The Study OF THE Enhancing Program ON Teachers' Teaching Competency' IN Journalism Education Management IN Zhengzhou Henan Province, China

Abstract

Enhancing the teaching competency of university teachers is the urgent task for the high-quality development of higher education, and is the basis for the foothold, development and expansion of colleges and universities. This study aims to investigate and identify the components of teachers' teaching competency in journalism educational management by distributing expert confirmation forms to five experts in the field of educational management from five universities in Henan Province. Additionally, a survey will be conducted among 212 journals educational management teachers and students from these universities to explore the current and desired states of teachers' teaching competency in journalism educational management in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The PNI modified method will then be used to assess the key priority needs index of teachers' teaching competency in journalism educational management. Based on the survey feedback, a training program will be proposed to enhance the teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management. The results revealed that: 1. The components of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management were consisting to 1) teaching cognition, 2) teaching design, 3) teaching management, 4) evaluation, 5) education technology, and 6) ethic. And evaluation by experts that the suitability were very high. 2. In the study of current, desired states and priority needs of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management in Zhengzhou, Henan. The current state in general was at the medium level. For the desired state, each aspect of teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management was at the high levels. The PNI are arranged in highest was teaching management. 3. To enhance teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management, the principle of the program is 70:20:10 Learning Model. The program consists of 5 components: 1) principle, 2) objectives, 3) development activity content, 4) development process, 5) evaluation. And the appropriateness of the program was investigated by 5 experts. The results showed that it was appropriateness, accuracy and feasibility were the highest level. This study has significant implications for enhancing the teachers' teaching competency in journalism education management in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. It can provide a reference framework for the training of teaching competencies for university teachers.