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【摘要】:相对于教师或教学来说,这一专业的知识分别是教育学及其分支学科。拉尔森对专业知识与市场权力的关系进行了深入的讨论。由于专业知识分布不平等的特点,保护并促成了专业的这种认知垄断的特权。NCATE经过重建工作,把“专业的知识基础”作为认可的核心,实施教学专业的“认知垄断”,为教学的专业化做出了一大贡献。通过重建,NCATE颁布了知识基础本位的认可标准,认可标准中体现了教师教育专业化和智力化的思想。

三、教学专业化:对专业知识的垄断

(一)成熟专业的标准之一

从专业社会学“特质”模式出发,专业社会学家提出了“成熟专业的标准”的分析框架,成熟专业的标准之一是,该专业拥有一个包含着深奥知识和技能的科学的知识基础。

许多社会学家把“专业的知识基础”视为专业化的核心内容,并将其作为研究的重点,同时也将其作为研究的起点来讨论专业的其他特征。麦克当那(Keith M.Macdonald)认为,专业是以知识为本的职业,所以知识基础对一个专业来说是最为重要的。[80]

有学者提出,一个专业的科学知识基础应该包括“为这一专业”和“关于这一专业”的知识。在此基础上,有学者提出了专业知识基础的“向日葵”模型。向日葵的脸盘部分代表了关于这一专业的知识,周围的叶片代表了为这一专业的知识。这一专业的知识落入一个学科领域,通常由这一学科领域内的总体知识和几个分支学科的知识所构成。相对于教师或教学来说,这一专业的知识分别是教育学及其分支学科。为这一专业的知识落入许多学科领域,通常由这些学科领域内的总体知识和(或)关联的分支学科知识所构成。[81]此模型的提出者并没有针对教学的知识基础进行具体的研究,其他社会学研究文献也没有关于教师或教学知识研究的内容,只看到了管理学家、咨询专家从社会学的角度研究管理专业、咨询专业的知识基础。

从上面的分析看到,社会学家的研究一方面把“专业的知识基础”提炼为判断一个成熟专业的标准,另一方面从抽象的专业出发提出教学的知识的结构,却没有回答此结构的具体内容。

本章的第一节提到,进入20世纪80年代,随着日益高涨的“教学是一种专业”的呼声,教师知识或教学知识的研究成为教师教育研究的一个重点。在美国,不同的学者和学术团体针对教学知识提出了各自的观点,这些内容在本章的第一节已经进行了详细的介绍。

社会学家把专业的知识基础作为判断一个成熟专业的标准,把它作为一个专业的核心内容,教育家对教学专业的知识基础进行了深入的研究,在此基础上,NCATE推出了知识基础本位的认可标准,要求教师教育机构在课程设置等方面体现出教学专业的知识基础。可以说NCATE的工作一方面突出了知识基础在教学专业中的重要位置,另一方面也借鉴了教学的知识基础的研究成果,促进了教学知识基础的理论研究与教师教育实践的结合。归纳起来可以认为,NCATE实施的知识基础本位的认可促进教学向专业化迈出了最关键的一步。

(二)“权力”模式的分析视角

本书在第二章提到,拉尔森(Magali S.Larson)等人创立了“权力”模式的分析视角来讨论专业与专业化的问题。其核心思想是,专业的服务是市场化的,专业在市场化的竞争中要控制市场、获得市场权力就必须实施垄断。垄断的方式是多样化的,包括专业知识垄断、专业教育与培训垄断、国家特许的保护(如执照垄断)、专业自治、专业组织和伦理法规的垄断等。

拉尔森对专业知识与市场权力的关系进行了深入的讨论。拉尔森认为专业知识是专业产品和专业服务的基础,专业产品和专业服务只有通过专业知识才能体现出其独特性,才能被公众认同。被公众认可的专业产品和专业服务在市场竞争中才能获得市场权力。[82]所以,专业知识对于专业获取市场权力是十分重要的。拉尔森还分析了专业知识对专业本身的意义。她认为,专业知识为一个专业建立了认知和规范框架,所以一个专业的知识基础的形成对专业的统一具有重大意义,具体体现在几个方面:专业用语的正式化、知识基础的合法化、认知的理性化或合理化,以及在认识论方面的进步等。[83]

拉尔森提出了“认知垄断”的概念,认为专业具有排他性的特权,这种特权用于定义专业知识的内容和获取知识的途径。由于专业知识分布不平等的特点,保护并促成了专业的这种认知垄断的特权。认知垄断是一种职业专业化的捷径。[84]专业知识的垄断是促进职业专业化的良方。

总之,从社会学家的观点出发,专业知识对于专业本身具有不可替代的作用,是获得市场权力的一个重要手段,是一个职业专业化的捷径,是一个成熟专业的标志。

NCATE经过重建工作,把“专业的知识基础”作为认可的核心,实施教学专业的“认知垄断”,为教学的专业化做出了一大贡献。在教育界积极倡导教学专业化的呼声中,NCATE提出了知识基础本位的认可标准,可以说NCATE的行为顺应了改革发展的潮流,促进了教学专业化的进程。

在优异教育改革的浪潮中,美国优异教师教育委员会、霍姆斯小组和卡内基任务小组等积极倡导教师教育专业化、智力化和标准化,由此促进了对教学知识基础的研究。教师教育改革和研究成果对NCATE产生了积极的影响。通过重建,NCATE颁布了知识基础本位的认可标准,认可标准中体现了教师教育专业化和智力化的思想。

在NCATE的倡导下,许多教育学院(包括已经认可和准备接受认可的机构)开始实施知识基础本位的教师教育。可以认为,认可标准的变化引起了部分教育学院教师教育模式的变化。

从专业社会学的视角出发,“知识基础”是一种职业成为专业的重要条件,也是一种职业实施认知垄断的重要手段。NCATE倡导的知识基础本位的认可对教学的专业化具有重要的意义。

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