英国高校教师专业发展的经验和启示——以牛津布鲁克斯大学教职员和学习发展中心为例

The experience and enlightenment of teachers’ professional development of British university——taking the centre for staff and learning development of Oxford Brookes University as an example

牛津布鲁克斯大学是在20世纪90年代初升格为大学的英国院校之一,其教职员和学习发展中心的项目和活动,如新教师课程,增加学生经验的项目,个人和专业持续发展的项目,可选择的工作坊、咨询和会议,教学奖励的项目等,旨在通过提供职员服务来支持大学的使命,体现了学校的特色。由此,我国大学教师发展可借鉴其经验,基于质量提升建立职责明确的高校教师专业发展机构,从教学、研究、管理和个人的全面发展方面构筑教师发展架构,以学生为中心开展教师发展活动并构筑学习共同体,建立专业协会和标准,培养教师发展专业人员等。

Oxford Brookes University is one of the colleges in the United Kingdom that developed into universities thanks to the increasing demand of education during the college expansion in early 1990s. The projects and activities of this centre, such as the curriculum for recruiting teachers, the project for increasing the students＇ experience, the activities for developing individual teacher and his/her major continually, the optional workshop, consulting and conference, and teaching awards, etc. embody the characteristic of university by offering service to the staff to support the mission of university. Therefore, the universities of China can draw lessons from its experience to establish the institution for university teachers＇ professional development based on the quality promotion, construct the framework from the perspective of teaching, research, administration and the all-around development of individuals, carry out the student-centered activities for teachers＇ development to construct a learning community, and establish professional associations and standards to train and develop teachers into professionals, etc.