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ERIC Number: EJ588829
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
Modernization and Teacher Education in China.
Li, Defeng
Teaching and Teacher Education, v15 n2 p179-92 Feb 1999
Despite China's efforts in recent years to improve teacher education, it is still imbued with problems which must be addressed effectively and immediately before teacher education can meet with China's desire for modernization. The problems are based on the unattractive social and economic status of the teaching profession in China, so the solution is to truly improve teachers' status. (SM)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Modernization, Politics of Education, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education, Public Education, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Certification, Teacher Shortage
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: China; Teacher Status