Open AccessMultiple-role perspective on assessing teaching ability: reframing TVET teachers’ competency in the information age
Author(s) -
Junfeng Diao,
Juan Yang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of educational technology development and exchange
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-8035
pISSN - 1941-8027
DOI - 10.18785/jetde.1401.04
Subject(s) - vocational education , cognitive reframing , perspective (graphical) , psychology , quality (philosophy) , medical education , teaching method , pedagogy , the internet , mathematics education , computer science , medicine , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , world wide web
In the information age, technology has changed people's lives as well as working and learning styles. The teaching competency of vocational teachers’ is facing new challenges. Based on the modernization of vocational education, "Internet + Vocational Education", and "reform of teachers, teaching materials and teaching methods", the study intends to enrich the research on vocational teachers’ teaching competency theoretically by establishing the framework, criteria and assessing instrument. In practice, the study aims to provide benchmarks and tools for the diagnosis and assessment of vocational teachers’ teaching competency. Furthermore, the study wishes to provide guidelines for vocational teachers' professional development and improve the quality of the ICT teaching practice.