Program to Enhance Teachers' Teaching Competency in Journalism Education Management in Zhengzhou , Henan

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) To investigate the components and indicators, 2) To explore the current, desired state and priority needs and, 3) To design an appropriate program to enhance teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management in Zhengzhou, Henan. The research method was divided into 3 phases: Phase 1 was to investigate components and indicators of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management. Phase 2 was to explore current, desired state and methods of research on the teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management. There were 212 samples from 5 universities in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The research instrument was 5-point estimation scale questionnaire. The Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient has a confidence value of the current state is .928 and the desired state is .911. Phase 3 was to design and construct an appropriate program to enhance teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management. The informant groups consisted of 5 universities and 5 experts assessing the program. The research instruments were questionnaire, interview forms, and assessment forms. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the need index. The results revealed that:

1. The components of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management were consisting to 1) teaching cognition, 2) teaching design, 3) teaching management, 4) evaluation, 5) education technology, and 6) ethic. And evaluation by experts that the suitability were very high.

2. In the study of current, desired states and priority needs of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management in Zhengzhou, Henan. The current state in general was at the medium level. For the desired state, each aspect of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management was at the high levels. The PNI are arranged in highest was teaching management.

3. To enhance teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management, the principle of the program is 70:20:10 Learnig Model. The program consists of 5 components: 1) principle, 2) objectives, 3) development activity content, 4) development process, 5) evaluation. And the appropriateness of the program was investigated by 5 experts. The results showed that it was appropriateness, accuracy and feasibility were the highest level.

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