English Teacher Development

1、English Teacher Development Years of foreign language teaching in Chineseschools and the reform of English languageteaching in particular since the new century haveclearly shown that English teacher evelopment needsmore attention if the quality of English teaching is toimprove in China. Teacher deve

2、lopment is aprerequisite to realizing teacher professionalization,This Chapter makes a brief introduction to the content,approaches and modes of English teacher developmentin China. Teacher development originated from teacher professionalization 1966: UNESCO published the book Advice on the Teacher.

3、 1994: China implemented the Teachers Law which stated:“Teachers are the professionals who carry out education and teaching. 1995: The State Council promulgated The Teachers certificateRegulations.(教师资格条例） 2000: The Ministry of Education promulgated The ImplementationMeasures for the Teachers certif

4、icate Regulations.（教师资格条例实施办法） 2000：Teaching was officially listd as one of the 8 professions inChina.Three requisites that teacher must possess Independent knowledge system Specific abilities Special ethical criteria and personal qualities Professional level of disciplines (学科的专业水平）学科的专业水平） The awa

5、reness of constantly updating onesprofessional expertise or knowledge （与时具进的通（与时具进的通识文化水平）识文化水平） The skills of educating and nurturing the student（传递知识的教学水平和育人的教养能力（传递知识的教学水平和育人的教养能力 Ethics that is unque to the profession （独立并不（独立并不同于其他职业的伦理特征）同于其他职业的伦理特征） Personality involving ethics and psychology

6、 （伦（伦理和心理方面的人格）理和心理方面的人格）教师发展教师发展 自主的提高学历和学力，即使不断提自主的提高学历和学力，即使不断提高学历也要提高学力，以使普通知识高学历也要提高学力，以使普通知识水平，自我成就动机，独立意识，批水平，自我成就动机，独立意识，批判意识，研究能力等能力的提高。判意识，研究能力等能力的提高。 学习终身化，坚持自我培养；并使自学习终身化，坚持自我培养；并使自主性，积极性，自我成就动机，学术主性，积极性，自我成就动机，学术意识，研究意识也在发展中成正相关。意识，研究意识也在发展中成正相关。The features of English teacher developme

7、ntDistinctions Teacher Training & EducationTeacher DevelopmentEnglish Teacher DevelopmentDifferent Starting PointsFocusing on training teaching skills or learning profesional knowledgeFocusing on teachers creative and constant developmentFocusing on the idea that English teachers should be highl

8、y skilled at language teaching, together with the ability of improving the skills and interpreting differences as the world changesPoints of View on Training -an passive type of teacher education-focusing on providing teachers with the information and skills they lack-an active and self-directed lif

9、e-long learning;-emphasizing that the teacher is not just the trainees but also the master of professional development-making a difference between the pre-service learning of English education major and that of non-English education majors;-not just sitting back, waiting for training opportunities,

10、but try to get self-development in ones own teachingDistinctions Teacher Training & EducationTeacher DevelopmentEnglish Teacher DevelopmentProcesses-a kind of static training, focusing on separate skills each time-a kind of dynamic and combined training, focusing on constant life-long and all ro

11、und development-developing their abilities in both pre-service and in-service practice;-developing the ability to use integrated EnglishPurposes and Administra-tions-focusing on prsonal job-hunting skills;-professional title evaluation-focusing on personal professional proficiency and skill-aiming a

12、t helping teachers to be adept at their professional work, with an academic certificate only being one sign after reaching this targetDistinctions Teacher Training & EducationTeacher DevelopmentEnglish Teacher DevelopmentTraining modes-focusing on the collective and external professional teachin

13、g;-Training in the mode of classroom teaching-focusing on the personal and internal professional ability;-encouraging teachers to seek different ways of self-development-focusing on internal development and consciousness;-trying to reach the standard for English teacher professionalization in the pr

14、e-service period;-keeping a constant continuation of self-development in the in-servece periodThe Goals of English Teacher DevelopmentI. English teachers belief in English language teaching Teachers beliefs in their work reflect their points of view on education, students and educational activities.

15、 (英语教学的信念）II. Knowledge relevant to English teachingl General cultural knowledge（通识文化知识）（通识文化知识）l Subject matter knowledge （学科知识）（学科知识） 1) The English language proficiency（英语语言水平）（英语语言水平） 2) The basic knowledge of linguistics（英语学科的基（英语学科的基础础知识）知识） 3) Native language knowledge（本民族语言知识）（本民族语言知识）l Gene

16、ral pedagogical knowledge（普通教育学科知识）（普通教育学科知识）l Pedagogical content knowledge（学科教学论知识（学科教学论知识)l Practical knowledge（实践知识）（实践知识）III. The special ability for English teaching activities（英语教学活动必须的特殊能力）l English educating ability（英语教育能力）l Skills of using English for communication and forteaching.（英语作为交际语

17、言和教学语言的应用能力）l Ability to conduct classroom teaching and use textbookscreatively (课堂教学能力和教材处理能力)l The ability to adapt English teaching for differentsituations.（创造，鉴别，应用英语教学方法和手段的能力和建构适合本校本班发展情况的课堂教学模式的能力）l The ability to observe and research ones teaching（洞察，协调和科研能力）IV. Professional morality and emo

18、tional attitude（职业道德和（职业道德和情感态度）情感态度）V. Wholesome personality（健（健康的人格）康的人格）l Cooperative working style（合作交往的工作风格）l Good psychological endurance（良好的心理承受力）l Tolerant and modest personality（宽容，谦逊的品质）l Self-developing consciousness（自我发展的自觉性）Main approaches and ways of English teacher development I. Scie

19、ntific reflectionl Reflection before teaching a) Analysis of the teaching conditions b) Analysis of the teaching objects c) Selection of teaching measuresl Reflection in teachingl Reflection after teaching II.Active research on ones teaching The teacher make a scientific analysis and evaluation of t

20、heir own teaching behaviors.III.School-based training participation（参与校本培训）（参与校本培训） With the combination of credential education and life-long education, the development of schools will have to rely on the constant improvement of their school teachers qualifications. Therefore, many schools have established and improved their school-based training, which includes university online-s