● The bitterness and joy of information teachers' ten-year development.
From the characteristics of information technology teachers, on the one hand, teachers are young and inexperienced; On the other hand, the number of information technology teachers is small, among which part-time teachers account for a large proportion, and many schools cannot build a United teaching and research team. The weak faculty and uneven quality of teachers greatly restrict the professional development of information technology teachers.
From the content characteristics of information technology, on the one hand, information technology itself develops rapidly, and the technology update cycle is short, which lags behind the content of information technology courses in primary and secondary schools. However, compared with other disciplines, the content update of information technology courses is much faster, which requires information technology teachers to be ready to update their knowledge at any time. On the other hand, the curriculum concept is constantly changing. With the promulgation of "Information Technology Curriculum Outline for Primary and Secondary Schools (Trial)" in 2000, the content system with computer professional knowledge (such as basic programming and operating system knowledge) as the main body has been changed, and the learning and use of popular software tools have been emphasized. In the form of teaching, we have changed the previous emphasis on theoretical knowledge learning and turned to the emphasis on applying what we have learned and skill training. The formulation of the new curriculum standard of information technology in senior high school abandons the content system with technical tools as the main line in the 2000 syllabus, emphasizes information literacy as the center, and cultivates students' ability to solve problems by using technology, thus truly realizing the transformation from computer courses to information technology courses at the national text level. These changes need to be digested and absorbed by information technology teachers who lack historical accumulation in a short time, and the difficulty can be imagined.
However, challenges and opportunities coexist. We are glad to see that since the new curriculum reform, many information technology teachers have emerged all over the country who are seriously involved in curriculum and teaching research and are good at practice and thinking. On the one hand, they live in a complex professional life environment and shoulder a complex workload; On the other hand, he actively participated in curriculum construction and became a pioneer in teachers' professional development. Many information technology teachers not only set good practical examples in teaching practice, but also dare to participate in the discussion and construction of information technology courses, and put forward many meaningful statements and strategies according to their own teaching practice.
With the deepening of people's understanding of information technology courses and the changes in the implementation environment of information technology courses, the living and development space of information technology teachers has been gradually improved to some extent. Many schools manage information technology group and audio-visual education group respectively, which makes the role of information technology teachers in information technology teaching more clear. At the same time, due to the improvement of information technology teaching and research system in various places, information technology teaching and research has been gradually strengthened. Information technology teachers also get the same opportunities as teachers in other disciplines, such as teaching and research, competitions, observation and so on.
Although information technology teachers are still facing an embarrassing situation in school and are under pressure that other teachers have never suffered before, "plum blossoms come from bitter cold", and information technology teachers have experienced their own cultivation and seized opportunities, which will naturally have room and opportunities for development.
● Adapting to local conditions: the road to professional development of information technology teachers
Apart from the similarity with other disciplines, the most important thing for IT teachers' professional development is to choose a suitable professional development path according to local conditions, be good at analyzing and examining various factors from the specific situation of IT teachers, make their own development plans, and gradually embark on the road of self-development. The following are several effective career development paths that have been proved by practice.
1. Actively participate, cultivate one's morality.
Information technology teachers should take curriculum development as their own responsibility. Information technology courses are in the primary development stage, and the demand for construction is strong. Information technology teachers are not simple and passive curriculum implementers, but active builders.
After the outline was put forward in 2000, many teachers mastered excellent network construction and management skills with the school network construction; Some teachers use instant charging after class to improve their educational theory and professional level. All these provide a guarantee for the openness and selectivity of the course.
Stones from other mountains can attack jade.
In teaching research, we should give full play to the collective strength, create a good school-based teaching and research atmosphere, carry out teaching research integrating theory with practice, and solve practical problems in the teaching process. In school-based teaching and research, team members learn from each other, inspire each other, stimulate thinking through communication, and successfully surpass through practice, which is an effective mechanism to improve the professionalism of the whole team.
3. Join the network and seize the opportunity.
Information technology teachers have unique network advantages. In the case of insufficient teachers in schools, we can find very rich resources by looking at the internet, including the guidance of subject experts.
4. Research topic, refine and summarize
Teaching practice is the main source of teaching research in primary and secondary schools, and also the focus of front-line teachers' research. Especially since the implementation of the new curriculum, the great changes in educational ideas, the development and excavation of curriculum resources, the reconstruction of teaching mode, the optimal combination of teaching contents, the choice of good teaching methods, the re-establishment of the relationship between teachers and students, and the diversified trend of teaching evaluation are all "flowing water" for the topic selection.
● Phoenix Nie? Three stages of professional development of information technology teachers
Based on a variety of teacher development theories and the characteristics of IT teachers' profession, the author summarizes the development of IT teachers into three stages from the perspective of teaching practice and the development of teachers' teaching skills: standing on the platform, charming platform and brand platform.
