The Appeals,Dilemmas,and Pathways of Enabling Rural Teachers’Professional Development Through Emerging Technologies

With the rapid advancements in technology,especially in digitalization and intelligence,numerous modern technologies have poured into rural schools,effectively improving their informatization conditions.Nevertheless,these technologies remain detached from rural teachers,failing to significantly enhance the quality of education and teaching in rural areas.Rural education is a crucial aspect of ensuring balanced development in education.The question of how to enhance rural teachers’technological application abilities and fully leverage the positive role of technology in rural education and teaching has become a significant topic of current research on rural education issues.To better address this question,this study conducted a thorough examination of the specific appeals of rural teachers in the process of technology enablement.It was discovered that rural teachers generally face dilemmas such as insufficient technological application abilities,difficulties in obtaining quality teaching resources,and the lack of continuous technical support and update mechanisms.Based on these findings,specific pathways such as strengthening rural teacher training,optimizing the allocation of educational resources,and establishing mechanisms for continuous technical support and updates are proposed to aid in the high-quality development of rural education.

The Influence of Preschool Teachers’Social Skills on Job Burnout:A Moderated Mediation Model

Background:Teacher burnout is a serious issue in the field of education,particularly in early childhood education,where teachers face high levels of work stress and emotional labor,leading to emotional exhaustion and job burnout.However,past research has not sufficiently explored the mechanisms of social skills,empathy,and mindfulness in mitigating teacher burnout.Therefore,this study aims to investigate the relationship between preschool teachers’social skills,empathy,and mindfulness with job burnout,in order to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for reducing teacher burnout.Methods:This research utilized a convenience sampling approach to target preschool teachers for a questionnaire survey.A total of 1109 questionnaires were collected.To ensure the quality of the data,we excluded questionnaires that were not carefully filled out in terms of lie scale questions,those with abnormal demographic variables,and outliers identified based on response time.Ultimately,901 valid questionnaires were obtained,achieving a valid response rate of 81.2%.Participants’levels of social skills,empathy,mindfulness,and job burnout were assessed using the Social Skills Scale(SKS),Empathy Scale(Measure of Empathy,ME),Mindful Attention Awareness Scale(MAAS),and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey(MBI-ES),respectively.Data analysis was conducted using SPSS.Results:After controlling for gender,age,teaching experience,educational level,grade taught,and location of the kindergarten,the study found:(1)There is a negative correlation between preschool teachers’social skills and the level of job burnout(r=−0.238);(2)Empathy has a dual-track effect on job burnout,where cognitive empathy negatively affects job burnout(r=−0.245),while emotional empathy has a positive effect(r=0.045);(3)Cognitive empathy partially mediates the relationship between social skills and job burnout(β=−0.124);(4)Mindfulness significantly impacts social skills,cognitive empathy,and job burnout(r=0.278;r=0.286;r=−0.539),and plays a moderating role in the mediation model(β=0.003;β=−0.023).Conclusion:These findings provide theoretical support for the development of burnout prevention and intervention strategies targeted at preschool teachers.They also point out new directions for future research and potential intervention targets,suggesting that enhancing preschool teachers’social skills and cognitive empathy,as well as increasing their mindfulness level,can help them cope with work-related stress and emotional labor,thereby alleviating job burnout.

A Study of New Ways of Professional Development of Rural Teachers Supported by Information Technology

Teacher professional development has been put forward since the 1980s. After nearly 30 years of theoretical research and practical exploration, it has become a common concern of many countries in the world. It is the mainstream discourse of teacher education reform. As a special group of teachers in our country, the professional development of rural teachers is directly related to the improvement of the quality of education in rural schools. In this paper, information technology was briefly analyzed, and the problems in the professional development of teachers in rural schools were discussed;finally, strategies of rural school teachers' professional development supported by information technology were put forward.

