Systematizing Teacher Development:A Review of Foreign Language Teacher Learning

Foreign language teaching practice is developing rapidly,but research on foreign language teacher learning is currently relatively fragmented and unstructured.The book Foreign Language Teacher Learning,written by Professor Kang Yan from Capital Normal University,published in September 2022,makes a systematic introduction to foreign language teacher learning,which to some extent makes up for this shortcoming.Her book presents the lineage of foreign language teacher learning research at home and abroad,analyzes both theoretical and practical aspects,reviews the cuttingedge research results,and foresees the future development trend,painting a complete research picture for researchers in the field of foreign language teaching and teacher education as well as front-line teachers interested in foreign language teacher learning.This is an important inspiration for conducting foreign language teacher learning research in the future.And this paper makes a review of the book from aspects such as its content,major characteristics,contributions and limitations.

Curriculum Innovation in Language Teacher Education:Reflections on the PGDELT Program’s Contributions to EFL Teachers’Continuing Professional Development

Initial teacher preparation and teachers’ continuing professional development are two significant pillars of the teacher education enterprise. The former encompasses a wide range of teachereducation initiatives at the levels of diploma, bachelor’s degree, postgraduate diploma, and even master’s degree for teacher licensure purposes. These are widely documented in the literature.What is important is how teacher professional development contributes to bolstering the teachereducator force, which is relatively insufficiently documented due to the very fact that different educational systems have somewhat different expectations of such programs in relation to the ideologies and theories underpinning the teacher professional development program design and curriculum offering. Taking stock of a postgraduate diploma program in English language teaching(PGDELT) for teachers’ continuing professional development with a 31-year history housed at a premier teacher education institution in Singapore, which has successfully graduated over 1, 000 English language teachers for colleges and universities in China, I intend to highlight some of its key features, as a former student and then a lecturer on the program, in order to draw implications for sustainable growth of language teacher education programs, especially those whose main purposes are to prepare teachers of English as a second or foreign language(ESL/EFL) and provide continuing professional development opportunities for such inservice teachers.

Curriculum Discourse and Foreign Language Teachers'Professional Development

The significance and status of the teachers'professional development make the education system and the society pay more and more attentions.The article elaborates the internal contact of curriculum discourse and teachers'professional development from a few respects such as the rationality of curriculum discourse,the long-term nature of the teachers'professional development and many factors affecting the teachers'professional development.The article also analyzes the external and internal factors influencing Tibet foreign language teachers'professional development,and puts forward the corresponding countermeasures in the light of these problems.

外语教师发展的有效策略——评介Jack C.Richards所著Professional Development for Language Teachers:Strategies for Teacher Learning

J.C.Richards教授在英语语言教学和教师培训领域的实践经历与理论研究,对其本人关于"语言教师发展"思想体系的构建起到了积极的促进作用。他于2005年出版的Professional Development for Language Teachers:Strategies for Teacher Learning(《语言教师专业发展:教师学习策略》)一书论述了"教师教育"的本质,分析了关于"教师发展"的六个重要观点,尤其是对语言教师发展策略进行系统性阐述,以章节形式对十一种发展策略进行全面细致的介绍,并附有具体事例、教师反思、参考书目等。该书是作者对英语语言教师发展领域的理论研究及实践经验的总结,其内容及框架在注重理论知识的科学性和系统性的同时,也突出了实践操作的必要性和可行性,可以作为我国外语教师开展职业发展、提升职业素质的有益参考。

On professional development of college English teachers

This paper focuses on college English teachers’ self-development.First it explains its implication and significance,describes the present condition of English teaching at colleges,and then presents methods of college English teachers’ self-development.

A Study of CFL Teacher Competency in the U.S.: An Overview of Professional Guidelines, Resources, and Standards

Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) is a critical language in the United States, and the importance to have competent CFL teachers has been more and more realized. However, the literature does not show sufficient research on CFL teacher competency. To fill the gap, a series of exploratory research studies are initiated. As a part of the initiation, this study overviews the professional guidelines, resources, standards and requirements for CFL education in the U.S. at the national and state levels. The findings will be useful for designing teacher education program and teacher training program. In addition, student teachers, pre-service teachers, and in-service teachers can also use them as great references for their academic and/or professional development.

