What Can Be Done and What Should Be Done in Teacher Education:The Spirit of the Educator as the Spiritual Foundation of the Development of Teacher Education in the New Era
The spirit of the educator is the value pursuit and spiritual driving force for the develop-ment of the teaching team in the new era.The promotion of the spirit of the educator requires the un-remitting efforts and positive actions of teachers.In the new era,there have been significant changes in the professional ethics of teachers:the oscillation between"sacredness"and"worldliness"has led to deviations in the teachers'educational beliefs;the rift between"individual responsibility"and"col-lective responsibility"has led to the evasion of teachers'ethical responsibilities.Cultivating the spirit of the educator is an inevitable choice to solve the ethical dilemma of teachers.Optimizing the system of teacher education with the spirit of the educator is conducive to cultivating an outstanding team of educator-type teachers.The spirit of the educator is the spiritual benchmark for the development of teacher education,which helps to cultivate professional dedication and guide teachers to become"edu-cators".It also advocates the"student-centered approach",encouraging teachers to become"qualified teachers",and it emphasizes patriotism,encouraging teachers to become"devoted to teaching of vir-tues".Promoting the spirit of the educator in the new era is an urgent need for the development of high-quality teacher education.Aimed at cultivating educator-type teachers,it is necessary to achieve synchronous advancement of exemplary leadership and group cultivation by enriching the implications of teacher education with the traditional Chinese teacher culture and innovatively integrating the evalu-ation system of teachers with the spirit of the educator to form a virtuous educational ecosystem.
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