Reflections on the Professional Development of Rural Teachers Supported by Information Technology

The rapid development of information technology has brought vitality to rural education, rural teachers should not only seriously deal with it, but also face greater impact and challenges. According to the basic quality structure and main influencing factors of teachers' professional development, questionnaires and interview outlines were designed for 650 rural teachers in ethnic minority areas of Southeast Chongqing to investigate the current situation of rural teachers' professional knowledge and the status of teachers' professional development support system in this study, and then countermeasures were proposed for the current problems, with a view to providing theoretical reference for the development and implementation of modern education.

A Probe into the Application Ability of College English Teachers’ Educational Information Technology in the Information Age

With the arrival of the age of large information data, the education also gradually tends to educate the information, which has forced the demand of the teachers’ educational information technology application ability of the major universities and universities to be higher and higher. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of the development of higher education in the information age and to meet the needs of the college English teaching innovation, this paper will explore the application ability of the educational information technology of the college English teachers from various angles.

Study on Implementing Social Media With Teaching in Course of Technology and Innovation for Teachers for Undergraduates of the Faculty of Education, Naresuan University

The objectives of this research were （1） to study on students＇ achievement after implementing social media with teaching in course of Technology and Innovation for Teachers; （2） to study on students＇ opinions on implementing social media with teaching in the course for undergraduates; and （3） to study on behavior of 38 students in Thai Language major, Faculty of Education, towards implementing social media with teaching in the course for undergraduates who attended the course in academic year 2014. The data was collected by using a learning achievement test before and after implementing social media in the course and a questionnaire for students concerning their opinions regarding implementing social media with the course. The data was analyzed by finding percentage, mean, standard deviation （SD）, t-test dependent, and behavioral observation. The result showed that （I） the post-study achievement of 38 students was significantly higher than pre-study achievement with a statistical significance of .05; （2） the students ＂mostly agreed＂ on implementing social media with the course （μ = 4.40, σ = .37）. After considering in each aspect, it was found that the three aspects that reached highest score respectively were overall image of implementing social media in classes （μ= 4.74, σ = .45）. Followed by those that reached the same score, which were, ＂implementing social media allowed students to exchange experience, knowledge, and attitudes between each other more＂ with （μ = 4.66, σ = .48）, ＂implementing social media allowed students and teachers to exchange experience, knowledge, and attitudes with teachers more＂ with （μ = 4.66, σ = .48）, ＂allowed students to work with each other or do more self-study＂ with （μ = 4.66, σ = .48）, ＂allowed students to study by themselves＂ with （μ = 4.66,σ = .48）, and ＂implementing social media in classes allowed students to submit assignment, and receive suggestions for improvement at all times＂ with （μ = 4.66, σ = .48）. The third was ＂implementing social media in classes allowed more methods for students to communicate with teachers＂ with （μ = 4.53, σ = .51）; and （3） behaviors of implementing social media with the course showed that （a） in terms of promoting knowledge, social media helped promoting knowledge between friends and between students and teachers in various concepts, which was the part that linked to practicing living together in society with others; （b） in terms of communication, students had a change to participate in more socialization by debating or asking questions via Facebook; （c） in terms of strengthening motivation, students were enthusiastic to learn and used the Facebook group for communication; （d） in terms of adjusting an opened-learning environment, this promoted the behavior that students would study and learn anywhere outside of classrooms,which helped learners to always learn not just in their classes; moreover, this would form the behavior of being able to work anywhere anytime, improve, and adjust their works by having records of the changes as well; and （e） in terms of supporting and promoting two-way communication, students were able to communicate and exchange information more than just in class and they were also encouraged to compete by producing portfolios and present them on Facebook and YouTube.

In-Service Teachers’Perceptions of Technology Integration in English as a Foreign Language Classrooms in China:A Multiple-Case Study

Purpose This study investigates university in-service English as a Foreign Language(EFL)teachers’perceptions of technology integration and the relevant factors that may affect their technology integration in the classroom.Design/Approach/Methods This multiple case study applies Teo's extended technology acceptance model(TAM)and the theory of teacher value beliefs associated with using technology to explore seven in-service EFL teachers’perceptions of effective technology integration and the challenges they encountered.Findings This study suggests that(1)perceived usefulness and(2)teacher value beliefs are two important factors that influence in-service teachers’technology integration.Additional factors are(3)subjective norm,(4)facilitating conditions of the environment,and(5)cultural values.Originality/Value This study contributes to the existing literature on in-service EFL teachers’technology integration and increases the applicability of the extended TAM in China.This study also provides insights into these teachers’perceptions and practices of technology integration.Finally,insights gleaned from this study will guide school-level,local,and national educational policy groups on optimally supporting in-service teachers’future technology integration.

