英语教学法选读41：教师发展的教师视角

本文转载自《Professional Development for Language Teachers-Strategies for Teacher Learning(2005)》，作者

Jack C. Richards (SEAMEO Regional Language Centre)

Thomas S. C. Farrell (Brock University)

注释：武太白

导读：本篇从教师的个人发展角度审视了教师发展的几个方面。

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Individual and institutional perspective

The individual perspective 个人视角

Professional development is directed toward both the institution’s goals and the teacher’s own personal goals. Achieving personal growth and improving departmental performance 部门表现 can go hand in hand. Most schools strive 努力寻求 for a mix of both. The vignettes above demonstrate that teachers are generally interested in adding to their professional knowledge and keeping up to date with theory and practice in the field, in improving their teaching skills so that they feel more confident about what they teach and achieve better results with their students. They may also be interested in clarifying and understanding their principles, beliefs, and values, as well as the nature and values underlying 支撑着 the schools in which they work, so that they can be empowered 获得能量. These can all be considered as examples of teacher development from the perspective of the individual teacher. From the point of view of the teacher’s personal development, a number of areas of professional development may be identified 确认:

Subject-matter knowledge 学科知识.

Increasing knowledge of the disciplinary basis 学科基础 of TESOL—that is, English grammar, discourse analysis 话语分析, phonology 语音学, testing, second language acquisition research 二语习得研究, methodology 教学法, curriculum development 课程开发, and the other areas that define the professional knowledge base of language teaching

Pedagogical expertise 教学专业技能.

Mastery of new areas of teaching, adding to one’s repertoire 储备 of teaching specializations 教学专业技能, improving ability to teach different skill areas to learners of different ages and backgrounds

Self-awareness 自我意识.

Knowledge of oneself as a teacher, of one’s principles and values, strengths and weaknesses

Understanding of learners.

Deepening understanding of learners, learning styles, learners’ problems and difficulties, ways of making content more accessible to learners

Understanding of curriculum and materials 对课程和教材的理解.

Deepening one’s understanding of curriculum and curriculum alternatives 课程选择, use and development of instructional materials 教学材料

Career advancement.

Acquisition of the knowledge and expertise necessary for personal advancement and promotion, including supervisory 监督 and mentoring 指导 skills

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积分问题：Which of the above mentioned areas of professional development do you think is the most important? Why?

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