应对教师质量危机:世纪之初美国的经验及其启示

Coping with Crisis in Teacher Quality:American Experience and its Enlightenment in the Beginning of the 21st Century

美国基础教育教师队伍的质量问题是近年来美国社会各方面关注的焦点。在世纪之初,为应对教师质量危机,提升教师队伍水平,美国采取了一系列改革举措,如提高教师待遇、确立教师专业标准、推进教师教育的评估认证工作等。美国的改革举措对我国基础教育教师队伍建设和教师教育改革具有重要的借鉴与参考价值。

The problem of teacher＇s quality in American basic education has become a focus in American society in recent years. A series of reforms to cope with the crisis of teacher＇s quality and improve overall level of teacher＇s quality at the beginning of the 21st century have been carried out in America, for example, increasing teachers＇ payment, establishing the standards for professional teachers, promoting the assessment of teacher＇s education. These reforms in America are significant to the construction of teaching force and teacher＇s education reform in China.