Manzar-Abbas, Shah Syed; Lu, Lijie

Abstract: The paper analyses the practicum programme offered in Chinese Teacher Education institutions (TEI) as compared with that of the other countries of the world. Researchers explored the ways to improve Chinese practicum programme comparing it with that of some developed and developing countries of the world. Practicum experiences of ten universities of the world from different countries were analyzed with objective to compare Chinese practicum. There emerged three basic issues from the study; the duration, timing, and mode of practicum. The researchers identified that the time allocated to practicum experiences in China was too short; the timing for sending student teachers (STs) to the field (schools) was inappropriate, and the mode of practicum adopted was outdated. The time should be expanded for practicum experiences and the practicum should be integrated throughout the programme. The STs should be sent to schools as early as possible. The other countries integrate practicum into the whole (teacher education programme) TEP ramifying it into different stages, which is also recommended for the Chinese TEI.

Key words: Comparative analysis, Normal Universities, practicum, Preservice, student teachers, teacher education

总 结：

1、文章分析了与世界其他国家的比较的我国教师教育机构提供的实习计划（TEI），以期探索完善中国的实习计划。

2、文章研究比较了三个基本问题：持续时间，实习时间和实习模式。

3、研究人员发现，在中国分配给实习经验的时间太短；给学生教师的时间（STS）的领域是不恰当的，与模式采用的是过时的实习。送教师到学校实习的时间应扩大到实习计划的整个过程，以完善教师经验。

来源：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. Apr 2013, Issue 22226990, p172-186. 15p. 4 Diagrams.