Rural Teachers' Professional Development under the Model of "Internet plus" Volunteer Teaching in Normal College

Abstract

"Internet plus" Volunteer Teaching Service Project in Normal College was carried on by 8 normal colleges and 17 deeply impoverished counties in Gansu Province in China and this project was designed to improve Information Communication Technology(ICT) of normal students and rural teachers through field teaching mixed with remote teaching. The present study analyzed the current situation and difficulties of rural school teachers' professional development, based on an investigation of the adaptability of rural teachers in "Internet plus" Volunteer Teaching Service for Normal College, and proposed a set of long-term mechanisms for rural teachers' professional development to improve the teaching quality of rural weak schools.