U.S.Preservice Teachers Learning With Multilingual Learners in Korea Through Educational Technology:Bringing Heteroglossic and Global Approaches to TESOL Teacher Education

Purpose This study aimed to explore how educational technology influenced a preparatory teacher education program using heteroglossic and global approaches.Design/Approach/Methods The researchers drew upon the theoretical framework of multilingual digital storytelling(MDST),which emphasizes the intercultural awareness attributes of multilingual learners(MLs)and takes a heteroglossic perspective in linguistic pedagogy.This qualitative case study examined the experiences of 11 U.S.-based preservice teachers(PSTs)and 12 MLs elementary students in Korea in the MDST project of a TESOL methods course.Findings The findings showed that PSTs and MLs enhanced their appreciation for educational technology,multilingualism,and intercultural awareness.Although the project aimed to decenter English as a hegemonic language,both PSTs and MLs maintained traditional discourses that privileged English over MLs’home language and targeted literacy correctness in written English only,moving away from the heterogeneous goals of the course project.PSTs and MLs also faced challenges in navigating technological tools,which negatively affected their perception of the project.Originality/Value This study contributes to heteroglossic approaches in preparatory TESOL teacher education programs and improves the understanding of challenges in educational technology use for global multilingual exchanges to promote global citizenship.

An Analysis of the Lack of Modern Educational Technology in the Teaching of Secondary Vocational English Subjects and its Teaching Strategies--Take Pingli Vocational Education Center as an Example

The report of the Educational sector in China advocates modern education technology,and now a new round of curriculum reform has thoroughly revised the curriculum standards of middle school students in various subjects,and penetrated modern educational technology into the teaching of various subjects.In recent years,the education department has raised the importance of vocational education,changed the concept of education for teachers and students,vocational education is in the fastest-growing period,the majority of secondary vocational education students has greatly improved,the curriculum is colorful.We should make good use of all kinds of the up-to-dated educational technologies in various subjects.However,in the process of education,the basic level of secondary vocational students is relatively poor phenomenon slowly appeared,which is a common problem in secondary vocational education,so we should strengthen the modern education technology in English subjects of the value of education.English,like our mother tongue,has a wealth of humanistic knowledge and spiritual connotation.Many English teachers in secondary vocational school simply teach basic English knowledge aspects and English grammars.It only lets the most vocational students to learn only the most basic English textbook knowledge,and then English teachers find many bad aspects,such as:students do not understand foreign culture;Therefore,secondary vocational English teachers in the English classroom to penetrate modern education technology,is the most important measure.So,as an English teacher,how to modernize secondary school students in classroom teaching?This article mainly talks about the teaching of secondary English subjects lack modern education technology and its teaching strategies.

Thoughts on the Professional Growth of University Teachers in Digital Era

The development of information and technology has changed education namely teaching and learning.This paper analyzed the main characteristic of university teachers’professional growth in digital era by theoretically analyzing the impact on education of information and technology.In the new era,teachers should assume more abundant roles,such as lecturer in the classroom environment,model of students’life,mentor/instructor,teaching evaluator,resource developer,planner,leader and manager,etc.Teachers in the digital era should own the qualities of“foundation”,“growth”,and“expansion”.On this basis,several suggestions for promotion of teachers’professional growth have been given.It is necessary to explore the way of professional growth for university teachers in the IT age by constructing a UGIT collaborative“front and behind continued”teacher cultivation mechanism;exploring a practice-oriented,precise,scientific and demand-driven cultivation model;and strengthening the training of teachers’IT application ability.

