How to cultivate teacher trainees who are both moral,competent and willing to teach:An Analysis based on Two Normal Universities
It is of great significance to cultivate teacher trainees who are both ethical and talented,and who are willing to teach,in order to build a high-quality teacher education system with Chinese characteristics.This study employs Latent Class Analysis and regression methods to classify teacher trainees according to their ethical norms and professional competence,with the objective of identifying the optimal pathways for cultivating high-quality teacher trainees and those with high willingness to teach.The findings indicate that:1.Teacher trainees can be clustered into four types,with 23.56%of them exhibiting both good moral integrity and professional competence,42.29%of them exhibiting both middle moral integrity and professional competence,20.06%of them exhibiting middle moral integrity and weak professional competence,and 14.1%of them exhibiting both weak moral integrity and professional competence.2.Teacher trainees exhibit the best cultivation of moral norms,and the weakest practical abilities such as teaching and management.3.Teacher trainees who are both moral and talented demonstrate a higher willingness to teach,yet there are differences in the pathways to enhance teacher trainees'willingness to teach and cultivate teacher trainees who are both moral and talented.Among these pathways,the provision of adequate hardware support and a conducive school atmosphere to match high-quality courses and internships are the primary avenues to cultivate teacher trainees.Teacher trainees who are both moral and talented,are more willing to teach than those who are not.The creation of a good soft school climate and matching high-quality university teachers are the main paths to increase the willingness of teacher trainees to teach.4.To cultivate teacher trainees with both moral competence and high willingness to teach,the main path is to create a good soft school atmosphere to match high-quality courses,and to do a good job of filling in the college entrance examination volunteers to increase the students'subjective interest in applying for majors.
ethical normsprofessional competenceboth good moral integrity and professional competencewillingness to teach