In vocational education,teacher leadership is an important factor in promoting school development and improving teaching quality.Enhancing teacher leadership has practical significance for the connotative development ...In vocational education,teacher leadership is an important factor in promoting school development and improving teaching quality.Enhancing teacher leadership has practical significance for the connotative development of vocational colleges.It involves improving education and teaching quality,cultivating high-skilled talents,building excellent teaching teams,enhancing school governance systems,and other areas.The core elements include professional knowledge,teaching innovation,teamwork,and communication skills.The enhancement of teacher leadership can effectively enhance teachers’enthusiasm to participate in educational and teaching reforms as well as promote the overall efficiency of vocational colleges.In order to enhance teacher leadership in vocational colleges,it is necessary to achieve a breakthrough in institutional barriers,combine personal and external factors,strengthen institutionalized teacher leadership construction through a top-down design,and strengthen evaluation and feedback mechanisms to establish a scientific leadership evaluation system and improve teacher leadership cognition.展开更多
Anxiety has become one of the major psychological problems which harass people in modern times;this problem is particularly obvious with primary and middle school teachers. Based on the contents of anxiety, the self-c...Anxiety has become one of the major psychological problems which harass people in modern times;this problem is particularly obvious with primary and middle school teachers. Based on the contents of anxiety, the self-compiled Teachers’ State Anxiety Questionnaire (TSAQ) was used to investigate the effective of 1930 subjects in seven regions of China through stratified random sampling methodology. The results show that that the sense of anxiety for satisfaction and control is higher in male teachers;and the sense of teachers’ anxiety for satisfaction and conflict is severe in the key middle school;and the sense of conflict anxiety in the married teachers is the highest;the anxiety in all are high in teachers with poor physical health and main teacher as well as the teachers with poor economic situation in their family. The feasibility of measures to improve the teachers’ state anxiety in primary and middle school should be considered to enhance the level of teachers’ mental health, work efficiency and quality of life.展开更多
The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteri...The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteristics in the state and determined the teaching styles of Civic Education and English Language teachers in the study areas and finally assessed the influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in secondary schools Civic Education and English Language.The study adopted Discriminant Analysis.The study sample consisted of 600 senior secondary school students,30 Civics teachers,and 30 English Language teachers that were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure.Four instruments were constructed and validated before use.Three research questions were asked and answered while one hypothesis was tested and verified.The results among others showed that more than 50%of the students that participated in the study had high status of achievement in Civic Education while more than 40%of English Language students that participated in the study had low status of achievement.The study also showed that teachers’characteristics pertinent to both Civic Education teachers and English Language teachers were,effective discipline skills(Civics,M=1.20,SD=0.407;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498)and good communication with parents(Civics,M=1.43,SD=0.504;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498).In addition,there was significant influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in Civics and English Language in senior secondary schools(X^2(2)=16.37,p<0.05).The study concluded that teachers’characteristics and teaching styles are major determinants of students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language.展开更多
From students＇ perspectives, the quality characteristics of excellent Chinese college English teachers consist of teaching skills, teacher-student relationship, teachers＇ knowledge level and teachers＇ character. It...From students＇ perspectives, the quality characteristics of excellent Chinese college English teachers consist of teaching skills, teacher-student relationship, teachers＇ knowledge level and teachers＇ character. It is a multidimensional construct. Of all the four main constituents, teaching skills is ranked the highest on the explanatory ability on students＇ perceptions of excellent college English teachers, then teachers＇ relationship with students, teachers＇ knowledge level and teachers＇ character.展开更多
