Professional development of kindergarten teachers in Croatia – a personal choice or an obligation     

Ivana Visković 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2018,38(3):286-297

The quality of educational processes with children of preschool age and long-term educational outcomes are largely related to the work quality of teachers. Lifelong learning and professional development, as predictors of quality, need to be regarded as an ongoing task for kindergarten teachers. Findings of an empirical study of Croatian kindergarten teachers’ views (N = 388) on professional development point to a link between teachers’ intrinsic motivation and their professional development. Motivation explains 46.87% of the variance Personal commitment to professional development. A slight positive correlation was found between the level of formal education and the frequency of professional development (r = .216, p < .01). Although the level of education of kindergarten teachers is not a good independent predictor, it affects readiness to self-fund professional development (p < .01). As for the significance of conferences as a form of professional development, participants of the study identified them as an effective opportunity (M = 4.68, SD = .52), promoting both quality practices (M = 4.69, SD = .54) and exchange of experiences (M = 4.68, SD = .56). The length of participants’ professional work experience affects their assessment of the significance of practitioners’ networking as a way of improving the quality of everyday practices (F = 1.43, p < .05).  相似文献   

Responding to the challenge of providing stronger research base for teacher education: research discourses in the Norwegian national research school for teacher education     

Anna-Lena Østern 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2016,58(1):73-90

Background and purpose: The purpose of this article is to shed light on how the research projects of 140 PhD candidates in the National Research School for Teacher Education in Norway (NAFOL) respond to the challenges faced by Norwegian teacher education regarding the demand for higher competence and a stronger research base. The concept of NAFOL is of interest from an international perspective because of its focus on facilitating teacher educators to achieve a PhD. Since 2001, Norwegian educational policy has had a strong focus on strengthening teacher education and making it more research-based than before. From 2017, all new teachers in Norway are expected to take a master’s degree. In order to accomplish this, there is a need for many new supervisors with a PhD in teacher education institutions. NAFOL is a unique project: a consortium of 23 participating network institutions within teacher education. The research school includes 140 research fellows, all of whom wish to achieve a PhD suitable for work in teacher education. The research school is funded by the Norwegian Research Council, originally for a project period from 2010 to 2016. The research school has had a positive external midway evaluation, and the project period has been extended with four cohorts of students to the end of 2021. However, this study is the first one looking into the research projects of this young generation of teacher education researchers. The research question posed in this article is: how do the research projects of the NAFOL PhD candidates contribute to the research base in teacher education? Main argument: The main argument in this article is that the potential impact of this research school is dependent on the quality of the large number of PhD projects connected to teacher education and education in general developed within the research school. The quality is likely to be good because, among other reasons, these projects are scrutinised by the research school community. The challenges these research projects face, located as they are between solidarity regarding grants from the funds financing the PhD candidates, solidarity with the aims of education, and the wish to contribute to innovation, might prove to be able to be met. These research projects have the potential to create innovation in teacher education research through ‘border crossing’ between different educational discourses, as well as through creating new knowledge in meta-studies based on the results from several projects. Sources of evidence and method: In this article, project abstracts from 140 PhD candidates participating in NAFOL are analysed in terms of their theme and problem formulation. The analysis is inspired by discourse analytical thinking – namely that in a certain situation, several conditions for action exist. In this study, these conditions for action are made apparent in the choice of theme and problem formulation in the research projects. The content analysis is focused on ‘signal words’, because these words might signal positioning in different educational discourses. Results: In the study, three main discourses can be seen as influencing the choice of topic and the problem formulation in the projects: a goal-oriented educational discourse, a ‘Bildung’ (i.e. character formation, or personal growth – ‘danning’ in Norwegian) and democracy discourse, and a critical knowledge-producing discourse. These discourses are constituted when the PhD candidates start their research projects but the conditions for action are ever-changing and, hence, the findings in this study cannot, of course, be considered as ‘final’. The development of these discourses within the research community of NAFOL is one way of scrutinising the research projects in order to make a contribution to qualified teacher education research. Conclusion: ‘Border crossing’ between discourses in research projects concerned with what might be, and what can make a difference in a knowledge society could be a key way of enhancing the future for a young generation of researchers in teacher education. The research projects carried out by the PhD candidates in NAFOL have the potential to develop both new knowledge and new discourses of importance for Norwegian teacher education, as well as for a broader international context regarding professional development in teacher education and education in general. The view of the teacher education profession – and on what a teacher educator can be – could become more fully informed than before the candidates’ participation in the research school.  相似文献   

