Learning to observe: using video to improve preservice mathematics teachers’ ability to notice

Video has assumed an increasingly prominent role in teacher education, particularly in the form of the viewing of videotaped class lessons by preservice teachers. Yet there is little research that confirms whether preservice teachers attend to the aspects of the video(s) that teacher educators anticipate or desire. This article explores this issue and reports on the impact of video viewing as a means to improve teachers’ ability to be observers of classroom practice. We utilized a pre- and post-test design to measure the quantity and type of classroom events that preservice mathematics teachers noticed before and after a teaching methods course where improving observation skills was an explicit goal. The results of the pre-assessment suggest that preservice teachers generally do not enter teaching methods courses with well-developed observation skills. The post-assessment indicates that the course led to significant increases in preservice teachers’ observation skills, particularly in teachers’ ability to notice features of the classroom environment, mathematical content of a lesson, and teacher and student communication during a lesson.

Leading professional learning in an Australian secondary school through school‐university partnerships

As the limitations of one‐off and disconnected professional learning programs for teachers are recognised, there is widespread interest in building learning communities and professional learning teams within schools. When considering how to build local learning communities, school and university partnerships are seen as offering rich possibilities for transformative professional action. Set in the context of the international agenda of “Education For All” (UNESCO, 2005 UNESCO. (2005). Education for all: Global monitoring project. Retrieved January 8, 2007, from http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php‐URL_ID=36004&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36004&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)  [Google Scholar]) a model of sustained on‐going professional learning, developed in one large secondary school in Australia, is analysed. The social practices that generate action and participation for partnership members are then scrutinised for the legitimacy of school‐university partnerships and the contribution to enhancing teacher learning.     

新形势下师范院校教师角色类型探讨

在社会对人才培养既要求懂得专业知识,又需要熟练掌握专业技能的形势下,师范院校教师作为未来教师的培养者,角色该如何定位、转变和发展来适应要求,该文就探讨了新形势下师范院校教师的角色类型,重新构建了教师的角色,更好的引导学生学习和职业技能的培训,以便真正培养出专业化的高素质的未来教育工作者。     

高师武术实践基地建设的探索与实践——以内江师院武术教学实践基地建设为例

以内江师范学院武术教学实践基地为例,从学生武术实践能力和增强服务社会效率两个方面,探讨了武术教学实践基地建设的必要性,进而阐述了市校共建教学实践基地的措施：提高认识,加大宣传;规范管理,提高质量;加强交流,提高师资水平;打造武术品牌,增强服务社会能力．不仅给学生建立一个相对稳定的教学实践场所,提高教学质量,也是对校地结合、服务地方、培养武术后备人才的有益探索和实践．     

高职教师评价体系问题与思考

高职教育在培养目标和教学体系等方面与普通高等教育有着明显的差异,目前多数高职院校还没有形成针对高职教育特点的教师评价体系,严重的影响了高职教育教学目标的实现。本文试图分析目前高职教育的教师评价体系的弊端,对重建适合高职教育的教师评价体系进行了思考。     

洛阳市实验中学趣味运动开展状况及前景

通过文献资料、问卷调查和数理统计等研究方法,对洛阳市实验中学推广试行的趣味运动开展现状进行了研究.研究结果认为,趣味性体育活动激发了学生上体育课的积极性,增强了学生与学生之间,教师与学生之间的感情,提高了学生的体质健康.本研究旨在探讨体育课中存在问题的原因以及寻求趣味运动健康持续开展的途径.     

透析教师培训的合法性

让政策、制度加速教师的成长,而不是束缚教师的成长,必须扭转教师培训合法性危机并获得合法性。为保证教师培训政策的合法性,要强化培训机构的法人概念,实施培训管理者以提倡学习、发展和改进绩效的工作方式为组织机构服务,提升培训效率,加强在职教师培训的经常化、制度化与操作性、可测性的结合。而人性视阈下培训合法性的前提,在于教师培训的最深刻、最核心的人文本质,顺应"师"意,以"师"需为本,拓展人性的内容,以做到制度安排的科学性与合理性。     

探析体育教师的心智技能

体育与健康课程的顺利实施,需要体育教师充分运用心智技能进行体育教学。然而查阅相关资料发现对体育教师的心智技能的研究较少,因此从心智技能的层面对体育教师的教学技能进行探析,以期完善体育教师教学技能的理论研究．为体育与健康课程的顺利实施提供保障。     

国际视野下的中小学教师领导力开发

教师领导力作为教师发展的有效途径,为学校的发展注入了新动力。中小学教师领导力在开发过程中,受到多种因素的影响和制约,主要表现在观念、组织、资源、知识技能四个层面的限制。分析这些因素,对于指导人们在实践中更有效地开发教师领导力具有积极的意义。     

高校教师继续教育：从“职业要求”到“生命关怀”——一种后现代的视角

继续教育是高校教师人力资源开发的重要途径与保障。我们认识和实践的现代性意义上的高校教师继续教育,实际上是应对“职业要求”而为的技术理性型教育。而从后现代的视角来看,高校教师继续教育应该是以关注教师的生命发展、生命幸福为旨归的价值理性型教育。高校教师继续教育要实现从“职业要求”到“生命关怀”的超越,就必须转变观念,构建高校教师继续教育的新模式——内生性组织协同模式,以实现教师发展的“外在自由”和“内心自由”。