现代信息技术赋能高校教师评价改革的实施路径探析

高校教师评价改革是教育评价改革的重要组成部分。从以往的研究与实践分析,信息技术从内容、形式、技术等三个方面促进高校教师评价改革。随着中共中央、国务院以及教育部出台的一系列宏观政策、改革举措和大数据、人工智能、5G等新一代数字技术不断迭代演进,政策和技术的双重支持使现代信息技术赋能高校教师发展具有现实可能性。当前,现代信息技术应用于高校教师评价改革还存在理念尚不成熟、机制尚不健全、技术自身尚不稳定、主体能力尚不充足等四大难题。基于此,可从创新教师评价理念、建设教师评价平台、开展人员培训、构建协同机制等四个方面持续发力,促进信息技术高效服务于高校教师评价改革。

教师数字韧性:内涵、框架及发展路径

数字技术与教育的融合为教师的教育教学方式革新既带来了机遇也带来了挑战。数字韧性作为数字时代教师的必备素养,有助于教师客观地辨别和应对数字时代所面临的问题,更好地适应数字化教育教学或生存。教师数字韧性是指教师在应用数字技术开展教育教学中遭遇技术困难或挑战时所表现出的积极心向与适应能力。通过理解和分析数字韧性的概念与内涵,在分析现有代表性数字韧性框架的基础上,结合心理韧性研究和教师职业特点,从“适应环境、应对挑战、自我调节、支持寻求”四个层面构建了教师数字韧性结构框架。教师的数字韧性可通过自我建构、韧性教育、场景学习和资源支持得以形成与发展。

权力技术与主体建构:学前体育的社会学解释框架

学前体育是“幼有所育”“幼有优育”的重要内容与形式,对学前体育政策工具与主体实践的理解是认识学前体育本质内涵与价值指向的重要逻辑起点。借助福柯的权力谱系分析学前体育作为一项“权力技术”如何实现自身成为学前教育的日常化活动,同时论证作为学前体育实践的主体和客体的统一体,幼儿如何借助“自我技术”实现自身主体的建构,以说明学前体育作为国民教育体系的重要组成部分,其终极价值取向是促进儿童的全面发展。认为,在全面推进健康中国的大背景下,学前体育要遵循提升政策引导力、提升科研助推力和提升师资培养力的发展路径。

基于全范围头部姿态估计的教师注意力识别算法

探究教师注意力对于评估课堂教师行为具有极其重要的研究价值。然而,现有的教师注意力识别算法存在无法应对极端头部姿态角度等问题。为此,提出一种基于6DRep Net360模型的教师注意力状态识别算法,提升极端角度中头部姿态估计算法的准确性。相较于传统的依赖条件判断来分类教师注意力状态的方法,设计一种基于支持向量机(SVM)的教师注意力分类模型,对复杂头部姿态角度进行注意力状态的精准识别。为进一步解决算法稳定性和准确性带来的误差数据,提出基于滑动窗口的数据清洗算法,有效提高整体识别结果的真实性和可靠性。通过在构建的CCNUTeacherS tat e数据集上进行一系列的算法评估,实验结果表明,所提出的教师注意力识别算法在CCNUTeacherS tate数据集上达到了90.67%的准确率。

智能技术赋能教师教学评价:理论框架与实践路向

智能技术赋能教师教学评价已经成为新时代教育评价深化改革的重要议题。本研究通过梳理教师教学评价范式的四个历史演变阶段,依据为何评(Why)、评什么(What)、怎么评(How)、评何用(Use)评价活动的四要素,构建了一个集“目标—内容—技术—结果”四位一体的多元、循环、综合的WWHU理论框架。该框架呈现出评价理念从奖罚诊断走向促进发展、评价内容从宏观教学质量走向微观教学数据链、评价技术从人工手动方式走向机器智能方式、评价结果从结果评价走向“四个评价”的发展趋势。未来,要推动智能技术赋能教师教学评价的实践落地,需要从“理念引领、数据融合、平台搭建、机制保障”等四条路径持续着力,以期为数智时代教师教学评价改革提供理论借鉴与实践引导。