论人文精神在高职教育中的特殊价值     

刘春清  刘鸣 《安阳师范学院学报》2001,(3):30-31

人文精神是以关注人为核心，以全人类文明进步为参照体的思想状态，是历史演进的实践与心灵的产物．在科教兴国的今天，在高职教育中充分发挥和拓展人文精神的特殊价值有重要意义。为进一步拓展人文精神，应从以下三个方面着手：一、以人为本，增强大学生自觉的主体意识；二、注重全面教育，促进大学生整体素质的发展；三、集思广益，优化校园文化环境。  相似文献   

发挥高职教育优势的对策与建议     

李宁  刘宝萍 《天津职业院校联合学报》2002,4(2):20-23

高职教育的优势体现在人才、行业、能力、专业和地域五个方面，应对它有更深刻地认识。要采取相关的对策，加大实践教学基地建设的投资力度，组建教育集团，加速高职教师队伍的培养，使高职教育更有利于高级应用性人才的培养。  相似文献   

史达祖的悼亡词     

房日晰  房向莉 《渭南师范学院学报》2005,20(6):31-32,82

史达祖的妻子是湘楚一带的一位歌伎,他们共同生活过十多年,感情深挚。其妻死后,他写过11首悼亡诗:有专意写的,也有偶有感触而发的,还有托物言情的。这些词感情深厚,感人至切,但意象略有重复。  相似文献   

加强“高职”会计专业学生的职业道德教育     

孙丽娟  宋伟红 《潍坊教育学院学报》2006,19(1):51-52,58

会计信息质量是建立在良好会计职业道德基础之上的,而良好的会计职业道德的形成,教育是根本,本文论述了加强会计职业道德教育的必要性及如何对高职会计专业的学生进行会计职业道德教育。  相似文献   

浅谈会计职业道德建设     

陆亚莉 《邢台职业技术学院学报》2005,22(2):24-25

会计职业道德既是会计人员在本行业职业活动中行为的规范，也是会计行业对社会应负的责任和义务。加强职业道德建设，能够有效提高会计从业人员的道德水平，是培养高素质人才的重要措施，有利于反腐倡康，进而有助于形成全社会的清正康洁之风。会计职业道德建设，要从机制上、制度上以及会计人员的思想现念、职业道德和行为规范方面予以加强。  相似文献   

高职教育亟待解决的四个问题     

江静 《广东技术师范学院学报》2007,(9):61-63

进入21世纪,高职教育受到前所未有的重视。然而,作为一种新型的教育制度,它的教育理念、培养模式尚未最终形成。要发展高职教育,处理高职教育中的一系列问题,必须首先处理好四个方面的关系。  相似文献   

浅议美国国际商学院联合会质量认证制度     

罗尧 《世界教育信息》2007,(1):13-16

质量认证是保证和提高美国高等教育质量的有效途径。美国高等教育专业认证是美国高等教育认证体系中的重要组成部分，文章通过对美国国际商学院联合会基本情况、认证程序及认证标准的介绍，引发了对我国专业评估工作的几点思考。  相似文献   

论教师专业发展的后现代转向   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

姜勇 《比较教育研究》2005,26(11):52-55

教师发展是世界教育改革与发展的前沿课题.近年来各种后现代教育理论对教师专业发展提出了新的解读,认为自主发展是教师专业发展的新内涵,叙事研究是教师专业发展研究的新视角,关怀伦理是新时期教师专业发展新的伦理要求,个体知识是教师专业发展的新知识构成,这些认识为教师专业发展带来了新的启示.  相似文献