1. Quickly "get on the podium"
The main goal of teachers' development in the stage of standing on the platform is to improve their theoretical literacy through autonomous learning. Teachers should be able to adapt to and be competent in education and teaching, basically complete the task of education and teaching, have the basic professional ethics of teachers and be recognized by students. At this stage, new teachers initially have the ability to simply sum up teaching experience through education and teaching practice, but the level of teaching theory and teaching literacy is still at a low level, and the participation and development of teaching and research projects are not comprehensive and balanced.
(1) Master the basic methods of teaching design and implementation. All aspects of teaching design should be well-founded, besides considering what to teach and how to teach, we should also think about why to teach like this. After class review and reflection, we can have an accurate understanding of teaching objectives, teaching priorities and difficulties, and carry out in-depth design from the aspects of teaching materials, students, teaching methods, learning methods, tasks and evaluation. In the teaching process, we can adhere to the principle that teachers lead students. Teachers should dare to give full play to their own advantages and specialties, creatively give good lessons on the basis of careful preparation, and put forward clear teaching tasks in teaching, create a lively atmosphere, mobilize students' interest and motivation in learning, and stimulate their thirst for knowledge and curiosity.
(2) Motivating teachers' self-development. The length of time a teacher stands on the podium depends on the following factors: personal quality; Whether to get the guidance of the tutor; Whether to get the opportunity of practice and the stage of display; Whether to exercise hard and constantly improve teaching ability. Among them, the most important thing is to look at your own mentality and behavior.
2. Create a "charm podium"
(1) Optimize the design to create a unique charm. An attractive teacher needs expressive educational language, to impart knowledge clearly and clearly, to express his views fluently and accurately, and sometimes to introduce knowledge background with true feelings and create teaching situations. In the process of preparing lessons, the teachers of Charm Platform will consider all aspects of teaching more carefully, and pay attention to seeking differences, differences and innovations in design, such as re-processing the contents of teaching materials, cleverly arranging teaching tasks, boldly learning from teaching methods and choosing teaching organization forms. Choose and design activities according to the teaching content, students' characteristics and teachers' characteristics. Teachers can inspire and guide students artistically, integrate themselves and students into the teaching process, grasp the classroom rhythm and conquer students with professional charm.
(2) Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and paying attention to hierarchical teaching. Hierarchical teaching is a concept, which cannot be simply equated with group teaching. Because many information technology courses are taught in the form of task-driven, it is necessary to consider whether the task itself has a gradient when selecting the task. The analysis of technology should be in place, not perfect, but precise. Teachers must guide students to analyze the operations corresponding to tasks, and make clear which operations are extensions of existing knowledge, which operations must be guided and focused, and which operations can be used as extended content. In this way, students of different levels can find their own goals. Stratification needs to permeate all stages of teaching in order to truly achieve "student-centered".
(3) Continuous cultivation and comprehensive and balanced development. Charm comes from the love of students, infinite loyalty to the cause, profound knowledge, ability to teach and educate people, and never-ending perseverance. According to the characteristics of information science, carry out various types of student activities, promote the improvement of students' comprehensive ability, create a colorful academic atmosphere and enhance the attraction of the subject. In addition, we should be conscientious in teaching and pay attention to the further thinking, excavation and popularization of teaching experience. He is good at discovering various typical events and some valuable educational problems in educational practice, learning with problems and forming personal teaching style.
3. Create a "brand platform"
After being honed by a solid platform and a charming platform, teachers at this stage have more successful experiences and a better understanding of the true meaning of teaching, and their work is more focused on teaching research. Personalized inquiry, original experiments and personal experience exchange have become the normal work. What kind of teachers there are in the classroom, what kind of education there is. Some people say that all the civilizations of a nation are embodied in teachers.
(1) Cultivate innovative quality. Brand podium teachers began to enter the exploration and innovation period from fixed, routine and automatic work, which is a period to form their own unique views and teaching styles. The main goal is to improve teaching efficiency and promote the specialization of teaching quality. At this stage, teachers have reached the professional level in the application of information technology, and can break the limitations of the classroom, and use the integrated learning management system and network-based learning methods to guide learners to conduct open learning and inquiry based on rich network resources, thus changing the original teaching methods.
(2) Play a vanguard role. Compared with teachers of other courses, information technology teachers should play a pioneering role in the curriculum reform of basic education and the integration of information technology and curriculum. As a brand teacher, we should rely on our own advantages to explore some win-win activities for teachers and students. For example, elective courses, interest groups, student associations, and research study groups. In the activities, students are taught the way of thinking to find and solve problems, so that students can transfer their self-esteem and self-confidence gained in class to life and deal with all kinds of things in life with a positive attitude.
(3) Publicity and education achievements. Through action research, grass-roots research, classroom research and other research methods, we can improve the theoretical level, form our own teaching style and teaching mode, refine and improve the experience and ideas about education and teaching, and actively publicize them to the inside and outside of the school, so as to benefit more young teachers.
All along, we have been insisting on: professionalism casts a brand; All along, we have been expecting: dreams will achieve the future. Every information technology teacher needs to take the promotion of professional development level as his lifelong pursuit, look forward to the future with a positive attitude and realize his dreams. Opportunities always belong to those who are prepared.