Research On Extra-curricular Activities In Normal Universities And Colleges Of China

With the surge of research into teacher education, the reform of teacher education in China improves with varies of polices. The reform pushes forward the change of teachers’ role as well as the change of the student teachers’cultivation in normal universities and colleges so that the teacher education becomes more professional and diversified. The student teachers’ cultivation is the main part of teacher education in normal universities and colleges, the research of which focuses more on the policy, mode, curriculum and practicum. This dissertation does the research on the extra-curricular activities in normal universities and colleges with the multi-views including the research theory, definition, characters, principles and classification. With the quantitative research and qualitative research, it does more analysis of the effect of extra-curricular activities on student teachers. Then it does the discussion in the point of social learning network. In the end, it takes the conclusion of the advantages and problems of extra-curricular activities in normal universities and colleges based on the findings of quantitative research and qualitative research, and also to make suggestions for its future development with cases. The structure of this dissertation is as the followings.Chapter Ⅰ is to illustrate the origin, questions, intention&thinking, methodology and framework of research respectively.Chapter Ⅱ is to does the literature review in the aspect of teacher education, student teacher training and extra-curricular activities. It helps to think over the student teacher training’s position in normal universities and colleges as well as the role of extra-curricular activities on student teachers’ cultivation. Based on the research of history, theory and effect of extra-curricular activities, it focuses on them in normal universities and colleges and thinks over the research orientation of this dissertation.Chapter Ⅲ is to lay the theory foundations with activity theory, discovery learning theory, situational theory, informal learning theory and life-long learning theory meanwhile to make the practical foundations based on goals of student teachers’ cultivation in four kinds of normal universities and colleges. Then it describes research theory, definition, characters, principles and classification in order to present the overview of extra-curricular activities in normal universities and colleges of China.Chapter IV is to use the quantitative research method based on the "National Survey for Student Teacher Training in Normal Universities and Colleges(2011)" by X university. The data is collected from the database including6624student-teacher samples in13subjects of27normal universities and colleges. It analyzes the organization, attendance and effect of extra-curricular activities as well as does the comparison with classroom teaching and educational practicum. It also makes the crosstabs with student teachers’ major, sex, academic achievements and leaders or not.Chapter Ⅴ is to make interview with student-teacher graduates in order to testify the effect of extra-curricular activities on their jobs from two views. One is the classification of extra-curricular activities and the other is the requirements of secondary and primary schools.Chapter Ⅵ is to open a new way for extra-curricular activities based on the concept of "Social Learning Network" in the background of learning society and life-long learning. It designs the extra-curricular activities based on open educational resource, social network service, museums and bookstores as well as analyzes the effect of them on the cultivation of student teachersChapter Ⅶ is to take the conclusion of the importance and difficulties of extra-curricular activities in normal universities and colleges based on the findings of quantitative research and qualitative research, and also to make suggestions for its future development with cases.