The past decades have seen much plethora of publications about what makes a good teacher. Many of these have fallen into content of educational tips and advice on such guides as organizing and assessing students' ...The past decades have seen much plethora of publications about what makes a good teacher. Many of these have fallen into content of educational tips and advice on such guides as organizing and assessing students' learning and behaviour and ignored such matters as that a teacher should be an expert learner in this dramatically changing society. This paper suggests that to keep exploring good teaching and to be an expert learner as two essential strategies of getting charismatic characteristics of a good teacher in the new era.展开更多
This paper aims at the discussion on teachers' personality.Personality education has already been regarded as a part of whole education.Thus it is very necessary for those who are teachers or who are going to be t...This paper aims at the discussion on teachers' personality.Personality education has already been regarded as a part of whole education.Thus it is very necessary for those who are teachers or who are going to be teachers to know something about teachers' personality.This paper intends to discuss teachers' personality from the following aspects: what is teachers' personality;what are the standards of a sound personality of a teacher;what the effects of teacher's personality on students are;how to develop a sound personality.展开更多
This article considers "good" teachers in the context of current developments in universities in China to reach a "gold standard" of considerably higher and more challenging levels of teaching and ...This article considers "good" teachers in the context of current developments in universities in China to reach a "gold standard" of considerably higher and more challenging levels of teaching and learning. We outline this context and consider concepts of good teachers in classical Chinese traditions and more recent Western thinking as a possible dialogue within and between cultures of learning. Using cognitive and cultural linguistic perspectives, we analyze metaphorical concepts of "gold" in "the gold standard" as related to teachers. We report our applied metaphor research which analyzes Chinese students’ expectations, values and beliefs about good university language teachers;this presents a rich picture beyond developing knowledge, skills and understanding to include strong social and moral characteristics. Other aspects which recognize the complexity of "good" teachers show a student appreciation of teachers’ tireless effort, devotion and selfless sacrifice: these aspects are absent in many discussions of good teachers. The participant-centered picture from elicited metaphor analysis is part of students’ "cultures of learning," but this should be developed culturally for the gold standard through further teacher development and student engagement. In line with interaction in cultures of learning, we indicate some classroom ways to extend students’ thinking through scaffolding teacher-student interaction based on textbook activities.展开更多
美国是国际上较早关注教师领导力的国家之一。在我国教师信息化领导力发展的初级阶段,分析美国最新教师领导力理念对我国教师信息化领导力的研究与实践具有重要的借鉴意义。"Teacherpreneurs"是21世纪创新型教师领导者。这一...美国是国际上较早关注教师领导力的国家之一。在我国教师信息化领导力发展的初级阶段,分析美国最新教师领导力理念对我国教师信息化领导力的研究与实践具有重要的借鉴意义。"Teacherpreneurs"是21世纪创新型教师领导者。这一概念是美国教学质量中心(Center for Teaching Quality,CTQ)为应对21世纪教与学的变革而提出的,代表了信息时代美国教师领导力理念的变革。本研究在对"Teacherpreneurs"的提出背景、基本内涵和基本特征进行分析的基础上,对我国教师信息化领导力的研究与实践进行了尝试性思考与总结,以期对丰富教师信息化领导力理论,开发教师信息化领导力,拓宽教师专业发展途径具有一定的指导意义。展开更多
文摘In vocational education,teacher leadership is an important factor in promoting school development and improving teaching quality.Enhancing teacher leadership has practical significance for the connotative development of vocational colleges.It involves improving education and teaching quality,cultivating high-skilled talents,building excellent teaching teams,enhancing school governance systems,and other areas.The core elements include professional knowledge,teaching innovation,teamwork,and communication skills.The enhancement of teacher leadership can effectively enhance teachers’enthusiasm to participate in educational and teaching reforms as well as promote the overall efficiency of vocational colleges.In order to enhance teacher leadership in vocational colleges,it is necessary to achieve a breakthrough in institutional barriers,combine personal and external factors,strengthen institutionalized teacher leadership construction through a top-down design,and strengthen evaluation and feedback mechanisms to establish a scientific leadership evaluation system and improve teacher leadership cognition.
文摘Anxiety has become one of the major psychological problems which harass people in modern times;this problem is particularly obvious with primary and middle school teachers. Based on the contents of anxiety, the self-compiled Teachers’ State Anxiety Questionnaire (TSAQ) was used to investigate the effective of 1930 subjects in seven regions of China through stratified random sampling methodology. The results show that that the sense of anxiety for satisfaction and control is higher in male teachers;and the sense of teachers’ anxiety for satisfaction and conflict is severe in the key middle school;and the sense of conflict anxiety in the married teachers is the highest;the anxiety in all are high in teachers with poor physical health and main teacher as well as the teachers with poor economic situation in their family. The feasibility of measures to improve the teachers’ state anxiety in primary and middle school should be considered to enhance the level of teachers’ mental health, work efficiency and quality of life.
