The reform of rural teacher team building has entered the deep-water zone where tough challenges must be met in the new era. In order to adapt to the new situation and cope with the new challenges, the national training of K-12 teachers in China should set up the concept of high-quality products, summarize the experience of the grass-roots level, aim at the prominent problems, give full play to the exemplary and leading role of the National Training Plan, and promote the comprehensive improvement of the quality and efficiency of teacher training. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the national training of K-12 teachers in China has achieved gratifying results, as well as considerable problems in the implementation of the National Training Plan. On the basis of sorting out the progress of the national training for K-12 teachers in the new era, this paper puts forward development strategies. 相似文献
Purpose: This article assesses a non-traditional training methodology for extension agents, focused on the exchange of experiences among peers and the reflection on practice, with the aim of exploring its potential as a training strategy.
Design/Methodology/approach: A quali-quantitative investigation was conducted, which included interviews with extension agents, the use of different questionnaires, and recordings of the evaluation sessions carried out during each workshop.
Findings: This research allowed us to understand the importance of effective group coordination, a participatory climate, working in small groups, and the feedback loop between theory and practice for processes of experience sharing and reflection on practice. Some of the positive effects of the training observed were that extension agents acquired new knowledge and methodologies, reflected critically upon their practice, and put into question their own extension approach.
Practical Implications: Given its potentialities, implementing training processes focused on experience sharing and reflection on practice for rural extension workers, seems advisable.
Theoretical Implications: This article contributes to the understanding of how experience sharing and reflection on practice can generate transformations in rural extension agents’ approaches and positioning.
Originality/Value: This study systematically assesses the impacts that training has on extension workers, as well as the underlying processes that made it possible to generate them. 相似文献