Abstract:
For novice teacher educators, the starting point of entry determines their careers. This study examines
how do novice teacher educators develop from the perspectives of professional knowledge, emotions,
and spirits in a Chinese normal university. The conclusions of this study are summarized as follows.
First, the developmental processes can be summarized as tentative phase, propulsive phase, and
innovative phase. Novice teacher educators in the tentative phase are full of enthusiasm and energy;
in the propulsive phase, they will deepen their mission step by step; they can spontaneously summarize
the experience of interaction with students in the innovation phase, and generate subjective ideas on
professional self. Second, the developments can be attributed to the change of ideas, emotions, and
spirits. The change of ideas is reflected in the connection and transformation of theory and practice,
emotion is reflected in understanding students and self-understanding in teaching, and spirit is reflected
in teachers' professional self-identity and perception of self-positive changes. |
