Examining features of how professional development and enactment of educative curricula influences elementary science teacher learning

This research examines factors influencing elementary science teacher learning as they participate in professional development with and enactment of educative curricula in comparison with learning following limited professional development and enactment of traditional curricula. Using a randomized cluster design (125 teachers and 2,694 students in 4th—5th grades) that met the What Works Clearinghouse standards without reservations, teacher learning was conceptualized using four outcomes. Data were analyzed using standard single-level multiple regression models and possible mediation models for the teacher outcomes were considered using piecewise multiple regression and path analytic approaches. Treatment group teachers experienced greater increases in content knowledge, views of science inquiry, beliefs about reform-based teaching, and teaching self-efficacy than comparison group teachers. The findings indicate that what teachers learn from the combination of professional development and teaching with educative curriculum varies according to what their knowledge and beliefs are on entering the experience. Surprisingly, high entry-level self-efficacy was associated not only with lower learning gains for the teachers, but also for their students. Finally, teachers' space science learning and that of their students are implicated as mediators of the positive effect of the professional development and educative curriculum enactment on teacher beliefs about reform science teaching. This work refines and extends a theoretical framework of teachers' participatory relationship with curricula.     

论高职院校“双师型”教师队伍建设的三种模式

高职院校"双师型"教师队伍建设是提高高职学生培养质量的关键。高职院校"双师型"师资队伍的建设有培养双重能力、引进兼职教师、实施入职认证三种思路,相应地有"双师素质培养"、"双师结构构建"和"双师资格认证"三种建设模式。高职院校"双师型"教师队伍建设应把握这三种建设模式的实施要点,建立职业教育教师专业标准,实施高职教师资格认证准入制度。     

Re-viewing quality of research on initial teacher education in Australia and New Zealand: a systematic review

For over three decades, the discourse of quality has permeated the field of research, and there has been increasing policy interest for research assessment. In light of three conceptual perspectives and relying on a systematic literature review, this paper explores four non-traditional dimensions of criteria for assessing the quality of research on initial teacher education (ITE). The four dimensions are: innovative research questions; use for practice; research capacity building; and contribution to platforms and protocols. Covering empirical ITE research articles of Australia and New Zealand from January 2005 to October 2017, the review reveals that the majority of the articles meet most of the new criteria, which shows a different picture to that viewed through the traditional lens of research quality. The review is not intended to provide a ready-to-use framework for quality assessment of research on ITE but to exemplify the possibility that a long-contemplated, unconventional perspective on quality of research on ITE can be operationalised.     

论高职英语文化导入教学中的教师角色定位

本文从高职英语教学目标及高职英语教学现状出发,探讨高职英语教学文化导入的教学中的教师角色的定位,提出高职英语教师应成为课堂教学活动的组织者、引导者、促进者、帮助者和评价者．     

河南省高校高职称教师BMI指数及饮食状况的调查与研究

采用文献资料法、问卷调查法、专家访谈法和数理统计法,对河南省6所高校高职称教师群体的BMI指数和饮食状况进行了调查.结果表明：河南省高校高职称教师BMI指数处在正常范围内的占65.53%,体型偏瘦的占2.43%,超重的占31.07%,女性教师体质指数明显好于男性教师,差异极显著（P〈0.01）;高职称教师每天的膳食种类偏少,粗杂粮和蔬菜摄入量不够,对于营养保健知识的了解和掌握缺乏系统性和全面性.建议高职称教师群体关注合理膳食和运动锻炼对身心健康的重要性,改善生活习惯,同时有关部门应加强对高职称教师群体的健康教育.     

日本加强教师教育实践取向的改革动向

通过对日本近年来所进行的教师教育制度及教育课程改革内容的研究,揭示其以实践取向为重心的改革特点。文章追寻战后日本的教师教育改革的轨迹,从教师教育理念的转变,教师资格标准的改革,尤其是教师培养的课程结构变化等几个侧面,分析日本在教师教育方面所进行的改革和存在的问题,解读改革的实践取向,为中国教师教育改革提供参考。     

企业技术人员与学校教师“一对一”教学组合模式探索与实践

学校通过不同途径从企业聘请技术人员作为兼职教师,建立企业技术人员与学校教师"一对一"教学组合共同指导学生进行"五段式"岗位实习。结对教师互签协议,同时进行交流,共同制定岗位工作计划及授课计划。通过评选等方式进行激励。如开展"最佳组合""成长之星""支援之星"的评选活动,并挂学院网页;用文件的形式明确企业与学校教师的待遇和权利。校内教师协助企业教师按教学计划完成各类教学资料的收集与整理上报工作,校内教师根据教学安排每月不定期到企业实践,不断完善教学方案,改进教学方法,积极开发校本教材,提高技能型人才培养质量。     

高校教师教学技能培训现状的调查——以河南省豫北地区7所高校为例

通过对河南省7所高校教师教学技能培训状况的调查发现,高校教师普遍重视多渠道提升自己的教学技能,尤其认同教学技能培训在促进教师专业化成长方面的重要作用;高校普遍关注教师教学技能培训,培训组织形式多样,培训内容丰富,在提高教师教学能力,尤其是对新任教师尽快适应教学方面起到了有效的引领作用。同时,高校教师教学技能培训机构和制度有待健全和完善,培训时间短,培训覆盖面小,培训效果也有待提高。     

日本的教师任用政策分析

为适应社会经济的发展,以及教育改革对教师提出的高素质要求,日本在二战后持续对教师任用政策进行了变革。为确保各类优秀人员进入到教师队伍中来,从而提高教师队伍的整体质量,对教师资格证制度以及教师的任用沿用都出台了新的政策,以适应日本学校教育的发展,发挥了重要作用。     

试析农村中学校本教研的开展途径

校本教研作为一种培养研究型教师的有效方式已经引起了我国广大中小学校及教师的热切关注,并且有相当一部分教师已经走上了校本教研之路。但在大部分农村中学,由于种种原因,许多教师对于如何开展校本教研还存在很大困惑。针对于此,文章从＂从寻找研究‘问题’起步＂、＂养成撰写教育日记的习惯＂、＂积极参与教研组活动＂、＂参与乡土教材的编写及其课程资源开发＂、＂校长带头搞科研＂等多角度探讨了农村中学教师进行校本教研的途径。