Professional Development for Teaching Artists: A Sampling

Teaching Artists report their findings about TA professional development across the country in theater and through museums.     

Professional Development for Teaching Artists: A Sampling

Professional development of Teaching Artists-an overview and multi-arts program training ideas kick off a series of articles.     

Professional Development for Teaching Artists: A Sampling

Teaching Artists report their fndings about TA professional development in dance, writing and music.     

Research and Practice Partnerships for Professional Development in Early Childhood: Lessons From ExCELL-e

This article describes how a research–practice partnership has informed the iterative development of a web-mediated early childhood language and literacy professional development (PD) intervention. Funded through the Investing in Innovation (i3) program, this new PD model is based on an effective in-situ intervention. As we translated the face-to-face model into a largely web-mediated approach, we partnered with educators to ensure that the resulting intervention was feasible and effective in real-world classrooms serving children at risk. Specifically, an educator advisory board provided ongoing input about the PD. Further, pilot teachers completed the training and provided feedback through a survey about the usability and effectiveness of the training modules, coaching, and instructional strategies in classroom settings. Findings suggest that research–practice partnerships that gather teachers’ situated, comprehensive, and insightful perspectives can be invaluable in developing PD interventions. Collaboration between school districts and university researchers is essential in this iterative development process.     

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。     

基于有效教学的教师专业发展平台建设

教学有效的关键在教师,加强教师专业发展平台建设,是推进有效教学实践的支撑性工程,而健全教师专业研训组织体系、完善教师专业研训运行机制、丰富教师专业研训实践方式．是实施这一支撑性工程的三项重要举措。     

合作-竞争教学：专业发展训练的有效方法

随着高等教育大众化时代的到来,专业发展训练成为现代大学关注的焦点.合作学习有助于大学生的专业准备训练,但在实践教学中由于各种因素的影响并没有真实地发挥作用.文章认为,竞争性的合作教学,即合作-竞争教学可以弥补这一遗憾,成为一种更为有效的教学选择.     

基于有效教学的教师专业发展平台建设

教学有效的关键在教师,加强教师专业发展平台建设,是推进有效教学实践的支撑性工程,而健全教师专业研训组织体系、完善教师专业研训运行机制、丰富教师专业研训实践方式,是实施这一支撑性工程的三项重要举措。     

课堂教学案例开发：教师专业成长的有效载体——新课程背景下践行陶行知教师学习观的探索

现代学校发展和竞争的核心是教师的素质,教师素质提升的关键在于教师的后续学习。陶行知认为学习是教师份内的事情,并提出了＂一、集、钻、剖、韧＂五字教师学习法。为了有效地促进教师学习,提高教师的专业化素质,我们依据陶行知的教师学习观,进行了课堂教学案例开发的实践探索,取得了良好的成效。     

A Shift to Inquiry: The Heart of Effective Teaching and Professional Development for the Twenty-First Century

This article explores how an experienced teacher navigates the demands of curriculum to implement her inquiry-centered teaching and learning philosophy, and how administrators along the way supported her during this change. Interviews with this classroom teacher surface suggestions for twenty-first-century professional development and support, including the development of equitable, intellectual, and trusting relationships between teachers and administrators, attitudes of curiosity and availability on the part of administrators, and the use of documentation to provide evidence and visibility of meaningful teaching and learning. This article invites teachers interested in change and administrators committed to supporting competent teachers to consider the strategies proposed.     

寻求外语教师自身发展的有效途径:反思性教学

传统的教师培训模式难以适应当前课程改革对教师专业发展的要求,反思性教学作为新型教师发展模式已成为教师教育的热门话题,有目的地开展反思性教学活动对促进外语教师的专业发展具有积极的作用。     

教育行动研究:幼儿教师专业化发展的有效途径

教育行动研究指的是:教育领域适合实际工作者开展的应用研究。它强调以工作在学校第一线的基层教师为研究的主体,针对教师自己在学科教学和班级管理中所遇到的种种问题,在校外专业人员的指导下,进行诊断和分析,找出问题产生的原因,制定解决问题的具体计划和方案,并对实施结果进行评估。如果评估结果不佳,或出现其他的问题,再进行诊断、分析,制定进一步的方     

