Reflections on Teacher Education in Turkey

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems of teacher education in Turkey and also to elaborate on the issues in the teacher education debate that we think are problematic. Our main focus will be on western influence and its consequences in building a relevant teacher education programme in Turkey. The irrelevancy between teacher education programmes and the realities of Turkish schools and the demand for a relevant theoretical base for teacher education were linked to western influence on the knowledge base and research traditions. The arguments in this paper were based on available literature and the authors' personal experiences in teacher education institutions. A background to and historical information on teacher education in Turkey are also included.     

土耳其教师教育课程改革述评

进入21世纪,土耳其的教师教育面临着很多的问题与挑战:一是师资的严重短缺;二是地区之间存在着严重差异,特别是农村地区缺乏优质的教师资源;三是师范生的录取缺乏有效的评价标准。为应对上述问题与挑战,土耳其近年展开了系统的教师教育课程改革。首先,加强教师教育的课程质量建设;其次,对传统单一的教师教育课程进行了大力改革,特别是提出了"互为贯通"的课程培训理念;第三,对教师教育课程中的基础课程变革十分重视,提出了重新设计基础课程的改革方案;第四,增强高校在师范生实习环节的指导力度,并在教师教育课程中去"西方"化,更突出土耳其的文化精髓,使教师教育课程内容更加本土化。     

教师教育与教师专业化

积极推进教师专业化 ,使教师职业像医生、律师一样专业具有不可替代性 ,应该成为“十五”教师教育的热点与主旋律。这就要求教师的培训机构、教师管理保障制度、教师教育培训制度 ,都实现相应的重大变革。这是师范教育及教师培训机构必须面对的重要问题     

Teacher Education in Denmark

The paper describes the national roots of Danish teacher education, its position as being regulated by parliamentary legislation, and lists the types of institutions giving teacher education for various school forms.

It concentrates on teacher education for the main school, Primary and lower Secondary, age range 6‐16, which is given in colleges of education, whose entrance qualifications are the same as those of universities.

It goes on to describe the legal basis and practical functioning of this type of teacher education, giving information about overall aims and objectives, and curricula in the concurrent Danish system. The democratic agents regulating the education on the local as well as national level are described. Subsequently, it describes the relationship between theory and practice, and after this Danish teacher education is placed in the European picture.

Finally, the paper describes aspects of Danish teacher education as seen from the writer's position as subject area manager for English.     

教师专业化与教师教育模式研究

一个国家的发展必须要有大量的高素质人才做支撑,人才的培养在教育,教育的关键在教师。教师专业化无疑是提高教师素质的最佳途径,教师专业化已成为当今世界教师教育发展的趋势。在论述教师专业化的基础上,着重研究了加快教师的专业化过程中的几种教师教育模式:“能力本位”模式与“标准本位”模式、良师辅导模式、校本培训模式、教师专业发展学校模式、“相似教育模式”。并对教师教育模式的选择提出了一些看法。     

美国外语教师教育课程研究及其启示——以西班牙语教师专业为例

美国外语教师教育专业拥有较成熟和完善的课程体系,相关经验可资借鉴。本文以美国西班牙语教师专业的教师教育课程为例,着重研究其专业性、系统性、针对性和综合性等特征,并探讨其对我国相关课程建设、改革和发展的启示:突出专业特色、贯彻顶层设计理念、增强针对性等。     

非师范院校教师教育的困境与超越--全国非师范院校教师教育协作会首届年会述要

非师范院校教师教育存在着地位不高、专业化特色淡化、学科教育学师资短缺、对基础教育关注不够、改革不深入且缺乏相关配套政策等问题。如何从困境中走出来,与会代表从理念创新、制度创新、模式创新等方面提出了若干改革策略。宏观上,要有制度创新和政策导航,让非师范院校的教师教育真正融入国家教师教育体系中;微观上,举办院校要打通教师教育与非教师教育的内部通道,在多学科肥沃的土地上壮大和提升教师教育,让教师教育真正融入非师范院校的综合优势中。     

美国职前、入职和在职教师教育评估体系简介

教师专业生涯发展由职前、入职和在职教育三部分组成。美国通过对大学的认证和学生的选拔保证了职前教育质量。毕业生经过学科专业评价,获得初级证书,进入新手教师教学导入计划。在达到标准并通过课堂行为评价后,才能获得正式教师证书,进入教师专业。对在职教育,没有统一的标准,但要求教师继续学习并取得更高学位。     

师从师出:师范教育的德育(树人)之道

师范教育的德育是所育人才能否为师的根本。当下我国师范教育的德育面临德与智失谐、德与文失谐、德与行失谐的窘境。师范教育的德育既有普通德育的共性,又有其固有特性,是更为严苛和神圣的德育范式。因此需要用原点思维对师范教育的德育进行审慎思考,让师范教育的德育回归“善”之本真,同时将“情”之德育融于现实生活,把德性的养成作为塑造德育格局的重心,进而追求德育的“美”之境界。建构师范教育的德育体系必须立足当下中国社会现实,在中华传统优秀文化滋养下分析当代师范教育的德育理路,探寻师范教育的德育文化语境与路径。从面向“新时代”,植根祖国大地,围绕职业素养三个方面,分别探讨在“时间”文化语境、“空间”文化语境和“职业”文化语境中的中国特色师范教育的德育(树人)之道,凸显当代中国师范教育德育的实践逻辑、国际视野和专业属性。     

教师与教育

作为一种社会现象,教育是按照一定的目的与要求,对受教育者的德育、智育、体育等诸方面施以影响的有计划的活动。施教中,传授知识与学习知识的教师与学生共同构成教与学的活动。教师若只是领悟教育、执行教学之活动的单极,没有学生的参与和互动,教师发展无从谈起。     

Geography Teacher Education

The authors offer a conceptual framework for establishing an inter‐relationship of theory and practice. Experience is seen as playing a key role, antecedent to both, and the article describes in operational terms ways in which the training of Geography students at the University of London Institute of Education has attempted to draw on experience to inform theory and practice.     

警惕教师教育中的应试教育

教师教育中应试教育的出现是令人深思的,它与功利主义的教育价值观、单一的以分数来选拔的制度设计、教师教育理论的不成熟密切相关。只有在这三方面同时获得转变与提高,教师教育才能迎来自己的春天——全面提高教师素质,促进教师专业发展。     

法国教师的新使命与教师教育改革

在知识经济时代和学习化社会中,法国社会对教师的期望越来越高,教师的使命不仅是传授知识,还要承担许多社会应当共同完成的任务。法国在未来教师职业化的进程中,教师的继续教育将具有一定的强制性,培训也会更加个人化。但能否吸引足够的优秀青年加入到教师队伍,如何实现教师队伍的新老交替,将是未来若干年法国教师教育领域中的突出问题。     

Teacher images in Spain and Turkey: a cross-cultural study

The purpose of this study was to investigate the metaphorical images of “teacher” produced by 55 Spanish and 72 Turkish preservice teachers at Universitat de Barcelona, in Barcelona, Spain, and at Ege University, in ?zmir, Turkey. It is based on a theory of teacher socialization which affirms that cultural values have an impact on the teaching and learning environment, as well as on the teachers within their cultures (Richards in Beyond training: perspectives on language teacher education, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998). The prompt was “A teacher is like….because….” In this research the data were analyzed qualitatively. Metaphors were identified, and five conceptual themes were developed. The results indicated that: Spanish participants described “teacher” as a guide contributing to society, democratic values and citizenship; Turkish participants focused instead on traditional values, dedication, enlightenment and emotional support.