The Responsibility of Normal Universities in Building a Strong Educational Country:Practical Approaches in the New Era
In the new era,normal universities are confronted with the strategic overall situation of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes the world has witnessed in a century.They shoulder the mission of providing satisfactory teacher education for the people and cultivating outstanding teachers capable of shouldering the significant responsibility of national rejuvenation.In terms of development orientation,they should adhere to the primary responsibility and main business of teacher education,explore ways to improve and upgrade teacher education,and establish a world-class teacher education system with Chinese characteristics.Based on this,normal universities must insist on the co-construction of high-level universities and high-quality teacher education,construct an integrated teacher education system covering both pre-service and in-service stages,enhance the construction level of teacher education discipline clusters,and assemble a high-quality and professionalized teacher education faculty.This is not only the duty and mission assigned to normal universities in the construction of a strong educational country but also an inevitable choice for high-quality development.
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