Fostering Public Respect for Educators and
Encouraging Public Support for Education in
the New Era: Value,Connotation and Practice ApproachZHAO Ying1, YUAN Li2(1.School of Education Science,Shanxi
Normal University,Taiyuan,030031,China;2.Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal
University, Beijing,100875,China)Abstract: The Report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC makes arrangements to “Fostering Public
Respect for Educators and Encouraging Public Support for Education” as an important part of strengthening the construction of the
teaching force and developing education that meets the people’s expectations in the new era. The value of F&E is carrying out the basic task of fostering virtue through
education, advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, building
China into a great modern socialist country in all respects, developing
education that meets the people’s expectations in the
new era. Understanding the connotation of F&E needs to
scientifically grasp the group characteristics of good teachers that meets the
Party and the people’s expectations in the new era and
the foundational and strategic pillars of building a strong educational system.Key
Words: respect teachers and education, Chinese
modernization, value, connotation, practice approach 循证教育视域下的课例研究:内涵、价值和具体举措张春莉,杨 雪,曾 琦(北京师范大学教育学部,北京 100875)[摘要] 课例研究是在实践中发现问题、解决问题、改进问题的过程。循证教育则能够帮助教师获取实践中所产生的一系列证据,并应用这些证据进一步解决新的问题,从而形成逐渐优化、螺旋上升的课例研究新范式。这有助于课例研究成为基于证据的研究和跟进式研究,进而帮助教师形成最适切的教学方案。本研究对循证教育视域下的课例研究如何展开提出了详细的操作范式,并对实施过程中的关键点,即问题引导、多角度反馈、多次跟进以及数据支持加以深度分析,探寻循证研究视域下课例研究的新样态,突破课例研究在现实应用中的困难与瓶颈,以期实现深度教研的美好愿景。[关键词] 循证教育;课例研究;具体举措Lesson Study from the Perspective of Evidence-based Education: Connotation, Value and Concrete InitiativesZHANG Chun-li,YANG Xue,ZENG Qi(Faculty of Education,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875, China)Abstract: Lesson study is the process of finding, solving and improving problems in practice. Evidence-based education can help teachers obtain a series of evidence generated in practice, and use them to further solve new problems, thus forming a gradually optimized and spiraling new paradigm of lesson study. It will help the lesson study become evidence-based research and follow-up research, and then help teachers form the most appropriate teaching plan.This study proposes a detailed operational paradigm for how to carry out the lesson study in the perspective of evidence-based education, and makes in-depth analysis of the key points in the implementation process: problem guidance, multi-angle feedback, multiple follow-up and data support. It is expected to explore the new pattern of lesson study from the perspective of evidence-based research, and then break through the difficulties and bottlenecks in the practical application of lesson study, and realize the vision of in-depth teaching and research.Key Words: evidence-based education, lesson study, concrete initiatives 循证教研:指向教师实践性知识生成的教研转型吴雨宸1 ,宋 萑1,2 ,徐兴子3(1.教育部普通高校人文社会科学重点研究基地北京师范大学教师教育研究中心,北京 100875;2. 青海省人民政府-北京师范大学高原科学与可持续发展研究院,青海西宁 810008;3.上海师范大学教育学院,上海 200233)[摘要] 在教研活动开展的现实境况中,“研”的弱化和丧失使教研逐渐沦为浅表化、形式化的教学研讨,鲜有对实践中问题的深入反思与系统探究,教师实践性知识的生成也随之受到阻滞,因此,寻求教研的转型尤显重要。“循证教研”的新路向强调将实践筑建于证据之上重构问题、延缓判断、收集数据、指向改善、生成新知,促使教研回归“研”之本真。循证教研跨越研究和实践间的边界,教师使用边界物创设了一个超越二者的第三空间。通过问题的澄清,证据的筛选、评估、验证和迭代,教师在对证据和行动结果的不断协商中,突破与重组自身现有经验,渐进式地改善实践,实践性知识亦在此中不断生成与外化。[关键词] 循证实践;教研转型;教师实践性知识
Evidence-based Teaching Research: the Transformation of Teaching Research towards the Development of Teachers’ Knowledge of PracticeWU Yu-chen1, SONG Huan1,2, XU Xing-zi3(1. Center for Teacher Education Research of Beijing Normal University, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education,Beijing ,100875, China;2.Academy of Plateau Science and Sustainability, People’s Government of Qinghai province & Beijing Normal University, Xining, Qinghai,810008, China;3. School of Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200233, China)Abstract: The weakening and loss of “research” makes teaching research (jiaoyan)gradually become teaching discussion, in which teachers rarely reflect on and explore problems in practice, and the development of teachers’ knowledge of practice is also hindered. Therefore, it is important to seek the transformation of the teaching research. This article proposes a new direction named “evidence-based teaching research”, which emphasizes building educational practice based on the evidence to reconstruct problems, suspend the conclusion, collect the data, improve the practice, and develop the new knowledge. Evidence-based teaching research crosses the boundary between research and practice. Teachers use boundary objects and create the third space. Through the clarification of questions, the selection, evaluation, application and iteration of the evidence, teachers reorganize their existing experience in the continuous negotiation of evidence and action results, and gradually improve the practice, in which teachers’ knowledge of practice is continuously developed2 and externalized.Key words: evidence-based practice, the transformation of teaching research, teachers’ knowledge of practice 循证教师专业发展:基于批判实在主义的思考周深几1,陈思颖2(1. 教育部普通高校人文社会科学重点研究基地北京师范大学教师教育研究中心,北京 100875;2. 杭州师范大学外国语学院,浙江杭州 311121)[摘要] 随着循证理念逐步被推广,如何通过教师专业发展项目促进教师循证教学成为关键议题。当前,循证教学存在一些潜在问题。这些不仅是证据使用的方法论问题,其背后是循证教学中有关证据的本体论和认识论问题。本文尝试从批判实在主义视角审视并拓展对于循证教学的理解,并参考医学和护理领域中的相关研究,提出一个整合了批判实在主义视角的循证教师专业发展模型,以回应这些潜在问题。[关键词] 循证教学;教师专业发展;批判实在主义 Evidence-based Teacher Professional Development: A
