Look Back On The Professional Development Process Of The Young Teacher

With the community expectation changes of the teacher's role, the problem of how to improve teacher's professional development enjoys an increasing concern of our society. Referring to the role and meaning of new curriculum, Pro.Zhong Qi-quan thinks that the success of new curriculum depends on the classroom teaching which indeed depends on the transformation of teacher's role.This paper focuses on a case of geography teacher by using the way of qualitative study. The teacher's professional development is reviewed by telling many stories. And the author analyses his behaviors and minds to provide some reference and inspiration.There are four parts in this article.The 1st part is the Introduction. The reason of why choosing the topic is told, and the significance, purpose, ideas and methods of this research is also referred in this part, so is the related research.The 2nd part is the main body of the article. The qualitative research method is used when telling the stories of the professional growth of this young geography teacher whose name is "the master of Ku mo zhai" on the network. The young man has been approaching the teaching profession from his own experience which can be called "touched and warm up". He tried to find out his direction of professional growth of teachers when he was experiencing the different "happiness, craziness and challenge" in his life. After this, he began to gain experience, share ideas, and taste and enjoy the fun of teaching life.The 3rd part includes the enlightenment of this study and three useful suggestions. During the research, the author found out that each time his growth and progress is based on his own "zone of proximal development". Then, this article gives us three specific recommendations. The first one is start from the rational self-analysis. The second one is study from the one who went along with you in search of your own "zone of proximal development". And the third advice is seeking for the basement of your profession in your study.The 4th part is the Conclusion and reflection on methodology. Through the case study mentioned above, I realize that if a teacher want to enjoy his teaching life, his professional growth should be based on rational introspection, teaching practice, social interaction and daily study with the enthusiasm of pursuing his own "zone of proximal development".