TEACHER TRAINING AND CURRICULUM REFORM IN CHINESE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS

ISBN-13: 9783639124620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 76 str.

Xiaorong Shao

Opis

Agricultural schools in China have been undergoing ahuge transition as the system is shifting fromnon-effective academic institutions tovocational-oriented education brought on by China seconomic reforms. Changes of traditional curricularand instructional methods have been recognized as animportant strategy to vocationalize the existingagricultural educational system. To sustain thiseffort, teachers have been identified as an essentialforce in this reform movement. What kind ofattitudes, knowledge, and skills they need to have todeal with this change and how to prepare them tocarry out this challenge have become a center issuein dialogues with the people involved. This study wasaimed at examining teachers current and desiredknowledge and skills related to curriculumdevelopment and instructional methodology, andidentifying the areas that need to be addressed inteacher training and professional development programs.

O autorze

Xiaorong Shao works as an information literacy librarian at
Appalachian State University, USA. She earned her four degrees
from three different countries. Dr. Shao has published articles
about curricula reforms in western and Chinese education systems.
She was a consultant on curricula reforms in China during 1995 to
2005.