Teaching autonomy is an important power of teachers as professionals and also a key factor affecting instructional quality.Based on the relevant data of the Teaching and Learning International Survey(TALIS)2018,this s...Teaching autonomy is an important power of teachers as professionals and also a key factor affecting instructional quality.Based on the relevant data of the Teaching and Learning International Survey(TALIS)2018,this study analyzes teachers’teaching autonomy and its effect on instructional quality.It finds that,firstly,as compared to those in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD),teachers in Shanghai,China,have greater teaching autonomy,but there is still room for improvement in this regard.They have sufficient autonomy in determining the instructional content and disciplining students,but not in assessing students’learning.Secondly,increasing the teaching autonomy in Shanghai can significantly improve instructional quality.Increasing their autonomy in assessing students’learning has the greatest effect on improving instructional quality,while increasing the autonomy in choosing teaching methods has the least effect,which is culturally different from the situation in OECD countries.Thirdly,the influence of teaching autonomy on instructional quality is positively moderated by teaching efficacy,which means that teachers need to have the“ability”in addition to the“autonomy.”Based on this,suggestions are also made.展开更多
In view of the current situation of College English Teaching in many universities in China, that is, due to limited or lack of language laboratory, many universities take the form of large-size class in organizing Eng...In view of the current situation of College English Teaching in many universities in China, that is, due to limited or lack of language laboratory, many universities take the form of large-size class in organizing English teaching, the result is that teachers dominate the English classroom, and students are in a passive input state, without much or enough learning autonomy. The writer of this paper suggests a teaching model by using Internet in after-class activities, which is supposed to be helpful in promoting students＇ participation in class activities and enhancing their learning autonomy.展开更多
Li Xiaoyan, the first woman to chair the Yantouzhai Villagers’ Committee in Guzhang County of South China’s Hunan Province, felther heart go pit-a-pat after devouring China’s first book guiding rural women to run f...Li Xiaoyan, the first woman to chair the Yantouzhai Villagers’ Committee in Guzhang County of South China’s Hunan Province, felther heart go pit-a-pat after devouring China’s first book guiding rural women to run for village elections.展开更多
基金funded by the key project“Studies on Teachers’Competency and the Teacher Training System under the Background of the New Wave of Scientific and Technological Revolutions”and supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(No.AFA210017)。
文摘Teaching autonomy is an important power of teachers as professionals and also a key factor affecting instructional quality.Based on the relevant data of the Teaching and Learning International Survey(TALIS)2018,this study analyzes teachers’teaching autonomy and its effect on instructional quality.It finds that,firstly,as compared to those in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD),teachers in Shanghai,China,have greater teaching autonomy,but there is still room for improvement in this regard.They have sufficient autonomy in determining the instructional content and disciplining students,but not in assessing students’learning.Secondly,increasing the teaching autonomy in Shanghai can significantly improve instructional quality.Increasing their autonomy in assessing students’learning has the greatest effect on improving instructional quality,while increasing the autonomy in choosing teaching methods has the least effect,which is culturally different from the situation in OECD countries.Thirdly,the influence of teaching autonomy on instructional quality is positively moderated by teaching efficacy,which means that teachers need to have the“ability”in addition to the“autonomy.”Based on this,suggestions are also made.
文摘In view of the current situation of College English Teaching in many universities in China, that is, due to limited or lack of language laboratory, many universities take the form of large-size class in organizing English teaching, the result is that teachers dominate the English classroom, and students are in a passive input state, without much or enough learning autonomy. The writer of this paper suggests a teaching model by using Internet in after-class activities, which is supposed to be helpful in promoting students＇ participation in class activities and enhancing their learning autonomy.
文摘Li Xiaoyan, the first woman to chair the Yantouzhai Villagers’ Committee in Guzhang County of South China’s Hunan Province, felther heart go pit-a-pat after devouring China’s first book guiding rural women to run for village elections.
