Teachers' Competency Model Construction and Its Preliminary Application in Research Style Universities: Based on the Survey of Dominant Disciplines in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

How to improve the overall quality of scientific teachers for the ability enhancement of scientific research and knowledge innovation has been a major task for colleges and universities who want to be research-oriented. Based on the competency theory, the paper carries out an analysis from three aspects of literature, role of teachers and teacher qualification, and constructs a preliminary competency model for research-oriented university teachers, which includes personality, necessary knowledge, work skills and comprehensive ability. With the data collected from the questionnaires at Beihang University, the paper applies a statistical analysis tool to prove the validity of the model. The model can play a guiding role in the management of the teachers' team for the teacher development at research-oriented universities.