This paper reports that the implementation of a project in which computer technology was incorporated into a module of art curriculum design of a teacher training program had generated some rewarding and valuable experiences and provided insights for further improvement.

作者在介紹了內地中學語文教師培訓課程的現況之後進一步討論其發展趨勢：首先是培訓將面對學歷層次提高和知識、技能更新的任務；其次是課程計劃由類別多樣轉向內容多樣；最後是加強培訓部門之間的聯繫與合作。（鄭佩芳整理）

The focus of this paper is on a research project pursued to examine four key features in an in-service teacher education course for secondary art teachers in Hong Kong: practice into theory; good art teaching as a frame; dialogue journals for reflection on practice; and self-evaluation using standards of good practice. While the data collected provide a basis for enhancing a better understanding of good art teaching, professional development, and differences between art teaching in Hong Kong and Western countries, the discussion of this paper revolves around professional development.

This study assessed the three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced personal accomplishment), perceived self-efficacy, and the three triarchic abilities (analytical, synthetic, and practical) of successful intelligence in a sample of 267 Chinese prospective and in-service teachers in Hong Kong. The aim was to explore and examine the contribution of the blending or integration of the triarchic abilities to the three components of teacher burnout and perceived self-efficacy. While there were subtle gender and teaching-experience differences, the general findings suggested that the triarchic abilities, especially practical abilities, could independently contribute to teachers' sense of personal accomplishment as well as perceived self-efficacy. The interactive combination of the triarchic abilities could be most important in contributing negatively to emotional exhaustion. The implications of these findings for interventions to combat teacher burnout and enhance job engagement are discussed.
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Fifty Hong Kong Chinese teachers rated the importance of 25 characteristics and 14 competencies for teachers of gifted learners. While all 39 characteristics and competencies were endorsed as important, the characteristics classified as philosophical ideals were rated most important, followed by characteristics related to professional predispositions. Personal attributes were rated least important. Regarding competencies, specific skills related to identifying, teaching, and counseling gifted learners were rated more important than global strategies. While the selection of teachers of gifted learners might proceed with selecting teachers with the desirable characteristics to meet the needs of gifted learners, the present findings indicated that the development of philosophical, professional, and personal characteristics conducive to effective teaching should not be neglected in teacher preparation programs. Further, desirable skills and competencies that teachers require to teach the gifted well could be made the objectives, goals, and outcomes of teacher preparation programs for teachers of gifted learners. It is believed that the development of teacher preparation programs for teachers of gifted learners in Hong Kong and elsewhere might benefit from integrating Chinese thinking with Western empirically supported findings on the characteristics and competencies of teachers of gifted learners.
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