Research On Middle School Teachers’ Specialization From The Perspective Of Life Philosophy

Teacher professionalization has become an international trend of teacher educationreform and an important subject of education reform practice. However, the currentimplementation of teacher education is focused on external demand and externalstandards of middle school teachers specialization. It emphasizes teachersspecialization’s social function and value as a tool, ignores the demands of the teachers ’specialization in the essence of life, and leads to alienation of middle school teacherseducation labour, extra teachers’ life depression and loss of happiness in the specializingprocess, which is one of the key reasons for the slow progress of teachers ’specialization. Under this background, how should the research of teacherprofessionalization respond? Should focusing on teacher’s life instinct also be anunavoidable subject of teacher professional development? This study is based onconsideration of these problems.This study suggests that middle school teachers ’ specialization is the evolution oflife and shows and it agrees with the philosophy of life. Philosophy of life theory is thatthe nature of the world is duration basing on vital impulse, while "intuition" must beexercised to grasp vital impulse and duration. Vital impulse is the essence of all livingorganisms and it is a continuous motion of the vitality and creativity in all things.Living organisms evolve continuously and freely towards more complex and moreadvanced living organisms driving by vital impulse. Similarly, Herbert Marcusebelieved that human nature was the life instinct which was consistent with the existenceprinciples. Existence was the pursuit of happiness essentially. But in modern society,people experience extra depression. Human need to be freed from the inhuman livingconditions while spare impulse is the tool of such liberisation. Spare impulse is notintended to "with" something to spare, but life itself pastime. It goes beyond the desireand external forces and is a manifestation of carefree living and thus is freedom itself. The world of human is a kind of performance. In short, in a true humane civilization,existence will be pastime rather than slavery and human lives in show instead of livingin need.This study is based on the perspective of philosophy of life with special attentionon the value of specialization for secondary school teachers in the individual’s life as astarting point, caring for duration of middle school teachers,taking good care of vitalimpulse of secondary school teachers and focusing on teachers ’ free labor and happylabor. Interaction between teacher and environment is the main line of this study. Thereality dilemma and professional development mechanisms of the success of excellentteachers are understood systematically by empirical method and ethnographic methodsto reflect on teachers education and especially in-service teacher education, toreconstruct the specialization target for secondary school teachers from the perspectiveof life philosophy and to review and analyse specialization path in life philosophy. Thearticle seeks to pursue teachers non-repressed, free creativity labor to make teacherssurvival pastime and to make teachers’ lives in the show but not in need, aiming toachieve ideal realm of life value in teachers specialization.To be specific, this thesis includes seven chapters.In Chapter I introduction section, the research background，related research athome and abroad, research questions and objectives are set forth. The theoretical andpractical significance of the research, research methodology and research methods areillustrated briefly. Finally, the research thinking and the overall infrastructure isintroduced after the basic core concept is defined.First of all, in chapter II，the author introduces the rich connotation of life indetail and then elaborates the core ideas of the life philosophy and related life theorieson the basis of tracing the history of life philosophy.In Chapter III, after the author discusses the secondary school teachersspecialization, teachers ’ duration evolution and perfection show, according to lifephilosophy, the study analyzes the three forms teachers’ life, which are teachers ’ naturallife, mental life (spiritual life), and social life. Then, life philosophy is further elaboratedin the perspective of the life essence of specialization for secondary school teachers: non-suppressed freedom of labour of secondary school teachers, perfect performances,life force (vitality) community formed, unique experiences of life and recreation ofmiddle school teachers, secondary school teachers "into" seize life.In the fourth chapter, on a basis of detailed investigation into the secondary schoolteacher development and graduated master of education (in-service), the paper pointsout that middle school teachers specializationbring additional repression to teachers’lives.In chapter five, the research uses ethnographic research methods, exploringtypical-good teacher of teachers ’ specialization in middle school (teacher andProfessor-level senior teacher in middle school) history, underscoring the value ofmiddle school teachers ’ professional lives and reflecting the nature of their life: youwon’t feel bored, and tireless; willing to study, persevere; teaching sensitivity; teachingwisdom and teaching competence.In the sixth chapter, combining alienation problem of middle school teachers inspecialization labor, and life characteristics in the excellent teachers specialization, thepaper puts forward effective policy of the teachers happy labor and free performances:exploring non-repressed survival way, inspiring vital impulse for creativity, promotingperfect performances among middle school teachers, forming self-organizationacademic community, achieving life power of free conversion, driving teachers lifeduration and evolution, and guiding middle school teachers to obtain life identity sense，pursuit specialization ideal and to achieve the transcendence of life. The correspondinginitiatives for building in-service education master (middle school teachers) training:creating non-repressed survival atmosphere to make in-service education masterproduce vital impulse for creativity, obtaining self life experience and achievingeducation master life duration; fulfilling education masters’ need of integration of flowof life; understanding discipline research or inquiry method and paradigm, and showingcreative characteristics of in-service education master; upgrading self specializationrealm of education master, seeking self liberation and realizing transcendence of life.Finally, in the epilogue, the basic ideas of this thesis are summarized, reaffirmingthe combination of specialization between secondary school teachers and the essence of teacher life, introspecting deficiencies of the research and proposing the study focuseson next stage.