Enhancing in-service teachers’ professional learning through a school-based professional development programme in Hong Kong

ABSTRACT

Lesson study is a collaborative model of professional development that provides teachers with the opportunity to learn from the planning, conduction and reflection of a specifically designed research lesson. Lesson study is increasingly incorporated in initial teacher education (ITE) and calls have been made to further detail the lesson study structures that support student teacher learning. In this paper the core organisational elements of incorporating lesson study in ITE are investigated as a comparative case study situated in two distinct educational and cultural settings: one in Ireland (post-primary) and the other in Norway (primary). Qualitative data, including student teachers’ planning notes, research lesson designs, and observation notes from live research lessons, were analysed and findings reveal three structural factors for the incorporation of lesson study in ITE. First, defined roles of mentor and university teachers as knowledgeable others; second, the engagement of student teachers at each phase of lesson study, with the inclusion of case pupils; and third, the conduction of the lesson study cycle on both university campus and in the classroom. These findings contribute to the growing literature of lesson study in ITE and may support the inclusion of lesson study in ITE programmes.     

创设“案例学习”活动的思考与实践

教师培训应该走向教学实践,引导教师关注和研讨课堂教学问题。本文结合教师培训的实际,阐述了“案例学习”活动的设置依据、活动结构的整体构建思路以及实施策略等内容。     

SRL in Online Cooperative Learning: implications for pre-service teacher training

The aim of this article is to investigate the relation between self-regulated learning and online collaborative environments. Based on the study of a blended course for trainee teachers, it explores the potential of the online collaborative component of the course for the practice and development of Self-Regulated Learning. The study made use of two questionnaires, developed within the TELEPEERS European project, to evaluate the potential support to SRL provided by technology-enhanced learning environments. The results provide information about the aspects of SRL practised in our environment. These include social competences, such as communication and negotiation with tutors and peers, emotional and motivational aspects, such as keeping up motivation and maintaining and restoring a positive working attitude, and cognitive and metacognitive skills such as management of time and learning environment and reflection on learning outcomes. The study also suggests the need to consider not only the SRL of the individuals involved in the learning process, but also the SRL of the whole community, that is, the result of the mediation between individual autonomy and group collaboration.     

英语专业学生听力自主学习能力的培养

培养学习者自主,提高学生自主学习能力是高等教育的终极目标之一。外语学习从\"听力\"开始,会不会进行有效的听力自主学习对英语专业学生至关重要。探讨了培养听力自主能力的有效模式,发展教师自主能力,课堂注重学习策略培养,帮助学生制定合理的、符合个性化学习的课后听力计划,建立形成性评估机制,实现自主学习能力的提高。     

高校教师自主发展与教师培训

随着素质教育与高校教育改革的日益重要,教师的培训也日渐受到重视,其中在培训过程中关系到教师教育成败的要点就是教师的自主发展。教师的自主发展主要从个性发展与教师的个体需求等方面来提高高校教师的素质,最终保证高等教育的质量。试对教师培训和教师的自主发展概念进行分析,探讨当前二者在国内的发展的重要性,并针对所存在的问题提出切实可行的解决方案,以最终实现教师的专业成长。     

英国合格教师的职业标准及初任教师培训的要求

近年来，为提高教师质量，英国政府根据对教师职业及教师教育性质的新理解，在职前教师教育改革方面进行了很多尝试。其中“合格教师的职业标准及初任教师培训的要求”即成为确保教师教育质量的有力支持之一。     

英国的教师培训管理体制与机制

英国的教师培训由两套相互独立而且平行的系统共同进行管理,以保障教师培训管理的高效和公正。而且,教师培训机构的专业性认可制度直接与教师资格证的颁发挂钩,有力保证了教师培训课程的质量和教师资格证书的专业水准。此外,教师培训的评价和管理过程也相当透明,这些都值得我们借鉴与思考。     

A successful recipe? Aspects of the initial training of secondary teachers of foreign languages

An earlier study (Pearson, 2005) raised concerns about the adequacy of the current Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses in relation to inclusive education and suggested some relevant questions for training providers (and students). In this article, Sue Pearson and Gary Chambers report on a small‐scale study involving a group of prospective teachers of foreign languages in secondary schools that sought to address two of those questions. Is there a coherent theme related to SEN/disability throughout the PGCE year involving all parties? If so, what is the balance between procedural/technical knowledge and attitudes and values? The research was intended both to inform practice at Leeds University and to contribute to the wider debate about developing inclusive education within teacher training.     