Critical Realist ConsiderationZHOU Shen-ji1, CHEN Si-ying2(1.Center for Teacher Education Research of
Beijing Normal University, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social
Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education,Beijing
,100875, China;2. School of International Studies, Hangzhou
Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311121, China)Abstract: Along
with the rise in popularity of evidence-based practice, the facilitation of
evidence-based teaching by in-service teachers becomes a central concern. There
are some potential problems that are not merely methodological, but involve
ontological and epistemological issues with “evidence”. By referencing works in
the fields of medicine and nursing, this article attempts to present critical
realist perspectives on evidence-based teaching. It provides a model for
evidence-based teacher professional development in order to address these
potential problems.Key Words: evidence-based teaching,teacher
professional development,critical realism
Great Master Leads the Connotation, Logic
and System of Teacher Identity Construction——On the Guiding
Significance of “Plan for Excellent Teachers”DENG Lei1,HE
Xin-xing2(1.College of Teacher Education,Southwest University, Chongqing,400715,China;2.College of Education,Southwest University, Chongqing,400715,China)Abstract: Great master is the product of the construction of a
high-quality professional teaching team. From the theoretical level, great
master is the new expectation of teachers identity in the new era, which has the implication of the
inheritance of teacher’s ethics culture and the derivation of educational
thoughts. From the logical level, the call for great masters reflects the evolution of contemporary teachers’ identity,
nested in the government’s educational policies, laws and documents,
and benchmarks the practical needs of educational reform. The introduction of
the “Plan for Excellent Teachers” is conducive to enhancing the social identity of teachers’ profession in terms of value, defining the construction goal of
high-quality, professional and innovative teachers in the system, and guiding
the system construction of teachers’ identity in practice. Based on the “Plan
for Excellent Teachers”, we can improve the teacher education system from
multiple angles in the whole process at all stages before and after service, as
well as in all aspects of selection, access, training, evaluation and
supervision, and earnestly implement the mission of the times to cultivate
great masters.Key Words: great master,teacher identity,plan for excellent teachers
Flowing Space for Teacher Training:
Connotation, Composition and Construction PathGUO Jian-wen, GUO Rong(Center for Teacher
Education Research of Beijing Normal University, Key Research Institute of
Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry of Education,Beijing ,100875, China)Abstract: As the dominant space in the networked society, flowing
space has not been comprehensively understood and studied by the field of
teacher education for the teacher training. The theory of space sociology, the
theory of flowing space and so on are used to construct the connotation of
flowing space for teacher training, and explore the basic elements of flowing
space for teacher training. The three material levels such as the
infrastructure supported by information technology, teacher training
institutions and their associated local training resources, nodes and cores,
and training management organizations with elite leadership and multi-subject
participation are believed to compose it. To make the construction of an
orderly flowing space for teacher training, it is necessary to build a
converged infrastructure supported by information technology, equip shared
nodes and cores, turn to the teacher training management practice of elite
leadership and equal participation of multiple subjects.Key Words: teacher training, flowing space, digitization
The
Adjusting Mechanisms of Teachers’ Emotional Expression fromthe Perspective of Emotional RegimeAI Shi-gen(School of Education Science,Chongqing Normal
University,Chongqing,401331,China)Abstract: Teachers’emotional expression is the ability to clearly express one’s own inner emotional experience and understand the emotional feelings
of others through language and non-verbal communication.Emotional expression is
an important window to understand teachers’ emotional
labor.From the perspective of emotional regime theory,teachers’ emotional expression is subject to the influence of various
