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I received my master’s degree from Northeast Normal University, China. I am currently studying for a doctoral degree in this school. My research interests include language education and teacher psychology.
Teachers’ quality has long been researched in the field of general education. However, little attention has been paid to the professional qualities of excellent English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in the context of English curriculum reform, especially from an ecological perspective. To address this gap, this study adopted a qualitative approach to characterise the qualities of excellent senior high school EFL teachers in China and the development of their professional qualities using Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model. Four interconnected dimensions of excellent EFL teachers’ professional qualities were confirmed: English language pedagogical content competence, beliefs about the foreign language teaching profession and professional ethics, beliefs about foreign language teaching and learning, and beliefs about language teacher learning and development. Meanwhile, the EFL teachers constructed and developed their professional qualities in their dynamic interaction with the complex ecological systems where they lived. The paper considers these various teacher-related factors in the ecological systems and provides some suggestions for sustaining EFL teachers’ professional development.
Wenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu; Fan Fang. A Tale of Three Excellent Chinese EFL Teachers: Unpacking Teacher Professional Qualities for Their Sustainable Career Trajectories from an Ecological Perspective. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6721 .
AMA StyleWenxiu Chu, Honggang Liu, Fan Fang. A Tale of Three Excellent Chinese EFL Teachers: Unpacking Teacher Professional Qualities for Their Sustainable Career Trajectories from an Ecological Perspective. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6721.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu; Fan Fang. 2021. "A Tale of Three Excellent Chinese EFL Teachers: Unpacking Teacher Professional Qualities for Their Sustainable Career Trajectories from an Ecological Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6721.
Wenxiu Chu. Resilience in education: concepts, contexts and connections. Educational Review 2020, 1 -1.
AMA StyleWenxiu Chu. Resilience in education: concepts, contexts and connections. Educational Review. 2020; ():1-1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenxiu Chu. 2020. "Resilience in education: concepts, contexts and connections." Educational Review , no. : 1-1.
Wenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu. Teacher wellbeing. Asia Pacific Journal of Education 2020, 41, 401 -404.
AMA StyleWenxiu Chu, Honggang Liu. Teacher wellbeing. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 2020; 41 (2):401-404.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu. 2020. "Teacher wellbeing." Asia Pacific Journal of Education 41, no. 2: 401-404.
Book Review: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching
Wenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu. Book Review: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 1 .
AMA StyleWenxiu Chu, Honggang Liu. Book Review: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenxiu Chu; Honggang Liu. 2020. "Book Review: The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 1.