A Study on Preschool Special Education Teachers' Professional Development in Shanghai

This study examines 72 preschool special education teachers' professional development in Shanghai with the methods of questionnaire and interview.The results show that:(1)The age structure and educational status of preschool special education teachers in Shanghai tend to be optimized.However,the ratio of teachers who have received systematic professional training is low.It ts very necessary to attract more people who have received professional training to work as preschool special education teachers;(2)On the whole,preschool special education teachers in Shanghai are satisfied with their working status,and have full confidence in the value of their work.They have relative higher professional moral quality and advanced educational conception.Nevertheless,their professional knowledge,skills and independence need to be developed;(3)Strengthening management,making the profession admittance system strict,making full use of the governors of the kindergartens,enriching the training of professional knowledge and teaching skills or methods,building good atmosphere of research are all valid approaches to improve the professional level of preschool special education teachers in Shanghai.