Beyond ‘what works’: understanding teacher identity as a practical and political tool

Drawing on previous research that focused upon the formation and mediation of teacher professional identity, this paper develops a model for conceptualising teacher professional identity. Increasingly, technical-rational understandings of teachers’ work and ‘role’ are privileged in policy and public discourse over more nuanced and holistic approaches that seek to understand teacher professional identity – what it is to ‘be’ a teacher. This article seeks to offer an alternative view, presenting the idea that an understanding of the processes by which teacher professional identity is formed and mediated is central to understanding the professional learning and development needs of teachers and advancing a richer, more transformative vision for education. I argue that instrumentalist notions of teachers’ work embedded in neo-liberal educational agendas such as those currently being advanced in many western countries offer an impoverished view of the teaching profession and education more broadly, and suggest that the concept of teacher professional identity holds the potential to work as a practical tool for the teaching profession and those who work to support them in the development of a more generative educational agenda.     

教师在线专业学习共同体的内涵、价值及其构建

构建教师在线专业学习共同体对于完善未来国家在线教师教育体系有着重要意义.在线专业学习共同体借助互联网技术营造的网络学习空间,通过共同学习、资源分享、沟通对话,有力地支持教师学习者获得拓展个人专业学习边界的机会.构建教师在线专业学习共同体将赋能教师合作学习,丰富教师跨界学习路径,提升教师群体归属感,激发教师自我变革动力.应紧密结合网络虚拟空间的特征、教师专业学习的需求以及共同体的核心内涵,从技术性要素、认知性要素和社会性要素三方面着手构建高效的教师在线专业学习共同体.     

从幼儿教师专业认同看影响教师专业发展的因素

幼儿教师专业认同是幼儿教师对自己身为幼儿教师所具有的意义的整体看法。分析幼儿教师专业认同对专业发展的影响可从自我形象、专业准备、工作动机、教学实践、未来展望等方面进行。     

基于专业学习共同体的幼儿教师深度学习模型构建

专业学习共同体作为幼儿教师专业发展的重要载体,对幼儿教师深度学习的生成具有重要的支持功效,具体表现为能够通过专业引领,激发深度学习;情境创建,生成深度学习;协同合作,推动深度学习;问题驱动,达成深度学习。构建基于专业学习共同体的幼儿教师深度学习模型具有重要的价值意蕴,该模型由参与者、共同愿景、赋权、合作共享、实践与反思等要素构成,具体包括提炼愿景、制作计划、营造文化、发展技能、推动变革以及评价反馈。幼儿教师基于专业学习共同体的深度学习运行过程如下：首先,以幼儿教师的专业学习需求为目标,并成为全体成员的共同愿景,引导其持续投入学习,进入深度学习的状态;其次,构建平等互信的人际关系,促进自主深度学习;再次,建立依赖共生的文化氛围,保障深度学习;从次,以问题为驱动,形成创造性的深度学习成果;最后,形成性评价贯穿于幼儿教师深度学习的始终,是深度学习能力形成的助推器。     

From science teacher to ‘teacher scientist’: exploring the experiences of research-active science teachers in the UK

We explore the professional identities of UK-based secondary science teachers who actively participated in science research for at least six months. The study uses thematic analysis to analyse semi-structured interviews with 17 participants across England and Scotland, from a variety of educational/socio-economic contexts. We found that through participation in research projects, teachers develop a multi-faceted sense of professional identity that includes the roles of teacher, scientist/researcher, mentor and coach. Teachers who are research-active develop complex professional networks that have a positive impact upon their sense of professional worth and self-belief. Through participation in research, teachers identified as both science teachers and scientists and this has been encapsulated in this research as a transition in professional identity to ‘teacher scientist’. The key enabling factor in identification as a ‘teacher scientist’ is a teacher’s positive interaction with scientists/researchers. Teachers are motivated to participate in research projects in response to the enthusiasm of their students and a desire for students to contribute to research that could provide solutions to real-world challenges. This understanding of the capacity of science teachers to become ‘teacher scientists’, and recognising teachers' altruistic motivations, could contribute to teacher retention and recruitment strategies that are less focused on financial incentives.     

大学英语教师学习共同体叙事研究

一项跟踪某高校大学英语教师学习共同体的个案研究表明：以课堂教学研究为核心的教师学习共同体,从情感和知识技能两个维度促进了大学英语教师科研成长及身份转变。教师学习共同体打破以往自上而下的教师团队建设形式,有利于促进教师师徒传授和同伴互助,是普通大学英语教师专业发展的有效途径。     

中国大陆教师专业学习社群的内涵与发展——基于对上海市中小学的调查研究

国际上越来越多的研究表明,专业学习社群能够促进教师专业发展及推动学校变革。本研究对专业学习社群进行概念化,并基于中国的学校背景,探索出一套教师专业学习社群的表现指标,对上海市7所中小学进行抽样调查。运用主成分分析法对数据进行分析,得到适用于中国大陆的指标体系,并进一步分析教师专业学习社群的内涵与发展状况。研究发现,所调查的学校在教师合作学习、专业能力、校长领导、结构支持方面均具有良好的表现,且组织变革障碍不大。可通过改善校长领导和结构支持,控制学校内部的组织变革障碍等途径促进教师合作学习和专业能力的发展,以进一步促进教师专业学习社群的发展。     

教师专业身份认同探析

教师专业身份认同作为教师专业成长的核心,是实现教师专业发展的内部保证。但在目前课程改革的背景下,教师的专业身份认同尚存在一些问题,需要学校、教师个人采取多种途径,共同努力,促使教师实现自身的专业身份认同。     

教师教育实践的创新:教师专业社群

国际对教师教育关注的转向:由个体到群体。教师专业社群的特征有:尊重与信任的培养;学习共同体的建立;真实的教学情境;在组织学习中提升。对教师专业社群作为教师专业发展的组织载体的研究,拓展了教师教育的研究视野。     

教师课改认同感与教师专业学习社群的关系研究

近年来西方研究指出教师专业学习社群能支持教师成为改革代理人,提升其改革投入。因此本研究通过对实施新课改十年S省的调查研究,考察教师课改认同感与教师专业学习社群的关系。研究发现:教师专业学习社群能通过影响教师对新课程特征的认知,并能通过改革学校改革管理来提升教师的改革价值感,进而影响其课改认同感。     

Exploring teachers’ beliefs about teacher learning in professional learning communities and their influence on collegial activities in two departments

Factors leading to successful professional learning communities (PLCs) have been widely discussed in the West, but little is known about how/whether teachers’ beliefs contribute to PLCs in the Chinese context. This qualitative case study aimed to investigate teachers’ beliefs about teacher learning in PLCs and their influence on collegial learning activities in two departments of a Hong Kong secondary school. Semi-structured interviews and observations were employed to collect data. The findings indicate that teachers in the Chinese Department believed that learning could be achieved in PLCs and their practices of collegial activities were conducive to teacher learning. Conversely, teachers in the English Department did not believe that interacting with colleagues would foster learning and their collegial activities yielded limited accomplishment in teacher growth. It is suggested that teachers’ beliefs play an important role in facilitating or impeding reform initiatives on teacher development. Implications for teacher education and further studies are discussed.