adjustment mechanisms,and correspondingly focuses on three key areas,namely the managed system in the field of
education and teaching,the performance system in the field of interpersonal
interaction,and the identity system in the field of teacher identity
construction.Teachers’ emotional expression shuttles between these three
systems,which derives a variety of complex emotional expression content and
methods.What they have in common may be related to the meaning that teachers
give to their work,teachers’ emotional expression is restricted by emotional
rules,while teacher’s identity and interpersonal interaction situations shape
teachers’ perceptions and reflection of emotional rules.Key Words: emotional expression of teacher, emotional regime, emotional
rules, self-performance,teacher identity
The Types and Strategies of Teacher
Educators’ Instructional Modeling and Their Influences on Teacher LearnersLIAO Wei1, LIU Miao2, DANG Qian1(1. Center for Teacher Education Research of Beijing Normal University,
Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities,
Ministry of Education,Beijing
,100875, China;2.University of Edinburgh,Moray House School of Education and Sport,Edinburgh,EH8 9JU,United Kingdom)Abstract: Instructional modeling is a type of teacher education
pedagogy through which teacher educators demonstrate their own teaching
practices to help enhance the teaching ability of teacher learners. At present,
some teacher educators in our country lack a systematic understanding and
reasoned practice of instructional modeling. This situation makes it difficult
for teacher learners to directly see the practical enactment of effective
teaching and the underlying pedagogical logic, which compromises the development
of teacher learners. Based on our systematic review of related literature and
practical engagement with and reflection on teacher educator development
programs, we propose a typology of teacher educators’ instructional modeling
and their core strategies. These include implicit instructional modeling,
explicit instructional modeling, and collaborative exploratory instructional
modeling. The study also analyzes the impact of different types of
instructional modeling on teacher learners. It also discusses the implications
for improving teacher educators’ instructional modeling practices, informing
the advancement of teacher educator workforce development, and fostering the
development of indigenous teacher education theories with Chinese
characteristics.Key Words: teacher educator, instructional modeling, teacher
learning, teacher professional development
Towards Quality and Balanced Development
of Education:Rethinking andReconstructing the Teacher Communication
and Rotation SystemJIAO Long-bao(Faculty of Education,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,100875,China)Abstract: Reflecting on the problems arising from the advancement
of the current teacher communication and rotation system, it is found that the
main reason is the neglect of teachers’ individual rationality and the
perception of the technicalization of teaching, following the logic of
promoting the balanced allocation of educational resources. Nowadays, as the
development of education in the new era moves into a new stage of quality and
balance, the rotation system, which is logically oriented to the balance of
teachers, is clearly incompatible with the current logic of pursuing quality
and balance. Therefore, based on the development of quality and balanced
education, the logic of the teacher communication and rotation system should be
shifted from “allocation-based balance” to “development-based balance”, and the understanding of teachers should also be shifted from “human resources view” to “professional capital view”. “The logic of
the teacher communication and rotation system should therefore be shifted from
an ‘allocative balance’ to a ‘developmental balance’, and teachers’ perceptions
should be changed from a ‘human resource perspective’ to a ‘professional
capital perspective’”. Professional capital is used as a lens to reconstruct
the epistemology of the teacher communication and rotation system, to
reconceptualise teachers and their teaching practices, to overcome the problems
caused by the current limitations of understanding, and to better meet the
needs of quality and balanced development of education.Key Words: teacher communication and rotation system, quality and
balanced education, professional capital, human resources
Temporal and Spatial Differentiation and
Risk Avoidance of the Vulnerability of the Allocation of Teachers in Rural
Compulsory Education——Analysis Based on BP
Neural NetworkCAI Wen-bo1, DA Xuan-ying1, ZHAO Zhi-qiang2(1.Teachers College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003,
China;2.Education Research Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian,
361005, China)Abstract: Optimizing the allocation of teachers for rural
compulsory education is the basic demand for speeding up the construction of