Getting the Most From Your Interactive Whiteboard Investment: Three Guiding Principles for Designing Effective Professional Development

The adoption of interactive whiteboards (IWB) in many schools outpaced the delivery of adequate professional development on their use. Many teachers receive IWBs without adequate training on methods to use the technology to improve their instruction. Consequently, IWBs remain an underutilized resource in many classrooms. Teachers who are given IWBs require purposeful, scaffolded, and sustained professional development to maximize the IWB's potential. This article identifies three promising professional development practices for teaching educators how to use IWBs effectively. The literature describing effective technology professional development suggests it should (1) build efficacy by scaffolding the instruction of new tasks, (2) establish long-term collaborative partnerships among teachers, and (3) include positive supervision that encourages teacher self-reflection and measures student engagement with digital media using the IWB. Professional-development designers can increase the effectiveness of their instruction by incorporating these principles into their training.     

从附属到联盟:教师专业发展场域变革思考

场域是教师专业发展的物质依托和精神家园。基于外力作用、内部驱动、现实需求以及实践支撑,教师专业发展场域正由附属转向联盟。构建联盟型教师专业发展场域,在遵循责权利对等、优势互补以及自愿的基础上,应重点关注文化培育、组织建设、课程设置以及机制创设等事项。     

课堂教学的即时性反馈与反思——教师专业成长的有效途径

建立完善的课堂教学反馈机制,及时收集学生、同事及教育专家等群体对课堂教学的反馈信息,并对其进行深刻反思,这对于促进教师的专业发展极为重要,是促进教师专业成长的有效途径。     

钢琴专业基础课教学之我见

钢琴课程是钢琴专业的基础课,为了实现高职教育培养应用型人才的目标,钢琴教学内容、教学方式是培养应用型人才的关键。因而从钢琴专业基础课教学的四方面,即技能的基础训练、广泛的涉猎钢琴作品、因材施教的教学、应用能力的训练加以阐述。     

An Alternative Professional Development Program: Lessons Learned

Abstract. This article describes how a group of small liberal arts college faculty embraced the opportunity to create a faculty learning circle as an alternative professional development program. We provide a review of the program, discuss the lessons learned, and offer recommendations for future efforts in developing a similar faculty development program. Analysis of participant responses to the learning circle indicated that the experience met all their intended objectives. Faculty learning circles contribute to the participants' professional development and could be incorporated into any college campus.     

有效教学:让课堂生成与课前预设互动共生

教学具有预设性与生成性的双重特性。预设与生成是教学的重要组成,不能偏废。强调课堂的动态生成,但不应当忽视课前的精心预设;预设和生成需要兼容兼顾、互动共生。     

Building Research Collaboratives Among Schools and Universities: Lessons From the Field

ABSTRACT— In a previous issue of Mind, Brain, and Education , Hinton and Fischer (2008) argue that educational research needs to be grounded in the lived realities of school life. They advocate for research schools as a venue for accomplishing this. The Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives represents an alternative model—a research collaborative among independent schools and university-based scholars. This article describes the Center's experience with democratic, participatory action research. It discusses major roadblocks encountered doing such work, including difficulties selecting research topics collaboratively, epistemological differences in methods and design, the scarcity of time, and resistance to results when they challenge gender stereotypes or the status quo or involve student researchers. The article concludes with strategies for overcoming these roadblocks, including clearer, upfront negotiations with schools and a compact that specifies roles and responsibilities for both school and Center personnel.     

区域性教研:一种促进幼儿教师专业发展的有效途径

区域性教研是指在一个特定的区域范围内,以优质园或示范园为引领,区域内公办民办园共同参与,以解决教育教学实践中的问题,促进幼儿教师专业发展的教研形式,具有区域性、互动性、共享性、自主性等四大显著特点。区域性教研可以实现教研的一体化、激发幼儿教师专业发展的动机,弥补园本教研的短板、拓展幼儿教师专业发展的空间,均衡教育资源、促进幼儿教师发展的多元化。为了实现这些作用,相关人员必须树立区域性教研的理念、构建区域性教研的制度、丰富区域性教研活动的形式。