Preparing Preservice Teachers to Become Teacher Leaders

Since PreK–12 student achievement is the primary focus of schools, all teachers are called to serve as teachers leaders and improve learning on their campuses. Rather than waiting until they have gained experience, teachers can begin acquiring the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of teacher leaders during their preservice programs. Drawing upon published literature, this synthesis paper recommends reflection, service learning, and involvement in university-level student professional organizations as ways to prepare preservice teachers to become teacher leaders.     

The Problem with Constructivism

This paper argues that constructivism is a needed educational reform that will succeed only when three types of readiness are in place: teacher, curricular, and societal. The failure of constructivism and other reform movements can he attributed to the fact that these three forms of readiness were never in alignment. The author contends that technological innovation may have sufficient impetus to encourage the three types of readiness. Nonetheless, reform will be truly successful only if it incorporates a constructivist philosophy of education.     

Jefferson,The Road to Glory: 1743 To 1776 by Marie Kimball. Coward-McCann,Inc. 335 p. $4.00

As state legislatures and noneducation agents become increasingly involved in regulating the preparation of teachers, the long-term consequences of the resulting policies—which prioritize economic efficiency over investments in the cultivation of a stable, professionalized workforce—are of concern. This article uses insights from political economy to examine the model of teacher preparation that derives from these sources, with particular attention devoted to Indiana's Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability.     

实习教师专业发展深层次问题探析——兼论教师教育课程改革措施

实习教师是学习"做教师"的特殊群体,其专业发展中存在一些深层次问题。导致这些问题的原因有:实习学校教师专业精神的消极影响、实习教师的基础性素养不高、实习期间的有效工作量不足、"经验-模仿"的实习指导模式、实习教师实践时对理论的疏离。为此,需要全面改革职前教师教育课程,以促进实习教师的专业发展。     

Understanding the complexity of teacher interaction in a teacher professional learning community

In this study, we examine a professional learning community of primary school teachers developing a joint school-based curriculum for science and technology (S&T) education. Team meetings were observed over the course of one school year and the participating teachers and school head were interviewed. An essential factor in the team’s collaboration was its ability to achieve synthesis, that is, the extent to which the teachers were able to abstract from concrete experiences in S&T education in order to formulate and develop a shared vision and curriculum. They exchanged many examples and were able to create a shared idea highlighting critical elements in their approach to teaching this school subject. However, the teachers experienced difficulties in determining the level at which a school-based curriculum should be defined. The outcomes of this team’s collaboration are discussed in terms of leadership and the aims of the S&T innovation.     

Too Important to Quit: A Call for Teacher Support of Art

The author argues that general education teacher candidates must learn to “­re-start” art to empower them with the skills needed to realize art’s promise within their future classrooms. Entry/exit surveys completed by candidates ­revealed that an art methods course corrected misconceptions about the nature of creativity and improved candidates’ confidence in their artistic skills.     

LANGUAGE

The Schools That Fear Built by David Nevin and Robert E. Bills. Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., 1976. 186pp. $10.00.

Ideology and Education by Richard Pratte. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1977.305 pp.

Helping Students Help Themselves: How You Can Put Behavior Analysis Into Action in Your Classroom by Dwight L. Goodwin and Thomas J. Coates. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976. 205 pp.

The Politics of Higher Education: Lawmakers and the Academy in Illinois by James Dunlap Nowian. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1977. 109 pp. $2.95.

Education for Human Development: Understanding Montessori by Mario M. Montessori, Jr. New York: Schocken Books, 1977. 119pp. $7.95.

Gaming: The Future's Language by Richard D. Duke. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Halsted Press Division, 1974. 223 pp. $11.50.

Teacher Expectations and Pupil Learning by Roy Nash. Boston: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1976. 89 pp. $7.75.     

The Mood and Intent of Liberal Education

Today's technology-based society and the vast influx of new information make leadership development a necessity. Many of the world's finest and most successful leaders have trusted mentors. Mentoring has emerged as a means to cultivate the leadership skills of current and future leaders. Mentoring has a rich history and harbors immense learning potential, which is supported by the theories and concepts of prominent researchers and philosophers such as Vygotsky, Rogoff, and Bruner. Mentors take on various roles and, like chameleons, transform their roles to fit the needs of their mentees, including becoming coaches, supporters, counselors, educators, and sponsors. The benefits of both mentors and mentees are extensive, ranging from increased self-esteem, awareness, insight, and professional skills to reduction of stress. While the benefits to mentoring are immense, personal and societal constraints such as time, incompatibility, and inadequate training show that engaging in mentoring takes immense time, effort, and commitment in order to obtain the desired results.     

Technology and Distance Learning Lessons from the Nation's Newest University: Perceptions and Reality

Little research has examined preservice teachers’ views on tenure and accountability. This study used a 35-item survey to investigate 89 preservice teachers’ attitudes toward both. Most valued tenure and recognized the importance of ensuring teacher quality. Fewer than one third saw mentoring or collaboration as ways to improve their teaching—surprising in an apprenticeship program. The authors argue for better alignment between teacher preparation and inservice accountability measures, and the importance of inservice mentoring and feedback.     