high-quality education system and achieving integrated urban-rural balanced
development. This research uses the DPSIR conceptual model to design a
vulnerability evaluation index system including teacher allocation risk level
and coping ability, and uses the 2016-2020 urban compulsory education teacher
allocation data in 31 provinces to train a BP neural network model to evaluate
the vulnerability of rural compulsory education teacher allocation. Then, the
weight of each evaluation index is calculated by the weight coefficient. The
results show that: from 2016 to 2020, the vulnerability of rural teacher
allocation is on the decline, but there is a situation of “low in the east and
high in the west”; the allocation of rural teachers in primary schools is more
fragile than that in junior high schools; The impact of 11 evaluation
indicators on the vulnerability of teacher allocation in rural compulsory
education is primary and secondary. To this end, efforts should be made to
narrow the spatial differences in the allocation of teachers, improve the level
of teacher allocation in primary schools, and optimize the structure of the
teaching staff.Key Words: rural compulsory education, allocation of teacher
resources, vulnerability, BP neural network
The Types of Teachers’ Discourse and Its
Effect on Students’ Conceptual Understanding Between Teacher-Student
Interaction inPrimary School Science ClassroomGAO Xiao-yi1, LV Ya-jie2, LIU Wen-li3(1.Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875,
China;2.Teacher Education
Department, Qilu Normal University, Jinan,Shandong,250200, China;3.Beijing Navigation School, Beijing, 101118, China)Abstract: Teacher-student interaction provides an important context
for students’ scientific concepts
understanding. The study selected 103 conversation episodes from 15 science
courses selected from “1S1K” platform, and analyzed
them subsequently using Lag Sequential Analysis, referring to the methodology
of Sociocultural Discourse Analysis, aiming at reflecting the types of
teachers’ discourse and its effect on students’ conceptual understanding
between teacher-student interaction in primary school science classroom.
Results showed that there are eight types of teachers’ discourse in primary
school science classroom. If being used appropriately, MOD, MON, COM, and CHA
discourse could effectively facilitate students’understanding of deep scientific concepts. Based on the analysis and findings,
the study puts forward that teachers need to pay attention to and improve the
process of teacher-student interaction. Key Words: understanding of scientific concepts, teacher-student interaction,
discourse analysis
Construction of Optimization Model of
Collective Teacher Efficacy in Cyberspace and Research on the Relationship
between Its ElementsCAO Yu-xing1, CHEN Xiao-ran2, XIE Wen-ting3,
GONG Wen-li4, HU Xiao-yong5(1.College of Educational Science and Technology, Guangdong Normal
University of Technology, Guangzhou,Guangdong, 510665,China; 2.School of Education Information and Technology,
South China Normal University, Guangzhou,Guangdong,510631, China; 3.Wenshan Primary School, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong,515100, China; 4.Jiangxi New Energy Technology Vocational College, Xinyu, Jiangxi,
338004, China;5.Research Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Education, South China
Normal, Guangzhou,Guangdong,510631, China)Abstract: Nowadays, teachers’ training supported by cyberspace has been paid more and more
attention, and collective efficacy is an important competitiveness for teaching
and research to obtain sustainable guarantee. Based on the social cognition and
collaboration theory, the study proposes the teacher collective effectiveness optimization model. Based on 438 valid
data participating in the test, the related tests of EFA model factor
exploration and confirmatory factor analysis are conducted. The research shows
that teachers’ collective efficacy consists of internal composition, external
guidance and environmental regulation. Problem solving, authorization,
strategic decision-making, and emotional state in online learning space are the
internal components of teachers’ collective
effectiveness, which are positively related to teachers’ collective effectiveness. External orientation includes the source
of collective effectiveness, collective research input, and task type. The
chain intermediary effect formed between them has a positive impact on
teachers’ collective effectiveness. As a regulating factor, environmental
support can regulate the source of teachers’ collective effectiveness on the
degree of collective effectiveness. Based on this, some suggestions are put
forward to optimize teachers’ collective effectiveness in research and
training.Key Words: cyberspace,collective teacher efficacy, factor relation,
structural equation model
The Impact of School Climate on Junior
Middle School Science Teachers’ Job Satisfaction:A Two-level Mediation and
Moderation Analysis on TALIS 2018 DataLI Xiao-hong, CHEN Chen, LI Zhen, CHEN Teng-xin(Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education