教与学的共同体:人工智能时代师生关系未来走向

作为教学共同体与学习共同体的有机统一,教与学的共同体可以成为人工智能时代师生关系的新走向。当前中国传统师生关系中存在生命主体价值缺失,工具技术主要凸显,师生交往呈现平面化,缺少情感交流与人文关怀等困境。人工智能技术的发展为师生关系变革提供了新的契机,即教学生态要素改变,优化教学时空环境,教学环境改变,教学交互方式多元,师生交往形式丰富,教学形式变革,智能分析技术用于学生学习。因此,教与学共同体的构建需要规避智能化技术理性,充分发挥师生交往主体;借助智能化工具,搭建共联互生的师生交往平台;发挥智能技术作用,创建自适应学习生态系统。

生成式人工智能在基础教育领域的应用:机遇、风险与对策

生成式人工智能与教育教学的深度融合,正在重新定义知识获取、学习过程、人机协作教学的内涵,并预示着教育将迈入一个“师-生-机”教育命运共同体的新时代。在此背景下,文章深入探讨了生成式人工智能的本质与教育角色定位,从短期效应和长期发展两个角度阐释了生成式人工智能在基础教育领域应用的机遇,同时剖析了生成式人工智能在基础教育领域应用过程中面临的智能技术成熟度风险、教育教学异化风险和师生主体适应性风险。结合这些机遇与风险,借鉴国际先进经验,文章有针对性地提出了适合我国基础教育实际情况的生成式人工智能应用对策,以促进人工智能与教育的深度融合,为相关领域的研究和政策研制提供参考。

数智时代的“人师”与“机师”协同教学

倡导数字技术与智能教学深度融合的人机协同教学,已成为顺应数智时代教育教学转型的必然选择。其中,“人师”对人机协同教学的认知理解、能力适配、行动负荷和风险规避是关键问题。针对“机师”加速技术驱动与“人师”教学认知协调的对峙、“机师”多重任务叠加与“人师”数字能力挚肘的困境、“机师”技术提质增效与“人师”智能教学负荷加重的悖论、“机师”技术赋权增能与“人师”教学风险衍生的矛盾等现实挑战,“人师”亟需从认识驱动、立足所长、善于选择、有效防范等层面,加强参与人机协同模式的自觉性和行动力,助推数字技术与智能教学的融合发展。

信息技术2.0背景下内蒙古中小学教师TPACK知识发展研究

通过向内蒙古东部、中部和西部1492名中小学一线教师发放调查问卷量表,获取了中小学教师TPACK的整体情况、中小学教师TPACK各维度情况、教师TPACK不同变量的差异性数据。结合访谈,发现教师TK水平、教师教学经验、教师课堂教学设计、教师教学学术、职后培训是影响中小学教师TPACK发展的五大核心因素。基于《教育部关于实施全国中小学教师信息技术应用能力提升工程2.0的意见》的指导思想,重视发挥校长的信息化领导力、挖掘教师TPACK的个体生成力、发挥教师TPACK协同互助促进力、提升校本培训团队信息化指导力,是针对内蒙古中小学教师TPACK知识发展问题而提出的策略。

虚拟现实技术赋能美国教师教育实践训练的历程、效果、走向及启示

虚拟现实技术作为一种能够将学习者置身于虚拟环境中的革命性工具,正在重塑教育的生态与未来。美国最早开始运用虚拟现实技术辅助教师教育实践训练,这一过程经历了虚拟现实技术与教育的初步结合、深度交融及催生专业平台新形态3个阶段。在实践效果上,教师教育实训专业平台通过多元主体的交互性提升了实训真实感、依靠虚拟情境的多感知性营造了实训沉浸感、凭借实践过程的自主性提高了自我效能感。展望未来,虚拟现实技术赋能美国教师教育实践训练的趋向包括实训模式的智能化、实训理论的多样化、实训内容的个性化和实训评价的二元化。世界各国都在积极应对和推动教育教学智能化。在未来较长时间里,智能化教育教学将是我国教育改革的重点方向,而虚拟现实技术赋能则是这一改革的重要基础与路径。