Author(s)

Zhang Wenjing ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

Corresponding Author

Zhang Wenjing

ABSTRACT

Becoming a research teacher is an important goal for every teacher's professional development. This paper firstly introduces the definition of research teacher, then discusses the meaning and development direction of being a research teacher from a theoretical level, and finally discusses effective strategies for becoming a research teacher from a practical level, including the teacher's perspective and the school's perspective.

KEYWORDS

Research teacher; foreign language teachers; teacher professional development

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhang Wenjing, Research teacher in middle school: the theory and cultivation strategies. Transactions on Comparative Education (2023) Vol. 5: 34-39. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2023.050206.

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