Quality,Beijing Normal University,Beijing, 100875, China)Abstract: Based on the TALIS2018 data, this study builds a
multilevel moderated mediation model to explicate the role job stress as
underlying mechanism through which school climate affect the job satisfaction
of junior middle school science teachers. And to explore the moderating role of
teaching motivation on the relationship between the job stress and job
satisfaction. The results revealed that teacher-student relationship and
participation among stakeholders were positively related to job satisfaction
and job stress were cross-level mediators between school climate and job
stress. But disciplinary climate has no direct effect at all. Altruistic teaching
motivation negatively moderated the relationship between job stress and job
satisfaction. That is, the higher was the perceived altruistic teaching
motivation, the stronger the relationship between job stress and job
satisfaction. But the moderating effect of external teaching motivation on the
relationship job stress and job satisfaction was not significant.Based on the
above conclusion, in the process of improving the job satisfaction of junior
middle school science teachers, schools should strive to create a harmonious
and democratic school atmosphere, constantly reduce the job stress of junior
middle school science teachers, and pay attention to investigating and
cultivating the motivation of them.Key Words: junior middle school science teachers’ job satisfaction, school climate,job stress,teaching
motivation
On the Construction Content and
Path Optimization of Postgraduate Tutor Ethics Standard in China——Qualitative Analysis of
Nvivo Based on Policy TextYAN Jian-zhang1,WANG Xi2(1.School of Teacher Education,Shanxi Normal
University,Taiyuan,Shanxi,030000,China;2.School of Educational Science,Shanxi Normal
University,Taiyuan,Shanxi,030000,China)Abstract: Teacher ethics is the key element to improve the quality of
postgraduate education and cultivate high-level innovative talents. This paper
selects the policy text which is closely related to the construction of
graduate tutors’ ethics norms, and uses Nvivo11 software coding to build the
theoretical model of the construction of tutors’ ethics norms. Coding analysis
shows that the construction of teacher ethics norms mainly includes personality
ethics norms, professional ethics norms and teacher ethics defense system. The
personality ethics norms are the basis and driving force, the professional
ethics norms are the support and external driving force, and the teacher ethics
defense system is the guarantee and control. The standard construction of
postgraduate tutors’ ethics is a
process product, which requires multi-subject collaborative efforts. The
government should play a positive leading role and be the guide of the construction
of teachers’ ethics. The society creates an atmosphere of respect for teachers
and education, and advocates the image of teachers’ ethics. Colleges and universities
to establish a system system, do the implementation of teacher ethics
standards; Tutors should strengthen personal ethics and adhere to teachers’ ethics, so as to realize the long-term development of the standard
construction of postgraduate tutors’ ethics.Key Words: graduate tutor,the construction of teachers’ ethics,grounded theory
On the Localization Experience of
Teacher Development from Subject Teaching to STEM EducationMAO Gang, BI Qiong-yuan(Key Laboratory of Intelligent Education Technology and Application of
Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua,Zhejiang,321004,China)Abstract: In the process of STEM education localization, a group
of excellent STEM teachers have emerged. Studying the changes of motivation,
cognition and practice of these teachers in STEM education practice will help
us understand the development law of teachers and guide more subject teachers
to STEM education. The research takes 10 excellent STEM teachers from 6 cities
in Z Province as the research object, as well as the grounded theoretical
methods and Nvivo11 were used to code and analyze the interview texts. The
study found that subject teachers have a distinct practical orientation in the
process of turning to STEM education, which include three development stages:
exploration, innovation and diffusion STEM education impact. Teachers’
motivation, understanding of STEM education and teaching methods in each
development stage will be continuously deepened and adjusted. Teachers’
community, social elements, school management and institutional mechanisms work
together in the process of teachers’ development, and teachers pay different
attention to these elements in each development stage. Finally, the research
puts forward relevant suggestions for accelerating the development of subject
teachers to STEM education.Key Words: STEM education, teacher professional development,
grounded theory, localization
What Hinders Primary School Teachers’Continuous Usage of Online Teaching?——Qualitative Analysis Based
