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
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.
