Transition Of Teachers Educational Institutes In The United States: From The "Professional" And "Academic" Debate

It is an important trend that teachers educational institutes make the transition to teachers colleges in universities. As the teachers educational institutes make the transition, the big success of the reformation of teacher education get the attention from all over the world. Normal education system in the United States originated from the first half of 19th century and went through the process from normal school, teachers college to teachers college in university. The criticism of academic scholars and professional educators came along with the whole process, and it was also the underlying drive of the transition. The criticism that existed in our country's normal education was also the main factor in the transition of teachers educational institutes. Therefore, from the perspective of "professional" and "academic" criticism to analysis the transition of teachers educational institutes in the United States, combining the specific situation in our country at the same time, can make us more objective to investigate our situation and problems. It's significant and inspiriting to the transition of teachers educational institutes and normal education quality in our country.This thesis examines this issue in historical perspective and, based on comparison and references, analyze the theoretical reason of the transition of teachers educational institutes, in order to get the inspirations.This paper consists of five parts:Partâ… Introduction. To introduce the background, the meanings, the definition of relevant concepts, the literature review, the methods and the thoughts of the research.Partâ…¡Normal education in early times in the US. To review how all the teachers educational institutes to train teachers, and find the origin of academic and professional traditions in normal education.Partâ…¢Level transition of teachers educational institutes in the US. To describe educational philosophies in the 19th century, and because their "professional" orientation arouse the controversy of academic scholars and professional educators, the teachers educational institutes made the first transition.Partâ…£The Complete Institute transition of educational institutes in the US. To describe the development of educational science and its influences to normal education; the controversy and cooperation of academic scholars and professional educators; the teachers training in university.Part V The inspiration for the transition of teachers educational institutes in china. To analyze the problems existing in our country's teachers educational institutes and present the idea of the research.