开放大学的教学学术:内涵、意义及方法

Scholarship of Teaching in Open Universities: Connotations,Significance and Methods

本文立足开放大学人才培养模式创新的要求,讨论了教学学术的内涵、意义和方法,以期为推进开放大学教学学术发展、服务教学内涵建设、提高教学质量建构一种有益的理念和实践框架。文章认为,教学学术是从学术的角度探讨"知识传播和学习绩效以及改进教学实践"的原理与方法。教学学术对于全面理解学术的内涵、处理科研和教学的关系、强化教学工作的中心地位、促进教师专业发展和确保教学内涵建设等都具有重要意义。开展教学学术有赖于转变学术范式,遵循学术规范,探索合理的学术评价标准和有效的发展路径。

Informed by the demands for innovations in the educational model of the Open University of China(OUC),this article discusses the connotations,significance and methods of scholarship of teaching for OUC in an attempt to promote open and distance learning and enhance teaching quality.It is argued that scholarship of teaching should deal with the principles and methods of knowledge transmission,learning performance,and improvement of teaching practice from an academic perspective.Scholarship of teaching is believed to contribute to a comprehensive interpretation of the connotations of scholarship,the relationship between teaching and research,and the importance of teaching as well as to promote staff professional developments.Several factors influence scholarship of teaching,including research para digm,research norm,and evaluation criteria.