How much education do you need to be a teacher?

In recent years, more and more highly educated graduates such as masters and doctors have become middle school teachers. How to understand this phenomenon, what their career development has encountered in reality, how to take their career path, etc., are all problems worth thinking about.

It is the general trend for highly educated graduates to engage in basic education.

As we all know, in recent years, more and more master students and doctoral students have become middle school teachers. Geographically, it spread from the original big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai to second-tier or even third-tier cities; At the middle school level, it spreads from provincial and municipal key points to ordinary middle schools; In terms of education, from the initial undergraduate to middle school, it evolved into a master's degree to middle school, and then evolved into a doctor's degree to middle school, and a master's degree to undergraduate to primary school.

Moreover, the education ladder of undergraduate, master and doctor also shows obvious pressure in the employment competition. Since 2004, graduate students began to attend middle schools, which brought great pressure to the employment of undergraduates. One or two years ago, doctoral students went to middle school, which squeezed the graduate employment market. Most middle school teachers were high school graduates 30 years ago, junior college graduates 20 years ago and undergraduate graduates 10 years ago. It is not unusual for them to be master students and doctoral students now. A middle school teacher position will attract hundreds of doctoral resumes. More than half of some well-known middle schools have master's degrees, and some schools now only recruit teachers with master's degrees or above.

Considering the current situation of teachers in basic education in developed countries and the future employment direction of master's and doctoral students in China, it can be seen that it is the general trend for highly educated graduates to engage in basic education, and basic education will be the advantageous employment field for highly educated graduates. Judging from the current situation in China, the emergence of highly educated middle school teachers is the result of the joint action of national policies, employment situation, teachers' professional attraction and graduates' personal interests.

The emergence of high-educated middle school teachers, on the one hand, is of course because after the resumption of the college entrance examination in China, after years of talent accumulation, the situation of talent shortage has changed, especially in recent years, the enrollment scale of graduate students has expanded and the talent layout structure has changed; On the other hand, it is also due to the strategic guiding role of the state in rejuvenating the country through science and education. With the strengthening of national strength, the state has continuously increased its investment in education, and gradually strived to reverse the current achievement-oriented education system, constantly promoted quality education, and put forward the goal of building an innovative country and cultivating innovative talents. It is the embodiment of this macro-strategy in the field of basic education that highly educated graduates enter middle schools. The development and deepening of basic education need high-level teachers to promote it.

Increasing employment pressure is another important reason why master students and doctoral students become middle school teachers. The number of graduate students in colleges and universities has increased significantly, especially in cities with more key universities such as Beijing. The number of graduate students in many schools even exceeds that of undergraduate students, and the trend of employment pressure shifting from undergraduate students to graduate students has become obvious. Therefore, some high-educated middle school teachers are forced by objective employment pressure, especially many basic disciplines that emphasize theory. In addition to going to school, the employment field in society is relatively narrow. Besides, some students are reluctant to leave campus. After all, the campus is the most familiar professional environment for graduates, which is relatively simple. It is easy for students to find a sense of security with little change in life and easy adaptation, so they choose to be teachers.

Of course, there are also many high-educated middle school teachers who like the profession of teachers themselves. Many graduate students said that they wanted to be teachers because they felt that their jobs were stable and their salaries were good. However, after attending the graduation internship, they suddenly realized that they liked being with students and were unconsciously attracted by the unique charm of the teaching profession. With the continuous development of China's social economy, people's expectations for education are also rising. Many graduates think that being a teacher can realize their self-worth. In addition, the preferential policies of middle schools on many registered permanent residence, welfare, professional titles and treatment for master's and doctor's degrees have also become the highlight of attracting highly educated talents.

High-educated middle school teachers also need to strengthen their professional quality.

Teachers with high academic qualifications can bring research methods and consciousness into middle schools, which is very important for cultivating students' innovative consciousness and ability in the basic education stage. Of course, their profound influence on students needs a gradual process. However, at this stage, this is restricted by educational objectives and evaluation standards, which makes the gap between highly educated talents and the actual requirements of primary and secondary schools large, and also restricts their professional expertise and research ability, making highly educated people not necessarily suitable for the current middle school education and teaching practice.

