In 1962,the first faculty development center was set up in America. Later,the American universi-ties have introduced instructional projects,and established faculty development centers. Faculty development pro-jects in Brigham Young University were established in the 1990’s,which played an important role in the instruc-tional development in BYU. The institutions promoting the teaching quality in BYU are Faculty Center and the Cen-ter for Teaching and Learning. Faculty Center promotes the faculty development from the macroscopic aspect. Its main task is to provide resources to support the whole career of faculty. While the Center for Teaching and Learning provides teaching support for faculty from the microscopic aspect,involving workshops,the platform for discussing teaching,teaching evaluation,and so on. It can be seen that the“ learner centered”teaching idea profoundly af-fects the instructional development in Brigham Young University,and the cooperation of these two institutions is the main reason that contribute to the BYU’s characteristic,while the key factor that faculty and students cooperated actively is the clear positioning of the faculty development center.%自1962年美国密歇根大学设置第一个教师发展中心以来，各大学纷纷推出教学发展项目，创办教学发展中心。杨百翰大学的教学发展项目是在90年代教师发展理论逐渐成熟的背景下发展起来的，对杨百翰大学教师教学的发展起了重要作用。杨百翰大学提升教学品质的机构主要是教师中心、教学与学习中心。教师中心主要从宏观上促进教师发展，其任务主要是为教师的整个职业生涯提供资源支持；教学与学习中心的服务则针对微观的教学层面，服务涉及提供教学交流平台、教学工作坊和教学评估资源等。机构所秉承的“以学习者为中心”的教学理念，深刻地影响了杨百翰大学的教师教学发展；两个机构的协作是杨百翰大学教师特色发展的主要原因；杨百翰大学教师发展中心的明确定位是促使教师与学生积极配合的关键因素。
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