The Development and Practice of English teaching in Science and engineering college

With the deepening reform and education system, teacher development is increasingly being taken seriously. Teachers＇ professional development ability is related to the overall level of higher education. For science and engineering colleges, the traditional light text is serious on a weight management, science and engineering university foreign language teacher development is severely limited. In this view, I try to start from the theory of teacher development, combined with the actual characteristics of the University of Science and Engineering, University of Science and Engineering is to expLore the implementation of foreign language teachers＇ professional development path.

Chinese Language Teacher Professional Growth: A Case Study

Chinese language teachers grow with certain characteristics in their professional development.Knowing these characteristics can reveal a teacher’s developmental needs which can inform the teachers and the teacher development facilitators.This case study examines the professional development of one Chinese language teacher that works in a high school in the United States.The Five-Stage Theory is employed to direct the examination of the teacher’s growing path.Findings cover the challenges,efforts to cope with the changes,successes,and failures.

如何理解,如何行动,如何成为?——人工智能时代教师专业发展的反思

人工智能时代的教师专业发展,其核心内涵是在“如何理解”“如何行动”“如何成为”三方面为教师提供有效支持。本文从智能时代教师职能职责和能力素养重构的角度构建了理解框架,从智能时代教师角色定位和教学方式重构的角度构建了行动框架,从智能时代教师发展路径重构的角度构建了设计框架。文章最后提出,“如何理解”的关键是深刻理解智能技术赋能教师的“留白”与“创新”;“如何行动”的关键是教师要在立德树人、技术治理与结构性创新上发挥“人在回路”的作用;“如何成为”的关键是要以大系统观发展教师的大视野、大思维和统整性大能力。

《高校外语教师专业素养标准》阐释——研制背景、过程与特色

本文介绍《高校外语教师专业素养标准》的研制背景、过程和特色。该标准旨在为高校外语教师的专业素养发展提供全面、科学、系统的指导。通过对比分析国内外相关研究和实践,我们深入探讨了高校外语教师专业素养的内涵和特点,并提出了该标准研制的理论依据。在研制过程中,我们采用了文献综述、实证研究、专家咨询等多种方法,以确保该标准的科学性和实用性。该标准的制订融合了理论成果与实践需求,同时引入级差性评价量具,以提升实用性和创新性。

《高校外语教师专业素养标准》的确立依据及其内涵解读

高校外语教师专业素养包括育人素养、学科素养、教学素养、科研素养、数字素养和学习素养。这六个素养既相互联系、相互促进,又相互区别,构成外语教师素养的具体指标。本文介绍了高校外语教师专业素养确立的依据及其相互之间的关系,并着重从正确价值观、核心知识、关键能力、必备品格四个构成要素视角阐释了专业素养的内涵。最后,我们对教师专业素养标准的使用提出建议。

专业学习共同体视域下高校外语教师专业发展探究

专业学习共同体在拓展教师专业知识与实践经验、全面提升教师职业素养、打造教师合作文化方面发挥着积极作用,能够有效促进教师专业发展。从专业学习共同体的概念与应用价值出发,结合高校外语教师专业发展面临的问题,可以明确高校外语教师专业学习共同体构建的原则。在此基础上,三种教师专业学习共同体的建设形式与路径得以确立,即基于课程群的教学团队、基于任务导向的教学实践共同体和基于教师发展中心的学习共同体。

“双师型”外语教师教学能力发展的逻辑理路及推进策略

“双高计划”建设对高职外语教师的“双师型”发展提出了新要求,基于高职外语教师教学能力发展的逻辑基点,探索厘清“双师型”高职外语教师教学能力的发展纬度,从教学活动领域、组织管理领域、专业能力领域研究分析教学能力核心要素,提出推进“双师型”外语教师教学发展策略,通过制度赋能、平台搭建、构建学研共同体、激发自我发展自觉等方式引领高职外语教师实现“双师型”全面发展。

试论外语教育学的价值及学科建设

外语教育学被列入2024年发布的《研究生教育学科专业简介及其学位基本要求(试行版)》,本文将阐述将外语教育学确立为学科的必要性、学科建设的定位和使命、学科发展对外语教师成长和外语人才培养的重要意义,以此坚定学科信念,引导研究方法,助力教学改革。寄望该学科能够为提高我国外语教育质量赋能,为提升外语专业人才的核心竞争力、促进教师的专业发展搭桥造势。

