School climate,principal support and collaboration among Portuguese teachers

This article analyses the relationship between school principal support and teacher collaboration among Portuguese teachers. Data were collected from a random sample of 234 teachers in middle and secondary schools. The use of a combined approach using linear and multiple regression tests concluded that the school principal support, through the influence of the variables ‘emotional and informational support’ and ‘support for professional development’, can predict teacher’s involvement in collaboration. This global data is discussed in light of a theoretical framework and compared to data from previous research. The implications of the main findings are discussed and some recommendations are made.     

论中职师资培训中存在的问题及其对策

2006年,教育部、财政部启动了中等职业学校教师素质提高计划,在中等职业学校中开展了国家级骨干教师培训和省级骨干教师培训,有力地提高了我国中职师资队伍整体素质。但中职师资培训中也存在着一些问题,如课程开发能力不足,培训中缺乏针对性,培训基地没有与企业建立实质性的联系,中职学校和中职教师参加培训的积极性不高等。因而应通过构建＂立体化＂中职师资培训体系,建立培训的科学的动态调整机制等完善中职教师培训体系,使得中职师资培训迈向深入、持续、健康发展的新天地。     

昆明地区中学教师对高师公共课程体系适应性的认识及其改革意见的调查报告

高师公共课程体系的科学设置对培养合格的中学教师具有极其重要的作用.我们在昆明地区中学教师中进行了广泛深入的调查.调查涉及到中学教师对高师公共必修课、选修课的具体认识及改革建议.调查结果表明,多数中学教师认为高师公共必修课程对中学教育的适应性较高,并认为在高师开设丰富多彩的公共选修课很有必要.同时,针对高师公共课程体系存在的滞后性的问题、及其改革提出了建议.     

教师教育的有效途径——教师发展学校

教师发展学校是借鉴美国专业发展学校的经验构建的，是大学与中小学合作、以中小学为基地建设的、促进教师专业发展的新型学校。教师发展学校的建立对于创造新型教师教育，培养新型教师，实现教师教育一体化具有重要的现实意义。     

师资队伍建设的新举措——美国“新教师入门指导计划”

20世纪80年代以来在美国推行的“新教师入门指导计划”被认为是稳定中小学教师队伍。提高教师质量的一项成功措施。文章介绍了这一改革方案的历史由来、近期发展及其背景，并讨论了它的目的、内容、具体实施方案、实施中面临的一些问题及其对我国新教师培养的一些启示。     

‘I don't have time to be this busy.’ Exploring the concerns of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education

The trend towards inclusion in mainstream Australian schools has seen the numbers of students with disabilities educated in regular schools grow significantly. This trend has been supported by legislation such as the Disability Discrimination Act and the Education Standards. For inclusion to be successful, a number of factors are vital and teacher support for the programme is crucial. While there is research in the area of teachers’ concerns at the primary school level, little research has been conducted at the secondary school level. Research in this area is needed as the secondary school has differing factors from the primary sector that need to be explored.     

疫情期间中职学校在线教学实证研究——以芜湖市某中等职校公共管理类专业为例

为了解疫情期间中职公共管理类专业师生的在线教学现状,以芜湖市某中等职校公共管理类专业的112名学生为调查样本,采用了自编问卷"中职公共管理类专业学生在线学习体验效果调查问卷",用SPSS 25.0进行统计分析.结果发现,中职公共管理类专业学生在线学习体验效果总体高于中等水平,可以分为自我发展感知、自我互动感知、教师指导...     

How to activate teachers through teacher evaluation?

There is a general doubt on whether teacher evaluation can contribute to teachers’ professional development. Recently, standards-based teacher evaluation has been introduced in many countries to improve teaching practice. This study wants to investigate which teacher evaluation procedural, leadership, and teacher characteristics can stimulate teachers’ feedback utility perceptions and professional learning activities in the context of teacher evaluation. Data were collected in 32 secondary schools from 298 teachers and 32 school leaders, both quantitatively and qualitatively. We put forward a research model which is investigated through path analysis. Results nurture optimism about teacher evaluation indicating that teacher evaluation can stimulate teachers to undertake professional learning activities when they perceive feedback as useful. The important role of the school leader (through both instructional and transformational leadership) is stressed. Teacher participation and teacher collaboration also have a positive influence on teacher evaluation and its outcomes.     

The heart of school improvement: a multi-site case study of leadership for teacher learning in Vietnam

This study addressed the research question: How do Vietnamese principals lead the professional learning of teachers? The research was comprised of a multiple-site case study of leadership and teacher learning in four Vietnamese schools. Qualitative data analysis aimed at identifying modal practices adopted by these Vietnamese principals to lead teacher learning in their schools. The research identified four key leadership practices: moral purpose, collaboration, learning support, and motivational strategies. The findings support assertions for a broad set of globally-relevant school leadership practices as well as the need to adapt these to the cultural context of specific schools.     