英国教师专业新标准述评

为了进一步提高教师质量,英国将于2012年9月实施教师专业新标准。新标准出台的背景主要源自外部教育因素和原标准自身局限两方面。新标准对教师教学标准进行界定,并规定了教师的专业和个人操守标准。从教师专业新标准的修订可以看出英国强化政府的主导地位,注重职前职后标准的衔接,强调教师教学能力的培养,提倡传统的主流价值观。     

课堂教学视频的力量——网络时代教师群体学习的新渠道

网络技术与数字视频技术的成熟使得课堂教学视频研究焕发出新的生命活力,从而成为教师群体学习的新渠道。本文选择国内外八个运用教学视频为主要分析对象的研究项目,采用内容分析法,从群体学习的研究方法、研究目的、支持材料、技术支持、沟通与共享、组织与经费投入、后续发展等七个角度,归纳网络时代基于课堂教学视频分析与共享的教师群体学习新渠道的主要特点,并对适合我国中小学教师的群体创新学习与持续性专业发展提出了建议。     

提高小学教师解决学生课堂问题行为能力的个案研究

采用个案研究法,以一所小学的4位教师为研究对象,深入实践,通过3个月中的12次活动探索提高教师解决学生课堂问题行为能力的途径和方法。结果发现,通过12次活动,教师的课堂洞察力得到提高,学会了从多个角度,尤其是从教师自身的角度来寻找学生课堂问题行为产生的原因。教师解决学生课堂问题行为的能力得以提升,学生的行为发生了转变。教师认为课堂观察与专业引领下的反思相结合是最有效的专业学习方式。研究者还提出了对教师教育的有关建议。     

Getting beyond “gut feeling”: understanding how mentors judge readiness to teach

Assessing whether or not a teacher candidate is ready to take their own class is a high-stakes decision that requires consideration of multiple, often competing, sources of information. Three research instruments were designed to explore how mentors judge readiness to teach during final practicum placements. This article describes the three instruments. It discusses how the three tasks worked as ways to understand how people judge readiness to teach and as ways to develop mentors’ judgement making. While there was broad agreement about what was important in this judgment, the data from all three instruments suggest that individual judges rely on their own experience and frames of reference when deciding about readiness to teach, leading to variability in the decisions they make.     

视频案例在教师培训中的作用

视频案例在教师培训中具有十分重要的作用,它有助于在课堂情境中解决实际问题,有助于对内隐知识的交流与分享,有助于对教师培训课程的整合与实施,有助于搭建同专家对话交流的平台和桥梁。     

What trainees in England learn about teaching pupils with special educational needs/disabilities in their school-based work: the contribution of planned activities in one-year initial training courses☆

The project reported in this paper addresses the issue of trainee teacher learning with regard to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) during the school placement element of one-year postgraduate teacher training programmes in England. Through a focus on the university/school partnership, school organisational and classroom pedagogic processes, the project aimed to improve knowledge and understanding about teacher education relevant to the special educational needs and inclusive education fields. Specifically, the project examined and compared the school-based learning and outcomes of postgraduate teacher trainees in primary and secondary programmes that used different approaches to preparing teachers for the special needs aspects of their future teaching. Three kinds of school-based approaches are examined: one that involved a practical teaching task; a second which involved a pupil-focused task (but not practical teaching); and a third where there was no specific pupil-focused SEND task other than class teaching practice.

The paper reports on what and how trainees learned about teaching pupils with SEND and on differences related to the use of SEND tasks. Findings indicate that what trainees learn about teaching pupils with SEND is strongly interlinked with what they learn about teaching in general. The pedagogic knowledge learned from undertaking planned pupil-focused SEND tasks, however, centres on pupils’ personal learning needs, something that was less likely to be learned from only whole-class teaching experience. Implications for schools, initial teacher education (ITE) providers, national and international policy are presented as evidence-informed questions with possible options.     

Attitudes of a sample of English,Maltese and German teachers towards media education

Media education forms part of the National Minimum Curriculum of England, Malta and Germany. Teacher training courses differ greatly in how teachers are prepared to teach media education. In this paper we shall investigate the attitudes of a sample of teachers trained in England, Malta and in Germany towards their perceived importance of media education and the teachers' preparedness to teach the subject. This preliminary study had a sample of 132 participants, 33 teachers from England, 47 from Germany and 52 teachers from Malta. The tool used to collect data was an online questionnaire. The results show that teachers taking part in this study were not given enough training, or any training at all to be able to teach media education with the result that they do not feel sufficiently prepared to teach the subject. It is suggested by the authors that media education becomes a compulsory component of the initial teacher training courses as well as advanced training for teachers.     

试说教师的案例研究

教师的案例研究,是教师以叙事为主要方式来反思和改进自身教育教学实践的行动研究。教师案例研究具有主体性、情境性、倾向性、内驱性等特点。针对教师工作特点和研究思路的差异,案例研究有不同的类型。教师的案例研究是一个追求实践性知识的过程。     

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