| Summary: | 碩士 === 元智大學 === 管理研究所 === 97 === The purposes of this research are to explore the current conditions、needs and difficulties of professional growth of junior high school teachers which come with the viewpoints of teachers` career development. Data are collected through in-depth interview and various kinds of documents. Professional growth of teachers is a process to participate formal or informal learning activities positively to promote teachers` professional knowledge、abilities、attitude and skills. For different reasons or needs to meet teachers` professional standards and skills，teachers participate various learning activities and introspect themselves to obtain higher education qualities. During the long teaching career，teachers participate various learning activities by different needs of time、pace and stages which are connected with teachers professional development tightly. That means teachers would choose their own ways to achieve their leaning and development in their life.
The research is proceeded by Case Study and Reference Analysis and the data are collected by In-depth Interview and Document Analysis. The research results are as following:
1. The current conditions of teachers’ professional growth at case study school
Besides reading professional journals and interacting with co-workers, teachers use winter and summer vacation and working hours to attend professional growth learning activities to increase personals knowledge and competence、educational knowledge and class management skills either at school or at home. The ways and frequency teachers participate professional growth vary because of age and different subject they teach. Most of the teachers are satisfied with the current teachers’ professional growth condition and they do professional growth with on the basis of task-orientation and voluntary motivations.
2. The needs of teachers’ professional growth at case study school
Studying for degrees、getting skills from experienced teachers and surfing on the net for information are the ways of professional growth teachers most need. Most of the teachers have the needs for professional growth. and the suitable topic,time and place must be put into consideration first.
3. The difficulties of doing professional growth at case study school
Time, personal and family factors and class loadings are the main difficulties that affect teachers to participate in the activities of professional growth. Tuition and regulations are also restricted teachers’ learning motivaition. Without clear developing direction of school, it’s hard for teachers to plan the learning professional growth schedule. Most important of all, there is no specific and effective mechanism to encourage or reward the teachers to attend more professional grow activities.
4. The ways to help teachers to solve the difficulties at case study school
To help teachers to arrange the time and classes to participate activities; enhance the quality of professional growth activities; corporate with local universities to start professional dialogue and communicate the developing directions of school with teachers; set up a mechanism to encourage teachers’ professional growth within school.
5. Teachers’ professional development is the concert realization of teachers’ career development
Teachers’ career development has dynamic changes and development that vary from one to another and have its stages. Different stage of teachers’ career development has different professional growth needs.
At last, some suggestions are brought out to the teachers、the school and the authorities of education and other junior high schools.
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