Assisting secondary support teachers to work in the recommended service delivery model: introducing the concept of a subculture of learning support

The original concept of a subculture of learning support in secondary schools developed from a study of ‘Support Teachers, Learning Difficulties’ in New South Wales, Australia. The study examined the influence of school culture on the service delivery model used by these support teachers in three case studies, one of which is reported in this article. Both research and policy recommend consultation and co‐teaching with a minimum of withdrawal of students with learning difficulties for intensive instruction. To employ the recommended service delivery model it was found that support teachers need to be immersed in a subculture of learning support within the school, which involves interacting with others who share similar values and beliefs about the education of students with learning difficulties. If such a subculture does not exist the support teacher must play a major role in its development. The use of the recommended service delivery model will enhance the education provided for students with learning difficulties.     

The lost promise of teacher professional development in England

This paper explores three influences on the effectiveness of teacher professional development for improving schools – the individual teacher, the learning activities in which teachers participate and the structures and supports provided by schools for teacher learning. It does so by relying on survey data collected for a national study of teacher professional development in England. The analysis indicates that while the professional development of teachers in England is generally ineffectual and lacks school level systems and supports, the professional development and supports for professional learning by teachers in high performing schools display many of the characteristics associated with effective professional learning. Given the results showing a link between school factors and professional learning and the lack of influence of individual teacher factors, the paper concludes that the previously reported importance of school capacity in influencing learning and improvement is supported by the findings.     

Teacher Morale in Western Australia: A Multilevel Model

As part of a larger longitudinal study of Western Australian high schools, 212 teachers were surveyed about their perceptions of the school in which they teach and the management of that school. In particular, teachers responded to questions about the school environment, their morale and the organisational health of the school, and they were asked some self-concept and teaching efficacy questions. A multilevel model was used to investigate the effects of these and other school characteristics on teacher morale (the dependent variable), while accounting for school level differences. This study demonstrated that teacher morale varied between teachers and between schools, with school environment explaining 54% of the variability in morale. That is, when the school environment was positive, teacher morale was higher. The implications of this finding point to the importance of both improving the school environment and teacher morale in order to enhance the health of schools. This is only achieved when teachers believe that their school is improving and has a positive climate. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Teacher Salaries and the Shortage of High-Quality Teachers in China’s Rural Primary and Secondary Schools

Abstract

Teacher salary level and structure are not only important factors affecting the supply of primary and secondary school teachers, but they are also crucial to attracting, training, and retaining high-quality teachers, thereby impacting the overall quality of education and teaching in schools. The reform of China’s basic education management system has ensured the fiscal security and steady increase of rural primary and secondary school teacher salaries and has effectively improved the supply and quality of rural teachers. The objective gap between urban and rural teacher salaries and benefits has, however, led to the one-way mobility of rural teachers, resulting in the loss of quality teachers and giving rise to a structural shortage in rural schools. To improve the supply and quality of teachers in rural areas, it is necessary to effectively and systemically increase rural teachers’ basic salaries and subsidies according to the law. There is the necessity through various channels to raise primary and secondary school teachers’ salaries and benefits, especially subsidy and allowance standards, to eliminate actual variances in teacher salaries.     

新手型、熟手型、专家型中学体育教师教学策略比较

为了研究新手型、熟手型、专家型中学体育教师教学策略的不同,给中学体育教师的专业化发展提供思路与对策,通过问卷调查法、访谈法、数理统计法,以及随机抽取法,并运用自编的《中学体育教师教学策略量表》,对不同学历、教龄、性别的中学体育教师进行教学策略施测.研究结果表明,中学体育教师教学策略总体水平在教龄、职称上存在显著性差异,在学历、性别上没有显著性差异;在教学策略上专家型中学体育教师与新手型、熟手型中学体育教师之间存在着显著性差异,而熟手型中学体育教师与新手型中学体育教师之间不存在显著性差异.     