on Interview Text with 34 Primary School TeachersWAN Li-yong, DAI Xiao-hui, YANG Qiong-jiao, YAO Fang-qian, WANG Jin-ping(School of Education,South-Central
Minzu University,Wuhan,Hubei,430074, China)Abstract: In the spring of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
online teaching became the main way to carry out daily teaching activities in
primary and middle schools across the country. After the full resumption of
schools and classes, many primary and middle school teachers completely
abandoned online teaching and returned to the traditional teaching state before
the epidemic. What factors hinder the teachers’ continuous usage of online
teaching? In response to this question, this study takes primary school
teachers as an example, conducts a qualitative analysis of the in-depth
interview text of 34 primary school teachers, and draws the conclusions that
seven factors, including teacher’s own factors,parent factors, peer factors,
student factors, effects and limitations, conditions and platforms, policies
and systems, are the main factors that affect primary school teachers’
continuous usage of online teaching. Based on the Ecological Systems Theory,
this paper constructs the framework of influencing factors that hinder the
continuous usage of online teaching by primary school teachers from the four
levels of microsystem, mesosystem, mxosystem and macrosystem, and puts forward
relevant suggestions to promote teachers’ continuous usage of online teaching.Key Words: primary school teachers, online teaching, continuous
usage, Ecological Systems Theory
Research on Teacher Educators in China:
Progress,Limitations and ProspectsCHEN Xiao-duan1, GAO Song2, XU Bo1(1.Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi,710062,China;2.Faculty of Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan,Shandong,250014,China)Abstract: Since the beginning of the 21st century, based on the
translation and introduction of foreign teacher educators’ research
achievements, Chinese scholars have gradually formed a relatively rich
localization of “teacher educators research” themes and achievements.
Significant progress has been made in clarifying the responsibilities of
teacher educators in cultivating pre-service teachers, defining the functions
of guiding in-service teachers, confirming multiple identities and professional
responsibilities, constructing the theory of professional competencies, and
exploring the path and strategy of professional development. However, research limitations
still exist: the construction of research foundation is relatively weak, the
cognition of research objects is relatively limited, and the application of
research methods is not sufficient. In the future, China’s “teacher educators
research” should closely combine the local cultural tradition and the
professional development of teacher educators in the new era, optimize the
professional quality structure of teacher educators in the new era, formulate
professional standards for teacher educators, and make new achievements in the
application of diversified research methods.Key Words: teacher education,teacher educator,professional development,professional standards
A Study of Theoretical Orientations for
Mentoring Pre-service Teachers in the WestYAO Qian,LI Ai-xia(1.Center for Teacher Education Research of Beijing Normal University, Key
Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences for Universities, Ministry
of Education,Beijing ,100875, China;2.Beijing Institute of Education, Beijing, 100043, China)Abstract: Mentoring functions as a key element of improving
pre-service teachers’ teaching
competence and overall abilities.An investigation of contemporary theoretical orientations for mentoring
pre-service teachers in the West will help teacher educators to explore the
essence of mentoring from a theoretical level,enhance teacher educators'
reflective ability and innovative consciousness to guide their own practice,and
improve the quality of developing pre-service teachers’teaching competence and overall abilities.The study finds that the practice of
mentoring pre-service teachers in the West mainly presents four theoretical
orientations: the positivist theory orientation focuses on teaching behavior,
values norms and utility; the phenomenological theory orientation stresses
situated learning experiences, and values interpersonal interaction and
personal growth; the critical theory orientation emphasizes criticism and
reflection, and calls for advocacy action and change; the ecosystem theory
orientation focuses on overall association and multidimensional interaction.
The exploration of the four theoretical orientations of mentoring pre-service
teachers provides suggestions for constructing the relationship between mentors
and pre-service teachers,enriching the content of mentoring pre-service
teachers, and improving the environment of mentoring pre-service teachers.Key Words: mentoring pre-service teachers, theoretical orientations,
the West