Teacher Identity in Public Primary and Secondary Schools and China's Policy Choice
High-quality teaching staff is the key to the high quality of education.While building a team of high-quality teachers is a systematic project that first requires solving the"meta-problem"of teacher identity.Teacher identity in public primary and secondary schools is characterized by professionalism,public nature,post title relatedness,and national nature.In China,teachers in public primary and secondary schools have been given various identities in different historical periods,fitting in the economic and social system at the time.In 2018,a new identity of national public officials was given to teachers in public primary and secondary schools,a major breakthrough in the policy.To guarantee its implementation,it is recommended to clarify that teachers in public primary and secondary schools in China are managed as civil servants,establish a national teacher system,improve the management system for teacher training and development,and strengthen the self-disciplined and self-improving mechanism for teachers in public primary and secondary schools.
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