Faculty Members' Perceptions of Teacher Preparation Programs

This research study examined faculty members' reaction to criticisms about the quality and design of teacher preparation programs at schools and colleges of education. The researchers found that there is confusion among teacher preparation professionals about their programs and research. The study also showed that, in general, teacher educators are resistant to change.     

我国幼儿园教师教育研究学术史:70年回顾与展望

我国幼儿园教师专业发展观经历了理智取向、实践取向和精神取向的三次转变,由此带来了幼儿园教师职前教育课程从关注知能到关注实践再到关注精神的变革。随着幼儿园教师教育的深化发展,研究术语从“教师培训”改为“教师专业发展”,进而被“教师学习”所替代。这一转变凸显了幼儿园教师是自主的终身学习者,体现了幼儿园教师培训观从外铄论转向内发论,自主取向的幼儿园教师发展观得到了普遍认同。同时,这一转变还催生了个人和集体的教师文化之间的相互调适,营造合作共生、带有学习共同体特征的幼儿园教师文化生态成为共识。在方法论层面,哲学思辨范式、科学实证范式、人文诠释范式、社会批判范式等研究范式呈现出齐头并进、互取所长的横向格局,但在当前大数据和人工智能的时代背景下,同时也存在着过度推崇“基于证据”的实证研究的倾向。研究范式的多元化是幼儿园教师教育研究发展的内在要求,基于“复杂性思想”,从多元整合的视角开展研究应是未来幼儿园教师教育研究发展的重要趋势。     

教材的“二次开发”:涵义与本质

新课程倡导教师创造性地、个性化地运用教材进行教学。教材“二次开发” 的基本涵义,不仅包括教师对既有教材的灵活运用,还包括教材与其他教学资源的 整合和教师自主开发教材资源。从本质上说,教材的“二次开发”主要有五种过 程:课程情景化的过程,“课程重构”过程,多元主体的“对话”过程,课程教学 一体化的过程,以及教师专业发展的过程。教师从传统的课程“消费者”转变为积 极的课程开发者。通过“二次开发”教材,教师也拥有课程开发的话语权。与专 家、学者开发教材所不同的是,这种开发存在于教师的日常职业生活,是教师专业 生活中必不可少的一部分。     

Teaching Philosophy of Education: The Value of Questions

The teaching of foundations courses, and in particular philosophy of education, is frequently under siege in teacher education programs across Canada, as these programs struggle to meet other demands on student teachers. This article results from a panel discussion addressing the context of a variety of undergraduate philosophy of education courses across the country, and the principles and practices instructors take in teaching their discipline. The result of the discussion is a strong argument in favour of teaching philosophy of education as an important means of achieving many of the other aims Faculties of Education and teacher education programs have for their teacher education students, in an atmosphere of reflective thought about the profession and its challenges.     

广西边境中小学教师专业发展对策

随着我国课程改革的不断深入,教师质量成为社会关注的热点,教师专业发展的重要意义就越为凸显,教师专业水平的提高和发展是实现新课程改革目标的契机。探讨西部边境中小学教师专业发展的方式和途径,对我国边境地区的教师整体素质的提高和教师专业发展都有积极的影响。     

农村教师专业发展的重要标志：教育技术能力

教育技术能力是农村教师专业素质的必要组成部分，是农村教师专业发展的重要标志。根据我国《中小学教师教育技术能力标准（试行）》（2004），从意识与态度、知识与技能、应用与创新、社会责任四个方面具体规定了中小学教师包括农村教师应达到的教育技术能力标准，旨在提高农村教师教育技术能力水平，促进农村教师专业能力发展，让农村孩子“学有所教”的教育质量得以提高。面对农村教师这个十分重要而又独特的群体，其教育技术培训、考核和认证体系的特殊政策与实践运作方式，要根据《标准》，结合实际来探索。     

农村教师专业发展的重要标志:教育技术能力

教育技术能力是农村教师专业素质的必要组成部分,是农村教师专业发展的重要标志。根据我国《中小学教师教育技术能力标准(试行)》(2004),从意识与态度、知识与技能、应用与创新、社会责任四个方面具体规定了中小学教师包括农村教师应达到的教育技术能力标准,旨在提高农村教师教育技术能力水平,促进农村教师专业能力发展,让农村孩子"学有所教"的教育质量得以提高。面对农村教师这个十分重要而又独特的群体,其教育技术培训、考核和认证体系的特殊政策与实践运作方式,要根据《标准》,结合实际来探索。     

高校班主任开展心理健康教育工作探析

高校班主任开展心理健康教育十分必要.班主任应根据学生在不同时期的不同心理特点和班级的实际情况,采取有效途径,有重点地开展不同内容的心理健康教育活动.     

‘The fun we had and the way we went about it’: Is now the time to learn lessons from L.A.T.E.’s past?

In the United Kingdom there appears to be a move to reduce the influence of ‘top down’ or centrally driven teaching and learning reforms in favour of returning control to schools and teachers to make necessary improvements at a local level. In this context, ideas about ‘professional learning communities’ or ‘communities of practice’ are potentially fruitful. This article, drawing on the author’s own research, suggests that if we are to take subject English into a life beyond the National Strategies, it would be worth our remembering how one English ‘community of practice’– the London Association for the Teaching of English – helped to shape one model of the discipline.