理科教师专业发展现状及其对策——以陕西省中学化学教师为例

Research on the Science Teachers' Professional Development Status and Its Countermeasures

随着国家一系列教师教育政策的颁布,如何促进在职教师的专业发展已成为教育研究的热点。本文通过对71位陕西省中学化学教师专业发展现状进行抽样调查和访谈,结果表明:供职的学校类别和教龄是影响教师专业发展的主要因素;不同类别的教师在特定专业知识与能力上有显著性差异;教师对自身的发展学习更注重实效性。

With a series of in-service teacher-education policies issued by Ministry of Education, promotion of teachers＇ professional development has become a topic issue in education studies. This paper explores the professional development of chemistry teachers in middle school in Shaanxi Province through sample surveys and interviews, and finds that teachers＇ professional development status in the province is basically in line with the requirements of the in-service teacher-education policies. The paper concludes, school type and years of teaching experience are the major factors in teachers＇ professional development; great disparities in professional knowledge and competence exist between teachers of different categories; teachers＇ interest in the self-learning and self-development lies more in its practical use.