An Investigation and Analysis of English Teachers' Professional Development in Rural Middle School

摘要

Through questionnaire and interview, the present situation of English teachers' professional development is investigated in rural middle school.The findings are as the following: teaching beliefs of some teachers are out of date;their theoretical attainment and professional knowledge and skills are dissatisfactory;their teaching and research ability need to be improved urgently.By the analysis of investigation results, the following suggestions are put forward: establish research cooperation between rural schools and colleges;establish an effective mechanism for teachers' in-service training;establish reasonable and perfect mechanism for teachers' evaluation;and develop education research.