On Professional Knowledge- what do we need as teachers in the 21st century?

摘要

There has been a well-established literature about teachers' professional knowledgernoffered by scholars, educators, researchers and teachers in the world. However, manyrnsuggestions seem to focus more on general or technical issues. In this paper, three majorrnmodels of teacher education applied in the international education context are discussedrnin a historical perspective. They are the craft model, the technical rationalism model andrnthe humanistic model. They are compared in the aspects of assumptions of learning,rnteacher-student relationships, types of knowledge and training implications. Thernknowledge types in the humanistic model are highlighted and mapped in seven categoriesrn- intellectual, practical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, process competence, emotional andrnecological. The re-defining of the professional knowledge base and some suggestionsrnoffered as possible means to obtain the knowledge are based on a careful literature studyrnand supported by the interview data of the informants from different culturalrnbackgrounds.