文摘The study examined the status of senior secondary schools’students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language in Osun State.It also investigated the Civic Education and English Language teachers’characteristics in the state and determined the teaching styles of Civic Education and English Language teachers in the study areas and finally assessed the influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in secondary schools Civic Education and English Language.The study adopted Discriminant Analysis.The study sample consisted of 600 senior secondary school students,30 Civics teachers,and 30 English Language teachers that were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure.Four instruments were constructed and validated before use.Three research questions were asked and answered while one hypothesis was tested and verified.The results among others showed that more than 50%of the students that participated in the study had high status of achievement in Civic Education while more than 40%of English Language students that participated in the study had low status of achievement.The study also showed that teachers’characteristics pertinent to both Civic Education teachers and English Language teachers were,effective discipline skills(Civics,M=1.20,SD=0.407;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498)and good communication with parents(Civics,M=1.43,SD=0.504;English,M=1.40,SD=0.498).In addition,there was significant influence of teachers’characteristics and teaching styles on students’achievement in Civics and English Language in senior secondary schools(X^2(2)=16.37,p<0.05).The study concluded that teachers’characteristics and teaching styles are major determinants of students’achievement in Civic Education and English Language.
文摘From students＇ perspectives, the quality characteristics of excellent Chinese college English teachers consist of teaching skills, teacher-student relationship, teachers＇ knowledge level and teachers＇ character. It is a multidimensional construct. Of all the four main constituents, teaching skills is ranked the highest on the explanatory ability on students＇ perceptions of excellent college English teachers, then teachers＇ relationship with students, teachers＇ knowledge level and teachers＇ character.
文摘The past decades have seen much plethora of publications about what makes a good teacher. Many of these have fallen into content of educational tips and advice on such guides as organizing and assessing students' learning and behaviour and ignored such matters as that a teacher should be an expert learner in this dramatically changing society. This paper suggests that to keep exploring good teaching and to be an expert learner as two essential strategies of getting charismatic characteristics of a good teacher in the new era.
文摘This paper aims at the discussion on teachers' personality.Personality education has already been regarded as a part of whole education.Thus it is very necessary for those who are teachers or who are going to be teachers to know something about teachers' personality.This paper intends to discuss teachers' personality from the following aspects: what is teachers' personality;what are the standards of a sound personality of a teacher;what the effects of teacher's personality on students are;how to develop a sound personality.
文摘This article considers "good" teachers in the context of current developments in universities in China to reach a "gold standard" of considerably higher and more challenging levels of teaching and learning. We outline this context and consider concepts of good teachers in classical Chinese traditions and more recent Western thinking as a possible dialogue within and between cultures of learning. Using cognitive and cultural linguistic perspectives, we analyze metaphorical concepts of "gold" in "the gold standard" as related to teachers. We report our applied metaphor research which analyzes Chinese students’ expectations, values and beliefs about good university language teachers;this presents a rich picture beyond developing knowledge, skills and understanding to include strong social and moral characteristics. Other aspects which recognize the complexity of "good" teachers show a student appreciation of teachers’ tireless effort, devotion and selfless sacrifice: these aspects are absent in many discussions of good teachers. The participant-centered picture from elicited metaphor analysis is part of students’ "cultures of learning," but this should be developed culturally for the gold standard through further teacher development and student engagement. In line with interaction in cultures of learning, we indicate some classroom ways to extend students’ thinking through scaffolding teacher-student interaction based on textbook activities.
文摘美国是国际上较早关注教师领导力的国家之一。在我国教师信息化领导力发展的初级阶段,分析美国最新教师领导力理念对我国教师信息化领导力的研究与实践具有重要的借鉴意义。"Teacherpreneurs"是21世纪创新型教师领导者。这一概念是美国教学质量中心(Center for Teaching Quality,CTQ)为应对21世纪教与学的变革而提出的,代表了信息时代美国教师领导力理念的变革。本研究在对"Teacherpreneurs"的提出背景、基本内涵和基本特征进行分析的基础上,对我国教师信息化领导力的研究与实践进行了尝试性思考与总结,以期对丰富教师信息化领导力理论,开发教师信息化领导力,拓宽教师专业发展途径具有一定的指导意义。