中小学教师专业核心素养模型构建研究

中小学教师专业核心素养是中小学教师从事教育教学活动所必备的基本素质。近年来我国有学者开始关注中小学教师的核心素养问题,但采用规范的方法研究中小学教师专业核心素养的成果还较少见到。本研究运用文献法、德尔菲法和统计法研讨了中小学教师专业核心素养的因素,在此基础上构建并分析了品德修为、知识涵养和教学能力三维度的中小学教师专业核心素养模型。该模型可以为中小学选聘教师、开展教师培训、评估教师绩效及中小学教师的自我发展提供有益的参考和启示。     

选拔方式、学校保留策略对城乡教师留任意愿的影响--基于我国中西部5省16787位中小学教师的问卷调查

稳定的教师队伍是学校教育高质量发展的基石。研究采用中西部5省16787位在职教师的调查数据,通过二元logistic回归分析教师选拔方式、学校保留策略对中小学教师留任意愿的影响。研究发现:城乡教师的留任意愿存在显著差异;通过不同选拔方式进入教师队伍的教师留任意愿存在显著差异,且存在城乡异质性;学校保留策略对教师留任意愿均存在显著影响,且城乡样本无显著差异;学校综合办学水平越高,教师留任意愿越强;学历越高,职称越高,年龄越小的教师留任意愿越低。研究建议:城乡地区采取差异化的教师补充方式,县城及以上地区在公开招考教师之余,通过“定向培养”和“代课教师转正”方式扩大高质量教师供给,缓解县城学校大班额现象;乡镇和村屯要以公开招考为主,将招聘符合教师质量要求的代课教师作为重要的补充方式;学校要运用多样的保留策略,增加教师职业发展机会、决策参与程度和行政支持力度,减轻教师工作压力或稳步提高教师薪酬;学校管理者需重点关注新任职、高学历和高职称教师的发展,提高教师留任意愿。     

中职教师素质提高培训现状探析——以工艺美术专业为例的实证研究

本文在对中职工艺美术专业教师素质提高培训的实证调研基础上,从教师的基本信息、教学的基本信息、培训的基本信息等方面,分析出现阶段中职教师素质提高培训主要在师资总体、教师教学能力、培训机制等方面存在的问题。我们必须正视这些问题,从完善培训机制、创新培训课程和模式、建立教师培训质量评价指标体系等方面制定解决的对策。     

School‐based teacher collaboration in Sweden and Greece: formal cooperation,deprivatized practices and personalized interaction in primary and lower secondary schools

During recent years, educational restructuring efforts have commonly regarded schools as both learning communities and sites for teachers’ professional development. A plethora of attributes influence prerequisites as well as outcomes of the efforts, while teachers’ local cultures constitute a cornerstone. More specifically, enhanced school‐based teacher collaboration is associated with upgraded school effectiveness and enhanced professional growth. However, the comparative study of school‐based teacher collaboration remains a subjective research area. The overall aim of this study is to highlight teacher collaboration in Sweden and Greece utilizing nationwide surveys with physical education teachers in both countries. The final sample consisted of 707 Swedish and 451 Greek professionals. The high response rate combined with restricted internal dropout forms the basis of the generalization of the findings. The presentation of the results is connected with issues of formal cooperation, deprivatized practices and personalized interaction in four teachers groups: primary and lower secondary schools in Sweden and in Greece. According to the data, formal cooperation and deprivatized practices occur more frequently in Sweden than in Greece. However, personalized interaction is rather high in Greek lower secondary schools. Despite differences between the four contexts, a second order model represents obtained information adequately with very good fit indexes. It seems that school‐based teacher collaboration in authentic settings can be connected to complex processes with multifaceted characteristics in different national contexts as well as in educational stages within one country as well. Manipulating distinct aspects of schooling may consequently jeopardize expected outcomes, as development ambitions should be targeting several interdependent dimensions. Swedish schools generally and lower secondary schools specifically constitute original examples of enhanced school‐based teacher collaboration, while an intensification of combined endeavours is needed in Greece. The comparative mapping of interconnected collaboration characteristics might contribute to more holistic restructuring struggles towards schools as learning communities and sites for teachers’ professional development.     

The role of feedback in teacher mentoring: how coaches,peers, and students affect teacher change

ABSTRACT

Our study contributes to understanding teacher mentoring by exploring impacts of feedback from multiple mentoring sources as teachers with varying levels of experience learned to implement student-centered instruction. Mentees in our study learned to implement a student-centered model, supported by mentoring from students and teachers experienced in the model. We employed qualitative methods to collect and analyze data from two summer schools, with 22 STEM teachers and 47 student-instructors from 15 non-selective, public high schools. Findings include: (a) teachers had positive attitudes towards feedback, (b) feedback from multiple sources changed practice, (c) effective feedback required structure, (d) experienced teachers benefited most from feedback, and (e) student feedback was most valuable. These findings provide strategies to shape future mentoring, informing teachers, administrators, professional development coaches, and teacher educators about critical factors in the use of feedback to improve teaching through mentoring.     

浅谈我国教师在职培训存在的问题与对策

加强教师在职培训,是教育改革发展的迫切要求,也是教师教育的重要组成部分和广大教师的迫切愿望。目前我国中小学教师在职培训的实效性不高,文章分析了我国中小学教师在职培训存在的问题并提出了解决思路及对策。