Storyline methodology was used to reveal the dynamic process which teacher educators undergo when they consider adopting innovative pedagogy. Findings reveal critical moments in professional development which are characterised by evaluation of feedback from colleagues and students. Professional growth results not only from interaction and negotiation of meaning within the community but also from the effects of messages received from outside the communal context. A two factor model taking into account implementation and feedback is used to show the dynamic process of evaluation and negotiation in teacher educators’ professional development trajectory. This study deepens understanding of transition towards change within learning communities, while providing insight into the development of teacher educators as a distinct professional group.     

教师工作专业化:理念与行动

教师工作专业化是当前世界师范教育改革和发展中所面临的核心问题。为保证教师具有较高的专业认同感、专业自主性和持续的专业成长 ,需构建教师专业知识基础、发展专业技能和专业情感。我国高等师范教育 ,应以专业化为导向 ,通过将科研引入教学过程、整合课程结构和强化实习工作等举措来深化教学改革     

教师的课堂评价艺术

课堂上教师对学生答问的评价水平 ,对课堂教学的质量、进程 ,对学生的学习兴趣及情感等有重要影响。教师应该具备良好的思想和业务素质 ,在不同课堂氛围中运用恰当的评价 ,以达到调节学习情绪 ,推进课堂教学 ,完成教学任务的目的。     

Teachers as mediators: an exploration of situated English teaching

Within the context of lower secondary English teaching in South West England, this study identifies in broad terms the competing goals between which English teachers mediate and the explicit and hidden tensions that result. To understand the interactions of competing goals, teachers' goal‐oriented behaviours are referenced to a set of idealised ‘role types’ based on the dimensions of goals, norms, discourses and practices. It is asserted that competing goals, significant to particular educational circumstances, emanate from various sometimes contradictory local, national and perhaps broader social and cultural influences on practice. Yet the teachers observed moved smoothly between goal‐oriented behaviours in a continuous and comfortable style, easily and without reflecting any tensions between them. Thus, this article elaborates an account of situated English teaching.     

刍议美术教师的技能实践水平

美术教师的技能实践水平直接影响着学生课堂美术实践活动的质量,更决定着与技能相关的选修模块课程的开设程度和质量。因此,美术教师必须具有较高的技能实践水平,并选择恰当的措施来不断提高这种水平。     

敬业敬职 教书育人

本文从教师的职责角度出发。从抓教学文件建设、规范化备课入手。研究教材内容，改进课堂教学方法。加强实践性环节。敬业敬职。教书育人。     

新疆高校对外汉语教师转型中应具备的知识素养与能力

在汉语国际推广工作的背景下,以新疆高校师资建设为基础,指向中、西亚和俄罗斯地区的对外汉语教育,应该体现出汉语的特点以及中亚留学生汉语学习的针对性。本文结合新疆高校教师状况,分析了新疆对外教学问题的实质,并提出了汉语国际推广背景下对外汉语教学教师素质观的一些思考和建议。     

论教师的类型与教学水平

在现实教育教学情境中,存在着“记问型”、“经验型”、“研究型”和“教育家型”四种类型的教师,相应地也存在着记忆、理解、探索和创新等四种教学水平。研究教师类型与教学水平之间的关系,对于提高教师素质和教学质量,全面实施素质教育,具有积极而重要的意义。广大教师应当努力提高自身的综合素质,实现由“经验型教师”转变成为“研究型教师”,力争成为“教育家型教师”。     

语文教师与阅读学

由于长期以来,师范院校普遗没有开设阅读学课程,致使语文教师的知识结构和能力结构出现不应有的残缺。本文从时代的发展、自身的发展、学生的发展、教育的发展需要,论述了语文教师应当学好阅读学。