With the rapid expansion of Confucius Institutes globally,the Hanban launched a Volunteer Chinese Teachers(VCT)Program with the purpose of selecting a large number of college graduates and graduate students from Chine...With the rapid expansion of Confucius Institutes globally,the Hanban launched a Volunteer Chinese Teachers(VCT)Program with the purpose of selecting a large number of college graduates and graduate students from Chinese universities to fill vacancies for overseas Chinese teachers.In spite of the multitude of students participating in the program,there has been a paucity of research attention on them.How do these students,most of whom have never been abroad before,manage their life in their host country and negotiate their new role as a VCT in an overseas Confucius Institute?What are their intercultural experiences as they venture into a new country to serve as a native teacher of Chinese?Based on in-depth interviews with a dozen VCTs teaching in linguistically and culturally different contexts,this study seeks to examine the dynamics of interculturality,identity and power relations involved in their overseas language teaching.展开更多
The brain-drain caused by imbalanced economic development has produced a lack of qualified teachers in rural China.Short-term volunteer teaching has emerged as a response.Despite the popularity of such programs,little...The brain-drain caused by imbalanced economic development has produced a lack of qualified teachers in rural China.Short-term volunteer teaching has emerged as a response.Despite the popularity of such programs,little systematic data have been gathered regarding their strengths and weaknesses.A short-term volunteer teaching program was studied.The volunteer teachers’characteristics and teaching experience in the program were explored.It was found that volunteers did not receive sufficient training or support from the agency.Therefore,they experienced substantial challenges on site and suffered from burnout.Based on the volunteer teachers’opinions and agency staff’s suggestions,the authors propose ways to improve short-term volunteer teaching programs in China.展开更多
The educational practice of pre-service teachers is an essential part of teacher training.As an important form of educational practice,volunteer teaching can effectively improve the quality of teacher training and bri...The educational practice of pre-service teachers is an essential part of teacher training.As an important form of educational practice,volunteer teaching can effectively improve the quality of teacher training and bridge the serving of basic education.Upon the literature review on existing volunteer teaching models,this paper develops a teaching community of teachers under“Internet Plus”and the prototype of a“relay”volunteer teaching model towards the integrated design of training undergraduate pre-teachers and improving the educational quality of small rural schools.The sound“relay”volunteer teaching model has been formed upon revisions around checking its completeness,optimizing its operability,and enhancing its stability using the design-based research paradigm according to the research path of“planning-application-reflection-improvement.”The practice has indicated positive effects of the new model in promoting the academic development of students in small rural schools,enhancing the classroom teaching competency of rural teachers,and improving the professionalism of pre-service teachers.The quality and efficiency of the new model can be improved through initiatives such as providing timely and efficient technical support,establishing a favorable and harmonious relationship between teachers and students,adopting guidance with double-qualified instructors for instant companionship,and implementing flexible incentives and restraints.展开更多
文摘With the rapid expansion of Confucius Institutes globally,the Hanban launched a Volunteer Chinese Teachers(VCT)Program with the purpose of selecting a large number of college graduates and graduate students from Chinese universities to fill vacancies for overseas Chinese teachers.In spite of the multitude of students participating in the program,there has been a paucity of research attention on them.How do these students,most of whom have never been abroad before,manage their life in their host country and negotiate their new role as a VCT in an overseas Confucius Institute?What are their intercultural experiences as they venture into a new country to serve as a native teacher of Chinese?Based on in-depth interviews with a dozen VCTs teaching in linguistically and culturally different contexts,this study seeks to examine the dynamics of interculturality,identity and power relations involved in their overseas language teaching.
文摘The brain-drain caused by imbalanced economic development has produced a lack of qualified teachers in rural China.Short-term volunteer teaching has emerged as a response.Despite the popularity of such programs,little systematic data have been gathered regarding their strengths and weaknesses.A short-term volunteer teaching program was studied.The volunteer teachers’characteristics and teaching experience in the program were explored.It was found that volunteers did not receive sufficient training or support from the agency.Therefore,they experienced substantial challenges on site and suffered from burnout.Based on the volunteer teachers’opinions and agency staff’s suggestions,the authors propose ways to improve short-term volunteer teaching programs in China.
基金the General Project in the 13th Five-Year Plan for Pedagogy under the National Social Science Fund of China in 2020:Research on the Implementation of Moral Education in Institutions of Higher Education from the Perspective of Online First-Class Courses(No.BEA200112).
文摘The educational practice of pre-service teachers is an essential part of teacher training.As an important form of educational practice,volunteer teaching can effectively improve the quality of teacher training and bridge the serving of basic education.Upon the literature review on existing volunteer teaching models,this paper develops a teaching community of teachers under“Internet Plus”and the prototype of a“relay”volunteer teaching model towards the integrated design of training undergraduate pre-teachers and improving the educational quality of small rural schools.The sound“relay”volunteer teaching model has been formed upon revisions around checking its completeness,optimizing its operability,and enhancing its stability using the design-based research paradigm according to the research path of“planning-application-reflection-improvement.”The practice has indicated positive effects of the new model in promoting the academic development of students in small rural schools,enhancing the classroom teaching competency of rural teachers,and improving the professionalism of pre-service teachers.The quality and efficiency of the new model can be improved through initiatives such as providing timely and efficient technical support,establishing a favorable and harmonious relationship between teachers and students,adopting guidance with double-qualified instructors for instant companionship,and implementing flexible incentives and restraints.
