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Advancing Professional Teaching in South Africa: Lessons Learnt from Policy Frameworks That Have Regulated Teachers’ Work
Education as Change ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2018-12-11 , DOI: 10.25159/1947-9417/4042
Faith Kimathi , Lee Rusznyak

Teaching and teacher education in South Africa have emerged from a highly fragmented past. Teachers from diverse backgrounds, experiences and qualifications find themselves working together in schools where they do not necessarily have access to a common language of practice, nor a shared understanding of professional teaching practices. To address these challenges, the South African Council of Educators (SACE) has developed a set of professional teaching standards for use in the South African context. This is not the first time a policy framework has tried to articulate and direct teachers’ work. This paper analyses four other frameworks that have been used to regulate, monitor and evaluate the work of South African teachers over the past two decades. These other frameworks are The Roles of the Educator and Their Associated Competences, the SACE Code of Professional Ethics, the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) and the Basic Competences of a Beginner Teacher. Our analysis shows how these frameworks present teaching in ways that constrain teacher professionalism in some ways. They address some aspects of professional teaching while ignoring others. In particular, none of them adequately acknowledge the relations between knowledge, skills, judgement and the ethical orientations that underpin professional teaching. The ways in which previous frameworks have constrained teacher professionalism has important implications for SACE if its set of professional teaching standards is to more successfully enhance teacher professionalism in the South African context.

中文翻译:

促进南非的专业教学:从规范教师工作的政策框架中吸取的教训

南非的教学和教师教育源于高度分散的过去。来自不同背景,经验和学历的老师会发现自己在学校里一起工作,他们不一定能获得共同的实践语言,也不一定能获得对专业教学实践的共同理解。为了应对这些挑战,南非教育工作者理事会(SACE)已经制定了一套适用于南非的专业教学标准。这不是政策框架第一次尝试阐明和指导教师的工作。本文分析了过去二十年来用于监管,监督和评估南非教师工作的其他四个框架。这些其他框架是“教育者的角色及其相关能力,SACE职业道德守则,综合质量管理体系(IQMS)和初学者的基本能力。我们的分析表明,这些框架如何以某种方式限制教师专业性的方式呈现教学。它们解决了专业教学的某些方面,而忽略了其他方面。尤其是,他们都没有充分认识到知识,技能,判断力和专业教学所依据的道德取向之间的关系。如果SACE的专业教学标准旨在在南非背景下更成功地增强教师专业水平,那么以前的框架限制教师专业水平的方式将对SACE具有重要意义。综合质量管理体系(IQMS)和初学者的基本能力。我们的分析表明,这些框架如何以某种方式限制教师专业性的方式呈现教学。它们解决了专业教学的某些方面,而忽略了其他方面。尤其是,他们都没有充分认识到知识,技能,判断力和专业教学所依据的道德取向之间的关系。如果SACE的专业教学标准旨在在南非背景下更成功地增强教师专业水平,那么以前的框架限制教师专业水平的方式将对SACE具有重要意义。综合质量管理体系(IQMS)和初学者的基本能力。我们的分析表明,这些框架如何以某种方式限制教师专业性的方式呈现教学。它们解决了专业教学的某些方面,而忽略了其他方面。尤其是,他们都没有充分认识到知识,技能,判断力和专业教学所依据的道德取向之间的关系。如果SACE的专业教学标准旨在在南非背景下更成功地增强教师专业水平,那么以前的框架限制教师专业水平的方式将对SACE具有重要意义。它们解决了专业教学的某些方面,而忽略了其他方面。尤其是,他们都没有充分认识到知识,技能,判断力和专业教学所依据的道德取向之间的关系。如果SACE的专业教学标准旨在在南非背景下更成功地增强教师专业水平,那么以前的框架限制教师专业水平的方式将对SACE具有重要意义。它们解决了专业教学的某些方面,而忽略了其他方面。尤其是,他们都没有充分认识到知识,技能,判断力和专业教学所依据的道德取向之间的关系。如果SACE的专业教学标准旨在在南非背景下更成功地增强教师专业水平,那么以前的框架限制教师专业水平的方式将对SACE具有重要意义。
更新日期:2018-12-11
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