社会文化理论视角下高校研究型外语教师专业发展叙事研究

基于社会文化理论,运用叙事研究法,深描一位高校研究型英语教师的专业成长故事,以探究其专业发展路径。研究发现,高校研究型外语教师的发展路径驱动于外部环境刺激下的自主发展能动性,促成于外部环境中的重要他人与文献阅读中介资源,实现于学术写作、学术会议汇报、讲座分享和教学反思。根据研究对象的专业发展路径,尝试修订了适用于高校外语教师专业发展的模型图,在个人维度上,从主动发展意识变更为自主发展能动性;在外部因素维度中添加“外部环境”一项,强调外部环境的助推作用;将实践维度细分为学术写作、学术会议汇报、讲座分享和教学反思四项,凸显实操性,以期为高校新入职教师和中级职称教师群体的专业发展提供启示。

《国际中文教师专业能力标准》中以“道”为本的价值意蕴

《国际中文教师专业能力标准》(以下简称《标准》)的发布是国际中文教育领域标准体系建设的标志性成果之一,对新时代国际中文教师队伍建设具有重要意义。本研究揭示与剖析了《标准》蕴含的以“道”为本的中国传统文化观,构建了国际中文教师专业发展的“道”本模型,即“乐道”“闻道”“论道”“悟道”“践道”“求道”“传道”之间相辅相成且循环往复的教师专业发展过程。本研究旨在为《标准》的深入解读提供新的中国视角,也为国际中文教育的发展注入文化自觉与文化自信的新动力,以“道”涵养国际中文教师专业发展,更好地推动《标准》的推广与落地,助力国际中文教育高质量内涵式发展。

外语教师语言测评素养水平现状调查与分析——以应用型本科高校为例

通过问卷和访谈对应用型本科高校外语教师语言测评素养理论、技能、能力等方面进行调查,结果发现:外语教师语言测评素养水平整体较低,教师职前缺乏测评专业课程的学习,教师在职期间缺乏测评培训和相关指导,更缺乏测评研究的经历;从教师专业发展而言,教师缺乏职后自主学习的主动性和积极性;在培训需求方面,外语教师对参加测评培训的需求意愿强烈。另外,外语教师的语言测评素养水平和参与测评培训、测评研究和测试命题关系显著。结合现状进行讨论分析,提出外语教师语言测评素养水平提升的一些建议。

大模型支持的教师循证实践:行动框架与案例应用

教师开展循证实践面临诸多挑战,包括难以获取和利用证据、缺乏有效的反馈和评价机制,以及实践过程中指导和支持不足,大模型技术的发展为破解这些难题带来了机遇。本研究构建了大模型驱动的循证实践行动框架,涵盖循证实践的五个关键阶段:提出问题、检索证据、评价证据、应用证据和后效评估,并针对不同阶段的特点设计了相应的大模型支持策略;开发了GPT4EBP平台,为教师提供基于自然语言交互的个性化指导、反馈和评估,还针对师范生开展了为期六周的循证实践。问卷调查结果表明,借助GPT4EBP平台,师范生能更高效、高质量地完成循证实践任务,其循证实践能力和集体效能感均得到显著提升;访谈数据揭示了平台在简化流程、提供及时反馈等方面的价值。本研究揭示了大模型技术在优化循证实践流程、赋能教师专业决策等方面的独特价值,丰富和发展了循证实践的理论体系,相应的行动框架和GPT4EBP平台可为教师循证实践提供个性化支持,使其能便捷获取证据、系统分析证据并将证据转化为可落地的教学行动,提升循证实践的针对性和有效性。

《国际中文教师专业能力标准》促进教师专业发展:价值、路径与策略

《国际中文教师专业能力标准》明确了中文教师专业素质的基本要求、规范了中文教师教育教学的基本行为、制定了中文教师专业发展的基本准则,是中文教师培养培训考核的重要依据。基于IMPG模型,可以构建“学—用—思”教师个人专业发展视角的实践总路径,包括以思为主的专业理念发展路径,以学引领的专业知识、专业技能发展路径,以用为基的专业实践发展路径三个分路径。基于《国际中文教师专业能力标准》来构建组织机构视角的中文教师专业发展策略,包括加强教师专业能力标准体系建设,提供持续的教师教育与培训,优化教师教学研究环境,建立良好的教师评价体系,强化中文教师专业发展研究。

积极心理学视角下外语教师职业发展研究

积极心理学在外语教师职业发展中扮演关键角色。当前的外语教师发展模式存在一定的问题。鉴于此,探索如何运用积极心理学理论和方法提升外语教师的职业满意度、教学效果,促进其个人成长,立足学校、培训者以及教师个体的不同角色,提出积极心理学应用于外语教师职业发展的实践策略。