教师隐喻与国际中文教师专业发展

Teacher Metaphor and Professional Development of International Chinese-language Teachers

教师隐喻已经成为国内外教育学界和第二语言教育界教师研究的重要方法。文章首先对国际中文教师隐喻的内涵进行了界定;然后对国内外教师隐喻的研究进行梳理和分析;最后,笔者基于前文的分析,并结合有关国际中文教师隐喻的个案研究初探,讨论了教师隐喻对国际中文教师专业发展的启示和意义:一是教师隐喻有助于我们理解教师日常行为的意义;二是教师隐喻是教师实践性知识的重要表征形式之一;三是教师隐喻是教师的自我反思。

Teacher metaphor has become an important method applied to the teacher research in domestic and overseas educational circles and second language studies.In the first place,this paper defines the meaning of metaphor for international Chinese-language teachers.Then,it sorts out and analyzes the domestic and overseas research findings on teacher metaphor.Based on the above analysis and the preliminary case studies on the metaphor of international Chinese-language teachers,this paper reveals the enlightenment and significance of teacher metaphor for the professional development of international Chinese-language teachers.First,it helps us to understand the meaning of teachers’daily performance;second,it is one of the important representations of the teachers’practical knowledge;third,it is the teacher’s self-reflections.