A Study On The Teachers' Professional Knowledge Current Situations On Morality And Society Curriculum

The curricular reform in Basic education, it added a new comprehensive course"morality and society (life)". it is based on the former moral class, added several subjects, but the curriculum content has a fundamental change under the guidance of the curricular reform concept. Faced with such intense changes and challenges, if the moral teachers' professional knowledge can follow on the teachers' professional knowledge requirements of morality and society curriculum?This study starts with the teachers' professional knowledge exiting in predecessors'research, the author made investigation and interview outline of teacher'professional knowledge on Morality and Society curriculum, to get the fact of the teachers' professional knowledge current situations on Morality and Society curriculum. Analysis the product which got the current problems and reasons in Morality and Society curriculum of teachers'professional knowledge, and puts forward the countermeasures to solve these problemsThis study had five parts:The first part, it introduces the bringing out of teachers'profession knowledge problem, survey objective, meaning of this study, theoretic basis of this study. The review of relevant information from two parts, they are teachers'academic knowledge and teachers'practical knowledge. And definite three words, they are teachers'professional knowledge, the structure of the teachers'professional knowledge and the teachers'professional knowledge in Morality and Society Class.The second part, the implementation of the questionnaires and interviews to analysis the results. Through Analysis and statistics of survey results, it is concluded that the current product teachers and teachers professional knowledge current situations on Morality and Society class. For example, the majority of part-time teachers in Morality and Society class, compared part-teachers to professional teachers ,the ratio is 1:4; Teachers'age characteristic has remarkable effect on Pedagogical Content Knowledge. The younger teachers in the choice of the teaching activities form are more flexible than older ones.The third part, by analysis the results and makes a further interview in relevant issues, the author analysis the main factors which influence teachers'professional knowledge, including part-time factors, age factor, education background factors, development ways , social support system factors and so on.The fourth part, through the questionnaire investigation and interview, the author makes a further discussion on how to perfect teachers' professional knowledge on Morality and Society curriculum, try to improve teachers' professional knowledge and suggest effective strategy by three aspects which are policy formulation, school management and self-development.The fifth part is suggestions. This research attempts to get the product which promotes the teaching quality through perfecting the teachers' professional knowledge. The author gives some suggestions and ideas on teachers'professional development.