构建高等教育教学标准:教师专业发展中心在四所世界一流大学的实践与应用

Establishing a Standard for Academic Excellence : Professional Development Programs at Four World-Class Universities

教师专业发展项目一直强调提升高等教育整体质量，对发展高校科研、教学以及学生的学习都有着举足轻重的作用。本文选取澳大利亚、英国和美国的四所世界一流大学的教师专业发展中心进行研究，阐释了教师专业发展在四所大学的长期实践及其对教师教学和科研水平提高的积极意义，由此总结并提出一系列提高高等教育整体质量的实践经验和关于未来研究方向的建议。

Higher education professional development trends increasingly focus on areas of quality improvement ， quality assurance ， and optimal technology delivery models. Whether the focus be on improving the quality of research ， teaching ， and/ or student learning ， the most effective professional development programs emphasize the importance of academic excellence as a standard that should be obtained and maintained among world-class universities. This article examines faculty development centers at four world-class universities m Australia ， the United Kingdom ， and the United States. Two public universities are included in our study ( Australia National University and the University of Pittsburgh ) along with two private institutions ( Carnegie Mellon University and Oxford University ) . The article focuses on the continual professional development of teaching and research at each of the four institutions and provides suggestions for further research and best practice recommendations for establishing quality improvement m higher education instruction.