On the New Media Technology-based Professional Development Model of English Teachers in Universities and Colleges

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Ruiting, Zang
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Network and information technology give the development of new media technology a further boost. As a new technology platform, new media influences a lot for our work and learning. Recently the studies on the professional development model of English teachers in universities and colleges have already become a hot topic in the academic circles at home and abroad, and have been used widely. However, as a whole, these studies are frequently limited to traditional areas, so there is little success in integration with new technologies. The present century has witnessed the rapid development of new media technology, however, how to make the best of the technological and promulgation superiority of new media and how to develop and innovate the professional development model of English teachers in universities and colleges is a real and urgent issue to be solved ahead of every English teacher in universities and colleges. Along with the economic and social development, China's higher education has turned into a new seed time. At the present stage, in particular, under the background of initiating quality education, the teachers in universities and colleges, as the implementers of educational ideas and processes, their ability, literacy and professional development level has already become crucial that whether China's higher education level will take a new step and realize a great-leap-forward development. Since the reform and opening-up, there is an explosive growth momentum of the demand for foreign language talents. It has proved to be an essential part in the development and reform of 's higher education that fostering professional foreign language talents and teachers. In 2004, the Ministry of Education introduced guidance specifically targeted for College English curriculum reform and teachers' professional development. Teachers are the basis and core of China's higher education system. If we would like to transform any advanced educational concept and achievement into the practical effect of education and teaching, it must be achieved through the teacher's instruction. Without high-quality teaching staff, the quality of education can not be raised effectively. The teacher's own ability accomplishment, including the language competence, the teaching concept, the theoretical level and so on are all the key factors which restrict the teaching effect. For this reason, it is so important to study the professional development model of English teachers in universities and college. 2019 International Conference on Education, Management, Social Science and Humanities Research (EMSSHR 2019) Published by CSP © 2019 the Authors 54 1. The scientific connotation of teachers' professional development What is teachers' professional development, does it have standards and what is its essential connotation? For these questions, different scholars have different points of view, which may be said that every one thinks in his way. At the present, the mainstream views are nothing more than three. Firstly, it describes the question from dynamic state and static state. The scholars who hold the view point out that, in terms of dynamic state, teachers' professional development mainly means that the teacher gradually grows into a professional talent who makes a difference in his major through strict professional training and autonomous learning; while in terms of static state, teachers' professional development refers that the teacher's learning outcomes are recognized by the society. Secondly, it defines teachers' professional development from two aspects. One is professional aspect, the other starts from the teacher individual. On the one hand, the definition of professional aspect includes such factors as knowledge ability, professional level, professional development and so on are all applied for reference to evaluate teachers' professional development level; on the other hand, in terms of teacher individual, his professional development refers that the teacher regards teaching as a kind of career through his personal effort, and continuously perfects and develops his own teaching ability in his career. Thirdly, it divides teachers' professional development into two stages, they are organizational development stage and professional development stage. Teachers' professional development runs through the whole stage from preservice teacher education to retirement. Under the modern educational idea, teachers' professional development is endowed with deeper and broader connotation. Teachers' professional development is not so easy like just learning skills or accepting training, it generally refers helping teachers to learn new skills, to broaden their horizon and explore new or more advanced educational concepts and resources through certain modes and methods. 2. The characteristics of new media technology If we want to do well the research on the new media technology-based professional modes of English teachers in universities and colleges, above all, we should gain some understanding about characteristics of new media technology. Firstly, new media technology breaks traditional one's limitations in dissemination and representation of information. Its form is novel and its image is vivid. New media technology efficiently pulls together such factors as voice, video, character and so on, and it shows them through various manifestation modes. The information, which is showed by new media technology, has flexible and diverse, lively and vivid features. Secondly, under new media technology, the storage of information has been greatly strengthened. New media technology can be combined with massive storage information, and the access and exploration of information can be efficiently and conveniently conducted. Finally, new media technology is so interactive. Under new media technology, information is no longer just passively showed, but it can achieve real-time communication and interaction between the information transmission parties. New media technology will be introduced into the professional development of English teachers in universities and colleges, which can effectively broaden the way of professional development of English teachers in universities and colleges, can break the limitations of time and space, can change the stiff image of traditional mode and transform the boring process into vivid new media information. The characteristics of new media technology can strengthen the flexibility of professional development of English teachers in universities and colleges, and even solve the bottleneck of traditional one in ideas and technologies. The characteristics make professional development of English teachers in universities and colleges move towards new fast lane.
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