Professional Development of Foreign Language Teachers and Teacher Autonomy

摘要：

The paper attempts to. explore how to achieve professional development of foreign language teachers by means of teacher autonomy. First, the paper defines teacher autonomy as the ability to develop appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes for oneself as a teacher. Second, the paper points out that the lack of teacher autonomy hinders the foreign language teachers professional development, finally coming to the conclusion that to promote teacher development, foreign language teachers from China are expected to cultivate teacher autonomy by means of reflective practice and action research.

关键词： Professional development Teacher autonomy Reflective practice Action research

作者: GONG Zhiqi YIN Xiaojing

作者单位: School of Foreign Languages, University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China, 250022 School of Foreign Languages, Shandong Economic University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China, 250014

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 3rd International Forum of Human Resource Strategy and Development(2010年第三届人力资源战略与开发国际论坛 HR 2010)

会议地点: 济南

会议语种:英文

页码: 97-101

在线出版日期: 2010-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）