Journal of Contemporary Educational Research

Developing Language Assessment Literacy of Pre-Service English Teachers: Frameworks and Cultivation Strategies

2025-01-14T17:18:44+08:00

Assessment is a crucial aspect of the teaching process for teachers. Teachers’ assessment literacy is closely related to students’ learning outcomes. The language assessment literacy of foreign language teachers is a significant component of both teachers’ professional development and students’ learning, and it has become a research hotspot in the field of domestic language testing. Based on clarifying the theoretical framework of language assessment literacy, this paper proposes the main cultivation paths for pre-service English teachers’ language assessment literacy, aiming to provide inspiration and references for the cultivation, reform, and development of teachers in basic foreign language education.

Exploring Competitive Strategies of Preschool Teacher Education Program Based on SWOT-QSPM: A Case Study of Zengcheng Vocational and Technical School in Guangzhou City

2025-01-15T10:03:44+08:00

This paper employs the SWOT-QSPM (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat-Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix) analytical framework to conduct a strategic study on the preschool teacher education program, taking the preschool teacher major of Zengcheng Vocational and Technical School in Guangzhou City as an example. Through in-depth interviews and qualitative and quantitative analysis methods, the current external opportunities and threats, internal strengths, and weaknesses faced by the major are assessed. Alternative strategies are proposed, and then the QSPM method is used to quantitatively evaluate these alternative strategies. It is concluded that a differentiation strategy should be adopted as the competitive strategy for the preschool teacher education program. The research findings have significant reference value for the development and planning of similar preschool teacher majors in higher vocational colleges. The practical significance lies in the fact that the research conclusions can be directly applied by education providers. The innovative significance lies in providing career planning references for current preschool teacher major students and their parents through strategic analysis.

Research on the Project-Based Teaching Model for Engineering Majors in Colleges and Universities

2025-01-15T15:59:01+08:00

Based on the study of the Mechanical Design and Automation major and its relevance to teaching reform in higher education engineering programs, a project-based teaching model was introduced. This approach integrates teaching design, scheme argumentation, and the implementation of teaching activities with the project serving as the central framework. Course knowledge points are derived from the project topics, forming the foundation for a structured knowledge framework. The course content is modularized in alignment with the project design, enabling students to engage with professional courses on a module-by-module basis, guided by the project. Each course utilizes the project topic as a practical case, facilitating project-led teaching. A teaching system tailored to the research project is proposed, establishing a professional course structure closely linked to the project objectives.