Module Code 單元編號 EDA7087 Module Title 單元名稱 PROBLEM-BASED APPROACHES TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Module Synopsis 單元概要 Teacher education is the starting point for quality education. Quality teachers are essential to enable children, our future social vanguards, to embrace the challenges of tomorrow. Global determinants of “quality education” are changing rapidly. Shifting notions of teacher professionalism puts priority on critical thinking and problem solving skills. Teachers are expected to adopt a problem-based approach to their own teaching practice, set goals for their own learning, and initiate school improvement. This course supports course participants with the skills to adapt research trends in teacher and school development from global to local contexts. Course participants are expected to be proactive in engaging problem-based research, which supports inquiry-based practices in (1) professional-based problem finding and problem solving; (2) making multiple-frameworks relevant to practice; (3) reflective evaluation of proposed change. Course participants will find this course useful in developing the skills to improve teaching and learning through problem-solving and critical thinking. Course participants are encouraged to approach this course with ideas about how practice can be improved rigorously, ethically, and from a global perspective.