Poster #14 - Sustaining the Resilience of Teacher Educators: The Experiences of Teaching Research Officers in China

• In Event: 63.088 - MTCC Poster Session 14
  In Poster Session: 63.088-3 - Division K Section 10: Teacher Educator Learning and Practice

Abstract

Responding to increased global research interest in teacher educators’ professional lives and Chinese approaches to in-service teacher development, this study explores the resilience of Teaching Research Officers, a characteristic type of teacher educators, in the context of mainland China. Based on survey data collected from a nationally representative sample (N = 5489), the results show that the Teaching Research Officers surveyed generally favourably evaluated their resilience, as measured by their efficacy beliefs and work engagement, and that their resilience was significantly influenced by various personal, situated, and professional factors. The findings call for attention to be paid to the roles of professional development programmes and research-related job requirements for teacher educators.

Authors

• Hongbiao Yin, Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Chen Xie, East China Normal University

• Huimin Hu, East China Normal University