An Investigation on Current Teachers' Professional Development in the Secondary and Elementary Schools in Guangdong Province

The following investigation on current teachers' professional development in the secondary and elementary schools in Guangdong Province indicates that teachers' professional development in the province are characterized with the obvious standard rising at the threshold stage,the overall recognition to teachers from the community and teachers' strong accountability in teaching.While at the same time,the author also sees some problems existing such as: the unbalanced distribution of the structure of teachers' education as well as the unequal development of teachers' professional competence in different regions,teachers' lacking of abilities to continuously enrich their expertise and the slow pace of them to develop their knowledge,and also with the problem of teachers' relying too much on continuous education and etc,.The author thus suggests the government give more guidance on teachers' professional development,improve the curriculum of teachers' education,refine current learning modules and methods and put more efforts on setting regulations so as to keep on improving the teachers' continuous education system and to establish a tutorship scheme which is conducted by AST(Advance Skilled Teachers) to young teachers,to realize the effective allocation of teachers' resources and ultimately to improve teachers' professional development and their capabilities in teaching.