In China,the university-school partnership(USP)is a community of continuous professional development(PD)for teachers,involving teacher educators who visit schools.This study explores teachers’personal factors,school ...In China,the university-school partnership(USP)is a community of continuous professional development(PD)for teachers,involving teacher educators who visit schools.This study explores teachers’personal factors,school working conditions,and principal leadership in order to explain differences in teachers’learning when they have participated in the training program.Using a one-group pretest-posttest design,375 teachers from 12 primary schools in Shanghai participated.Their learning performances are measured by changes in their teaching quality as evaluated by their students.Results of regression analyses show that teachers generally receive higher scores on teaching quality after the program than before.Three factors are significantly and negatively related to the changes in quality:teachers’educational level,the extent to which teachers feel emotional pressure in their profession,and the support from their school principal.Implications for school leaders and policymakers are discussed.展开更多
Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ab...Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ability to use English communicatively. Most teachers no longer use traditional methods of teaching English, particularly to teach speaking, which used to be restricted to sentence-patterning with given vocabulary for substitution drills. They now use all kinds of methods to teach speaking, such as group discussions, news/events reports, story-telling, arguing, expressing opinions, etc.. All these activities are meant to develop students’ ability to use English communicatively. To manipulate these activities well, and get students actively involved in the activities, one important factor in developing communicative competence should be emphasised: strategic competence.展开更多
基金funded by the China Scholarship Council(No.201606140105)the Institute of Life-Practice Educology of East China Normal University.
文摘In China,the university-school partnership(USP)is a community of continuous professional development(PD)for teachers,involving teacher educators who visit schools.This study explores teachers’personal factors,school working conditions,and principal leadership in order to explain differences in teachers’learning when they have participated in the training program.Using a one-group pretest-posttest design,375 teachers from 12 primary schools in Shanghai participated.Their learning performances are measured by changes in their teaching quality as evaluated by their students.Results of regression analyses show that teachers generally receive higher scores on teaching quality after the program than before.Three factors are significantly and negatively related to the changes in quality:teachers’educational level,the extent to which teachers feel emotional pressure in their profession,and the support from their school principal.Implications for school leaders and policymakers are discussed.
文摘Introduction Nowadays, the communicative approach has become a common trend in ELT in China, and the term ’communicative competence’ is often heard when English teachers talk about how to improve their students’ ability to use English communicatively. Most teachers no longer use traditional methods of teaching English, particularly to teach speaking, which used to be restricted to sentence-patterning with given vocabulary for substitution drills. They now use all kinds of methods to teach speaking, such as group discussions, news/events reports, story-telling, arguing, expressing opinions, etc.. All these activities are meant to develop students’ ability to use English communicatively. To manipulate these activities well, and get students actively involved in the activities, one important factor in developing communicative competence should be emphasised: strategic competence.