大学教师信念比较研究:理论价值与实践意义

Abstract

教师信念决定课堂教学质量高低和教学改革成败,目前国际上对大学教师信念比较研究的重视正日益凸显。加强中外大学教师信念比较研究一方面能够拓展高等教育中的教学问题,尤其是促进大学教师信念这一新兴领域的研究与发展,另一方面可以推进不同文明之间大学教育的交流与对话。其实践价值表现在:高等教育改革的深化需要改革者和教师共同关注教师信念;全球化时代的教与学需要大学教师理解他国的教师信念。我国教育研究界应加强对大学教师信念研究的重视,并创造机会开展跨文化比较研究,为我国大学教师发展提供理论支持与实践指导。

Researches on"university teacher's belief"are being paid more and more attention around the world for seriously increasing focus on the teaching quality in higher education.University teachers' beliefs may be shaped largely by culturally shared experiences and values.The theoretical values of improving the comparative study on Western and Chinese university teachers' belief have two aspects.On the one hand,the study on university teaching could be enlarged by comparing.On the other hand the understanding on different university culture could be strengthened and the inter- cultural communication could be expanded.Besides these theoretical values,the practical significances could also be defined: firstly,with the development of higher education reform in different countries,both reformers and teachers need to pay attention to teacher's belief; secondly,under the internationalization and globalization of higher education,university teachers need to understand the university teachers' belief from other countries.In China,the academics need to pay more attention on study and research on university teachers' belief,and create the opportunities to do the comparative studies.All these could contribute to the faculty development in China.