Teacher education changes in China: 1974–2014

Jun, Zhou

doi:10.1080/02607476.2014.956543

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“…In this manner, it can be stated that the tutor's role is that of a learning facilitator and the students could learn much better upon receiving feedback from their tutors (Hoffmann, 1999). The importance of the role played by the tutor in the professional success is underlined by Zhou (2014) and Munthe, Malmo & Rogne (2011). Zhou (2014 states that, from the second half of the 20th century onwards, throughout countries, there can be pinpointed strong social and economic changes, which impacted directly on the education system.…”

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The importance of soft skills in the university academic curriculum: The perceptions of the students in the new society of knowledge

Pereira

Costa

2017

IJBSR

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This study focuses on the notion of competence in a perspective of structural change. It addresses the academic curriculum and the soft skills essential for the holder of a Bachelor's Degree to adapt to the labour market and endow the citizen with instruments deemed necessary for the integration of the person in the different dimensions of life. Evidence unfolds a great deal of sensitivity on the part of students regarding soft skills. Nonetheless, there are substantial differences among courses and between genders. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey, which was applied to our bachelor students between October 2013 and January 2014. We resorted to the use of the analysis of the main components and we used the VARIMAX method for determining the variance, which is analysed by means of the ANOVA model. The study underpins the importance of autonomy and social and emotional skills in the student's global university education and highlights the sensitivity of the students to transversal competences -soft skills-, as required by the current labour market.

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The importance of soft skills in the university academic curriculum: The perceptions of the students in the new society of knowledge

Pereira

Costa

2017

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“…The Chinese Government has conducted a series of top-down reforms of teacher education over the past several decades. The reforms have established a relatively stable teacher education system, regulated teacher education programs and curricula, and provided opportunities for in-service teachers to be trained and to upgrade their educational credentials [6]. Of course, corresponding policy must be published to provide system guarantee for the second transformation.…”

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Research to the Second Transformation of Teacher Education in China

Chu¹

2017

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Abstract. The purpose of this article is to review and reflect on the transformation of teacher education in our country. The limitations of the first transformation of teacher education in China include the limited number of top comprehensive universities participating in teacher education. The declined pr-service teacher quality and the lack of academic legitimacy of teacher education as a discipline. These limitations caused the decline of teacher preparation quality. The second transformation of teacher education in China depends on the building of teacher education institutes to transform teacher education in the aspects of the nature of the universities, professional logic, organizational system and structure, the orientation of education as a discipline, teaching staff and curriculum etc.

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“…Science teachers were asked to pass the entrance examination for the correspondence education. Within 2 or 3 years they had to complete study and obtain the required credits to obtain the corresponding academic diploma (Zhou 2014). In the process of academic education, science teachers experienced a systematic learning of modern scientific knowledge and applied new equipment and new technologies in scientific experiments.…”

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“…The shortage of teachers has been a major dilemma in education for a long period; since the founding of the People's Republic of China (Zhou 2014). Therefore, in addition to the construction of teacher training schools and normal universities to cultivate the basic education of teachers, the Ministry of Education also recruited a large number of "temporary teachers" to supplement the teacher shortage (Yang 2006).…”

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