TEACHER TRAINING AND ESSENTIAL VALUES FOR EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY

ABSTRACT In order to help students’ development, it is important for teachers to achieve autonomy. Teacher training can stimulate experiences that favor adherence to justice, respect, solidarity and democratic coexistence. This study investigates whether the quality of training - initial and continuing - of teachers in the Final Years of Elementary School, in , is related to adherence to essential values for moral education. total of 260 professors, aged 23 to 70, mostly women, participated. The following were used: (a) Teacher Profile Questionnaire, (b) IEQ, (c) CEQ and (d) SMVS. The following were performed: (a) cluster analysis, (b) ANOVAS and (c) Kruskal-Wallis. Teachers showed greater adherence to justice and democratic coexistence; minor to respect. For justice, there was a difference between high and low quality continuing education. High quality continuing education can promote adherence to values. It is important that training initiatives address values in a non-dogmatic way, promoting dialogue and criticism.

摘要：为助力学生成长，教师实现自主发展至关重要。教师培训可催生有助于教师秉持公正、尊重、团结与民主共存理念的体验。本研究旨在探究[原文缺失地域信息]地区小学高年级教师的职前与在职培训质量，是否与道德教育核心价值的秉持程度相关。本次研究共有260名教师参与，年龄介于23至70岁之间，其中女性占多数。本研究采用以下研究工具：(a) 教师概况调查问卷（Teacher Profile Questionnaire），(b) IEQ，(c) CEQ，(d) SMVS；并采用以下分析方法：(a) 聚类分析，(b) 方差分析（ANOVAS），(c) 克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验。研究结果显示，参研教师对公正与民主共存理念的秉持程度较高，对尊重理念的秉持程度相对较低；在公正理念的秉持层面，高质量与低质量在职培训之间存在显著差异。高质量在职培训可提升教师对核心价值的秉持程度。相关培训举措应以非教条化的方式开展价值教育，倡导对话与批判精神，这一点至关重要。