CEFContemporary Education Frontiers3029-18793029-1860WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/CEF.v4i2.1584ArticleAnalysis of the Deep Contradictions and Causes of the Academic Development of Teaching Skills among College Teachers in Liaoning Provincehttps://artdesignp.com/journal/CEF/4/2/10.18063/CEF.v4i2.1584LuDan2026422026-02-26To advance the national strategy of building a strong education country and boost the high-level higher education system construction in Liaoning Province, this study focuses on the academic development of teaching skills of local college teachers. Stratified sampling was adopted for a questionnaire survey of 1,200 teachers from 20 colleges and universities of diverse types, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 60 teachers. A mixed-methods approach was used to explore the development status, identify deep-seated contradictions and analyze the underlying causes. The results show that the overall level of the academic development of teaching skills among Liaoning’s college teachers is above moderate and normally distributed, but the development across six core dimensions is unbalanced, with institutional support perception as a prominent shortcoming. Significant structural disparities exist between public and private college teachers, and differentiated performance is found among teachers with distinct demographic characteristics. Four major deep-seated contradictions are identified: misalignment between strategic demands and teachers' cognitive practices, unbalanced development between public and private college teachers, imbalance between teachers' intrinsic motivation and external support systems, and disconnection between teaching skill academic development and regional collaborative guarantees. These contradictions stem from the interactive effects of individual, institutional and regional factors: individual cognitive biases, knowledge imbalances and insufficient intrinsic motivation are internal root causes; biased institutional evaluation orientations, inadequate incentive mechanisms and imperfect training systems are core external constraints; lacking regional policy guidance, inefficient resource integration and underdeveloped collaborative mechanisms are critical guarantee deficiencies. This study provides empirical evidence and practical guidelines for Liaoning’s education administrative departments and local colleges, and enriches the localized research system on teachers' teaching skill academic development.College teachers, teaching skills, Academic development, Deep contradictions, Influencing factors

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