Professional Development of Primary and Secondary School Teachers Empowered by the Museum: Connotation, Dilemma and Implementation Strategies

In the entire chain of museum-school cooperative education, primary and secondary school teachers are not only the link of cooperation, but also the concrete implementers of the museum education activities. Providing teachers with more support for professional development in informal education environments, enhancing teachers' educational power in museums, and meeting teachers' needs for teaching in museums are important issues in the current process of promoting the practice of cooperation between schools and museums in China.In the context of museum, teacher professional development activities can be constructed from four aspects: spatial and temporal distribution, value orientation, disciplinary objects and participating subjects.What's more, informal learning environments play an important role in facilitating teachers' renewal of pedagogical concepts, learning of professional knowledge and mastery of professional skills. In the process of serving the professional development of primary and secondary school teachers, our museums have difficulties such as insufficient supply of teaching resources, lack of targeted and adaptable training curriculum, single form of professional development activities, and limited outreach and cooperation with other organizations. Enhancing the museum educational power of teachers and building a high-quality modern teaching force require identifying the focus and breakthroughs: optimizing the integration and design of museum teaching resources; strengthening the docking of curriculum construction with school needs; constructing a multi-dimensional museum teaching practice system; and building a collaborative community for teachers'professional development.