Becoming New Rural Sages:A Path for the Professional Development of Rural Teachers in the New Era
Rural teachers becoming new rural sages is the role expectation bestowed upon rural teachers by the country at the policy level under the background of rural revitalization.Currently,the professional development of rural teachers faces some difficulties:lack of public nature of rural teachers,obscured value rationality,and development disconnected from rural context.In order to address these difficulties,the research points out that taking on the role of new rural sages is an effective path to promote professional development for rural teachers.It demonstrates the intrinsic connection between the role of new rural sages and the professional development of rural teachers,reveals the mechanism of the impact of the role of new rural sages on professional development,and provides a theoretical basis for rural teachers to take on the role of new rural sages.In order to motivate rural teachers to identify with and take on the role of new rural sages,supportive measures need to be taken from the aspects of creating an environment,establishing systems,and exerting individual initiative,so that becoming new rural sages naturally becomes the pursuit goal of professional development for rural teachers.