1、A Survey on Teacher Authority In Online English Teaching,Zhou YingHefei Teachers CollegeD,I. Introduction,1. Some tips about teacher authority,a)Teacher authority is a kind of power to influence students, which comes from some special knowledge or prestige.,b)Teacher authority plays a very important
2、 role in education, which can be applied to appraise teachers work.,2. The classification of teacher authority,Traditional authority: being from traditional conventions Academic authority: being from professional knowledge Charismatic authority: being from personal charm, such as ones character, per
3、sonality,etc.,3.What did people think of Teacher Authority in the past?,Traditional notions: Teacher is the “gardener”. Students are the “plants”.,4.What do people think of Teacher Authority nowadays?,Current notion: With the advent of online education era, some people think that teacher authority h
4、as been changed a lot.,(2) Academic authority has collapsed because information is abundant and can be easily downloaded online. As a result, teachers cannot control information any more.,(3) Charismatic authority has been dismissed because teachers themselves are spiritually vacuous in online envir
5、onment.,(1) Traditional authority has disappeared because online education makes the learning process more individual and democratic.,Are those all true?,Let a survey speak !,II. A survey,1. The surveyed object,2. Question examples designed in the questionnaire,Do you think teachers are still needed
6、 in online education?When you have problems in your study, who has helped you most ?Who has influenced you most in your online English learning?,3. Results and Analysis,Figure 1: Students opinions about if teachers are still needed in online education,3. Results and Analysis,Figure 2: Ways of studen
7、ts preferred to keep touch with teachers,3. Results and Analysis,Figure 3: People or place that students get help from,3. Results and Analysis,Figure 4: Factors that influence students psychologically,3. Results and Analysis,Figure 5: Roles that students think teachers should play,3. Results and Ana
8、lysis,Figure 6: Students opinions about qualities for teachers,III. A summary,90% of the students think teacher is still needed in online English learning, while only 10% of students dont think so; when students have problems in their online study, 48% of them go to teachers for help, which leads th
9、e first rank comparing with other choices (Friends, Libraries, Internet, Heroes/ Idols) provided in the questionnaire; however, it turns out that 53% of students think that internet influences them most in their lives, only 15% admit that teachers impose a greater impact upon them than other factors
10、. All these show that in online English teaching, teachers traditional authority and academic authority have not significantly been changed; but charismatic authority seems to be weakened.,IV. Suggestions,1. To form a good moral character 2. To enlarge knowledge scope 3. To develop abilities 4. To cultivate emotion 5. To play many roles in one,The End Criticism and Questions are welcome Thanks！,
