Development of a teacher guideline for wisdom education management in teaching and learning in Yunnan’s secondary schools

Abstract

The purposes of this study were firstly to survey current situations of teachers on wisdom education in teaching and learning in secondary schools in Yunnan, China, and secondly to propose a teacher guideline for wisdom education in teaching and learning and evaluate its effectiveness in view of experts. This research adopted two sets of questionnaires of quantitative methodology, one was for surveying 100 secondary school teachers determined by a quota sampling from 4 regions of Kunming, Yunnan Province, in terms of wisdom education teaching and learning preparation ability, wisdom education teaching and learning implementation ability, wisdom education teaching and learning evaluation reflection ability, wisdom education teaching and learning innovation ability; and another was for verifying the effectiveness of the proposed guideline by means of 5 purposively selected experts, based on the criteria of 4 abilities, including the preparation, implementation, evaluation reflection and innovation abilities of wisdom education in teaching and learning. Descriptive statistical analysis was employed with quantitative data, and content analysis was adopted to analyze and summarize the qualitative data. The findings indicated that the survey results showed that the overall 4 components of wisdom education in teaching and learning were at a high level with a mean score of 3.96. Secondly, the guideline was composed of 12 items under the Guideline for Planning GP, 9 items under Guideline for Organizing GO, 7 items under the Guideline for Leading GL, and 7 items under the Guideline for Controlling GC. In addition, expert reviews showed that the effectiveness of the wisdom education guideline for teachers in teaching and learning was very positive and enlightening. IMPLICATION OF THESIS. The implications of this study are a novel development of a teacher guideline and a model of teacher guideline for sustainable wisdom education management in teaching and learning for secondary schools in Kunming, Yunnan Province, which can help teachers better understand and integrate it into wisdom education in teaching and learning. The research findings could potentially be used as a basis to provide credible recommendations to strengthen the implement ability of a teachers' education program, and promote the generation and improvement of teachers' wisdom education abilities and personal development.