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Teachers' Training, The Community Research

Posted on:2009-01-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J DingFull Text:PDF
GTID:2207360245476611Subject:Education Technology
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With the expanding of teachers' training via Internet and the concerning of researchers in it, that way of teachers' training is approved not only in practice but also in theory. Learning community of teachers via Internet is an activity of teachers to learn, work and research, following the rules which are "practice and introspect", "talk and cooperate" and "guide and innovate", that would make the dialogue between the teachers and themselves, between the teachers and the experts, between the practice and theory, and it can improve the professional development of teachers.On the base of theories of learning community, through substantial evidence and research, using society network analysis and content analysis, the author invests to find the essence of learning community of teachers via Internet, and to describe the characteristics of it.In writer's opinion, the learning community of teachers via Internet is consist of the three compositions, the people of the learning community of teachers via Internet, the flat of Internet and the flow of the information between them. The good using of these three compositions can make teachers' training better.The writer believes that if we make the three factors moderate and cooperation, it will be important to promote the result of the teachers' training. To sum it up, when we want to use the Internet to carry on the professional development of teachers, we must try our best to work in these three factors. After finding the form and characteristic of learning community of teachers via Internet, we must use all of these theories to make the software and hardware of this system better to satisfy the need of the learning community of teachers via Internet.In the last, the author says this research tries to use the new methods which would provide new way to research the related topic of learning community of teachers via Internet, and further, it will be useful for the research in the topic of using technique in professional development of teachers.
Keywords/Search Tags:Learning Community of Teachers via Internet, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Content Analysis, Teacher's Professional Development
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