Some teachers think that doctors should study knowledge, not that doctors must not teach, but under the current education system, teaching middle school is basic education and has nothing to do with doctoral research. So it can't reflect the strength of doctoral research at all, and it may just be his weakness.

Some middle school principals also believe that people with high academic qualifications are not all suitable to be teachers. In the actual recruitment, they found that some doctors have strong scientific research ability and professional quality, but they didn't find the feeling of being a teacher in the classroom during the trial lecture. Some doctors who try to teach middle school students only talk about themselves, like talking to adults, and don't take students as their teaching objects; There are also some doctors who prepare their lessons well, but their expressive ability is not strong. There are some knowledge points in the outline that only you can understand, but you can't say.

On the contrary, on the other hand, the rational, calm and critical vision and thinking cultivated by scientific research will, to a certain extent, hinder and weaken the enthusiasm that highly educated teachers should show to students and others, while education is a profession dealing with people and needs love and enthusiasm, which is a common problem faced by highly educated teachers.

In other words, highly educated teachers have advantages in basic professional knowledge and research ability, but their basic professional qualities and skills as teachers are relatively weak. Teachers with high academic qualifications can meet the requirements of the school, but they may not be good teachers. Some well-known middle school principals say that the teachers who enter the school together are often the teachers who have a bachelor's degree as the head teacher first. In students' evaluation of highly educated teachers, "too bookish", "there is a generation gap", "poor expression ability" and "a little pedantic" are the most common words. Parents in Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing and other places jointly wrote to the school asking for the replacement of master's and doctoral teachers.

Assess the situation, correct the mentality, and find the right career development direction.

The high academic qualifications of middle school teachers is a new phenomenon in the field of education in recent years. Students, parents and society all feel that they are "condescending" and "wasting their talents". Someone felt sorry for the doctoral students in his middle school: "I don't know whether to feel sad for you or lucky for the students in that middle school?" Therefore, they should not only persist in the questioning of relatives and friends, but also experience the adaptation period of their own mentality.

Those with high academic qualifications have to take off the aura of academic qualifications and start from scratch, while their classmates became teachers many years ago after graduating from undergraduate courses, and now most of them are backbone teachers. So someone said, "When I graduated from college four years ago, I should be a middle school teacher. I turned around and came back for the dream of a university teacher. Now I have no sense of superiority, but I am afraid. I am a teacher myself, and I know middle school education best. Teaching is the key. In the past three years, my classmates have grown up. As for me, I only have some knowledge learned by graduate students, and I don't need it at all. I am still a novice among teachers, and I have to catch up with them step by step in classroom control, language art and knowledge points. "

As a middle school teacher, it doesn't matter how high your education is, whether you graduated from a famous university or not, the most important thing is to be recognized by the school, students and parents. Comprehensive factors, for these highly educated teachers, in addition to teachers' skills and literacy, it is more important to have a mentality, which determines the working attitude and the extent to which a person's potential and ability can be exerted.

Therefore, with the increasing number of highly educated graduates and the running-in of middle school teachers, schools and society, highly educated candidates have an advantage in striving for interview opportunities. In addition, they don't enjoy many special benefits in the process of finding jobs.

Middle schools don't just choose people with academic qualifications. It is not because they have a high degree that they accept all orders. If their ability is not good, there is no chance for masters and doctors. The school will also inspect and screen teachers from the perspective of teachers' professional requirements, and each applicant will arrange trial lectures, written tests and interviews. Many schools say that doctors with good medical ethics, good communication with students and good organization of collective activities are more popular.

There are examples of how to be a good middle school teacher with high education. Huo Maozheng 1943 graduated from Beijing Normal University, resolutely gave up the opportunity to stay in school to teach, engaged in the cause of enlightenment education with a high degree, and worked as a primary school teacher for 60 years. 1949 participated in founding ceremony as a teacher representative, and 1956 was awarded the first batch of special-grade teachers in China. She summed up her teaching career in six words: glory, hardship and happiness. Her famous saying is: "There are no children with poor education in the world. Teachers are not only professions, but also careers, ideals and lifelong pursuits. "