Title :
Information Technology and Professional Development of Secondary School English Teachers - A Case Study in Shandong Province
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Foreign Languages, Qufu Normal Univ., Qufu
Abstract :
Taking professional development of secondary school English teachers (SSETs) as focus, a case study is made in Shandong province. According to the analysis of the research, the non-optimistic state and imbalance of professional development to SSETs in different districts are revealed, and the common problems - time-limitation, non-systematic continuing professional development (CPD) and non-guidance in professional development - are discussed. To change the situation and solve the problems, a feasible three-stage model of SSETs´ professional development is established on the basis of the application of practical and effective information technology forms as blog, online chat, e-mail, hoping to provide some enlightenment to the education of SSETspsila professional development.
Keywords :
computer based training; continuing professional development; teacher training; SSET professional development; Shandong province; continuing professional development; e-mail; information technology; nonoptimistic state; online chat; secondary school-English teacher; teacher training; Cities and towns; Computer science education; Continuing education; Continuing professional development; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Engineering profession; Information technology; Internet; SSET; information technology; professional development; research; the three-stage model;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science, 2009. ETCS '09. First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3581-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2009.460
