Research On Junior English Teachers' Self-directed Learning Ability And The Solution To Improve It

With the development of the society,China needs lots of qualified teachers.English teachers finish their pre-service education in normal universities,but there is no official system supporting English teachers' after-occupation development.Survey shows that the sense of English teachers' after-occupation development is not well developed.China has carried out varieties of teachers' training programs,which has a certain effect on English teachers.However,teachers are passive receiver in those training programs,which didn't bring ideal development to English teachers.Therefor,the author puts forward that self-directed learning should be an important way of English teachers' development.This approach is based on teachers' real needs and pay attention to teachers' dominant role in the whole learning process,which plays a role of catalyst in teachers' development.What's the current situation of junior English teachers' ability of self-directed learning? What's the existing problems of junior English teachers' self-directed learning ability? What are the influence factors of self-directed learning ability? What's the way to improve English teachers' self-directed learning ability? That's the points this research will study.Self-directed learning ability is divided into five dimensions in this research,they are learning awareness,learning strategies,learning activities,learning education and interpersonal information.The study of this research shows that the self-directed learning ability of English teachers still needs to be improved.English teachers' self-directed learning abilities are variant,so the author uses the single factor difference analysis method to have a further study.The result is that English teachers' self-directed learning abilities are different in education background,time spent in teaching and job title.Finally,the author analyzes the existing problems of junior English teachers' self-directed learning ability and the influence factors,then come up with ways to improve English teachers' self-directed learning ability with the expectation of realizing teachers' self-development.