A New Approach of Teacher Training in America:The Implementation and Characteristics of Programs in New Graduate Schools of Education——Based on a Comparative Analysis of Eight Teacher Training Programs
In the early 21st century,the deregulation proponents of American education reform have established a new teacher education institution,called"new Graduate Schools of Education".The teacher training programs in new Graduate Schools of Education show a new approach to teacher training in America.Comparative analysis of the implementary approach of eight teacher training programs in new Graduate Schools of Education reveals that these programs have common characteristics in training objectives,enrollment requirements,curriculum settings,teaching methods,evaluation methods and support systems,but each has its own unique features.On the whole,the teacher training programs in new Graduate Schools of Education make teacher training independent of the university field,solving the problem of disconnection between supply and demand.The programs are committed to training teachers for weak public schools,which responds to the practical demands.The programs set residency and course teaching simultaneously,showing the orientation of clinical practice.The programs focus on inquiry-based teaching and project-based learning to achieve the core goal of ability training,and the practice teaching process embodies the idea of evidence-based teaching.
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