A Study Of The Problems And Solutions Of Teachers’ Continuing Education In Middle Schools

With the development of society and the approaching of knowledge economic age as well as the continuous deepening of education reform, the issue of teachers’ continuing education is paid much attention to. The problem of teachers’continuing education in elementary schools and middle schools has been greatly discussed by the educators and scholars both in China and abroad.The problem of fundamental education is closely related to the development of the economy, politics and culture in the country or the district. Teachers’continuing education is one of the most important ways for them to make themselves more qualified. However, there still exist many problems in teachers’continuing education in the country, which directly influence the improvement of teachers’professional levels and the all-around qualities. It also is not beneficial to the implement of the new curriculum. Therefore, a study on the problems and solutions of teachers’continuing education in middle schools will help to improve teachers’professional qualities. The author will study this problem based on Dagang Middle School in Panyu District in the hope of finding out some effective solutions.This thesis is going to have a discussion in the following four parts:The first part is mainly about the reason of the thesis, its purpose, significance and the research method as well as the relative definitions of teachers’continuing education.The second part contains the current situation and trend of the research about teachers’continuing education in primary schools and middle schools both in China and abroad. This research is both the theoretical guide and basis of the thesis.The third part is a study of the current situations and problems of teachers’ continuing education in Dagang Middle School through the methods of the combination of questionnaire survey and interview. The following are the specific problems:teachers are not active enough in taking the courses because they do not realize the importance of the continuing education; the time arrangement of continuing education is not reasonable and the conflict between work and study is very obvious; the curriculum is not reasonably arranged, and the content is old and general, which is not closely related to teachers’ actual needs; the funds of the continuing education are not enough or are not in the suitable place, which is a restriction of the development of continuing education; the school-based training is formalized and is lack of effectiveness, etc.. All the above problems are mainly due to the three factors:the teachers themselves, the training organizations and the education policies.The last part puts forward the corresponding solutions and measures for the problems found in the survey. The following are the specific measures:teachers ought to build up correct views of continuing education; the government should perfect education mechanism and strengthen supervision management; the funds for teachers’ continuing education should be administrated by "three sides"; encouragement mechanism should be adopted to improve teachers’enthusiasm about continuing education; the courses and contents of the continuing education should be set up scientifically and various kinds of teaching methods should be employed to improve the effectiveness; diversified education models should be constructed to meet the needs of different teachers; school-based training should be conducted well aiming at the development of both the school and the teachers.