"Ban Yue Tan" article: Famous school students + high education = good teacher?
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 24th. The sixth issue of "Ban Yue Tan" published on March 25 published an article written by reporters Lu Hao and Yang Shuxin "Famous school students + high education = good teachers?
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The full text is summarized as follows:
In recent years, the recruitment list of primary and secondary school teachers has been repeatedly swiped on the Internet, and "prestigious schools" and "graduate students" have become the standard for recruitment of primary and secondary schools.
Will graduates from prestigious schools enter the primary and secondary schools a "panacea" for the development of basic education?
The threshold for the teaching profession continues to increase
There are 16 people from Peking University and Tsinghua University, and 6 of them are PhDs. They are teachers recruited by a well-known middle school in Guangzhou.
Not long ago, the news of "20 new teachers from a high school in Shenzhen and 19 from Qingbei" was also on the hot search.
Nowadays, well-educated schools have become the first choice for recruitment in primary and secondary schools, and graduates of non-teaching colleges and non-teaching majors are also pouring into the teaching profession.
The survey of the reporter from Banyuetan found that not only the proportion of graduates from prestigious schools in key middle schools in first-tier cities is constantly increasing, but the recruitment threshold for key middle schools in some second- and third-tier cities is also increasing.
Teacher Xie from a junior high school in a district of Shenzhen is a master's degree graduate of Shanghai International Studies University.
He said that a group of highly educated talents choose to engage in primary and secondary education, which is a welcome trend for the development of basic education.
"Most highly educated graduates have a broader vision and a variety of skills, which can bring students many new experiences."
Zong Xiaohua, an associate professor of the Education Research Institute of Nanjing University, believes that non-teacher students, especially better comprehensive university graduates, choose to engage in the teaching profession, reflecting the rapid increase in the attractiveness of teachers' professions, which is an inevitable improvement in the status of the education profession in the new era As a result, it also confirms the effect of the country's increased investment in education in recent years.
Does learning well mean teaching well?
Teacher Huang, a teacher in charge of a junior high school in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, told Banyuetan reporters that when applying for this school in 2017, undergraduates from a college can be hired. After only 4 years, the threshold has been raised to "double first-class school master's degree students." ".
It is undeniable that the influx of graduates from prestigious schools has injected fresh blood into the education industry, but many people still have doubts about whether high education and excellent education are the "panacea" for the development of primary and secondary education.
——Do you learn well and teach well?
Teacher Xie said that parents of students in his class often question their teaching ability and believe that young teachers should learn from the old teachers who have worked in the class next door for more than 20 years. “In our school, teachers with average academic qualifications but rich teaching experience are more Popular with parents".
Teacher Wang, the head teacher of a key high school in Guangdong, said that some prestigious teachers who graduated from non-teacher majors have a problem, that is, it is difficult to translate what they have learned into knowledge that fits the students’ cognition. The cases they cite in the classroom are often too difficult. Can't reach this level of understanding.
——Can graduates from prestigious schools really put down their bodies and devote themselves to basic education?
Teacher Xie said that compared with normal students, graduates from comprehensive colleges may be lacking in psychology, pedagogy, and simulation teaching.
Most schools now offer various trainings for new teachers to make up for their shortcomings in teaching practice, but not all teachers strictly participate in every training.
Teacher Wang believes that, in addition to the reasons why some schools are recruiting for the title of a prestigious school, in addition to the reasons that value the comprehensive quality of the students of the prestigious school, there is also the meaning of wanting to start the brand.
In order to attract students to attend schools, some schools first thought of working hard on the "front".
To recruit "famous teachers", but also to train "famous teachers"
The interviewed experts said that while clarifying that high education and excellent academic qualifications are helpful to the development of basic education, the construction of the teaching team should not only focus on recruiting students from famous schools, but also recruiting "famous teachers", but also training "famous teachers."
Teacher Huang told Banyuetan reporters that many schools are now concerned about how to recruit teachers from top universities, but they are less concerned about how to make these "famous teachers" popular among parents and students.
From the perspective of parents, although the teacher’s title of a prestigious school is glamorous, their ultimate focus is on how much knowledge their children have learned, whether they can develop good study habits, and develop a good personality.
"If the school only recruits many graduates as an admissions gimmick, and does not work hard to train teachers, the aura of the prestigious school may eventually dim." Teacher Huang said.
"A large number of graduates from prestigious schools of non-teacher students have entered the education industry, which has changed the pattern of teacher education." Qing Sulan, deputy director of the Teacher Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that in the face of the new situation, the teacher education system and education model The intensity of reforms should be increased, and the teacher training system should be more flexible.
Fan Zhaoxiong, the dean of the School of Educational Science of Lingnan Normal University, suggested that normal colleges and universities should carry out diversified and multi-level talent training, and they can cooperate more with comprehensive universities to broaden the source of students for primary and secondary school teachers, and improve the level of teachers and teachers. Competitiveness.