Russian Higher Teacher Education Reforms In The Transformation Period And Its Implications For China

Russia is not only the largest union republic of the former Soviet but also the most developed union republics in higher education, science and technology. Being with 100 years history,Russian higher education ,is one of the most powerful higher education systems in the world, and has a good tradition and a high international reputation. It is the tradition for Russia to develop teacher education which is the crucial for the development of national education. It is the goal of the Russian higher teacher education to form a team which has an excellent character and professional thinking, solid foundation of knowledge and skills. With the development of education, Russian higher teacher education is also forward to the more advanced development in the process.Although Russian politics and economy is changing in a state of ups and downs, its educational reform and development make progress always toward the ideas and objectives. By studying the characteristics and achievements of Russian higher teacher education, it has profound implications the reform of higher teacher education in China because higher teacher education in China is greatly impacted by Soviet Union.The thesis mainly consists of four chapters.Chapter One"Background of higher teacher education in the period of Soviet Union", reviews three aspects relating to the structure and system of higher teacher education, the curriculum of higher teacher education, and faculty construction and management of universities.Chapter Two"Background of Russian higher teacher education in the period of transformation", reviews three aspects relating to the structure and system of higher teacher education, the curriculum of higher teacher education, and vocational studies and teacher development activities of universities.Chapter Three"Reform of Russian higher teacher education in the period of transformation", states the guiding ideology, policy secure system and contents of the higher teacher education in the period of transformation.Chapter Four"Features and problems of Russian higher teacher education in the period of transformation", states the characteristics of the reform Russian higher teacher education based on the analysis of the problemsChapter Five"Conclusion and suggestions", it raises some suggestions for the reform and development on the basis to the analysis of the problems of higher teacher education in China.