Research to the Second Transformation of Teacher Education in China

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review and reflect on the transformation of teacher education in our country. The limitations of the first transformation of teacher education in China include the limited number of top comprehensive universities participating in teacher education. The declined pr-service teacher quality and the lack of academic legitimacy of teacher education as a discipline. These limitations caused the decline of teacher preparation quality. The second transformation of teacher education in China depends on the building of teacher education institutes to transform teacher education in the aspects of the nature of the universities, professional logic, organizational system and structure, the orientation of education as a discipline, teaching staff and curriculum etc.