Professionalization and De-professionalization:The Dilemma in the Reform of Teacher Education in the USA
The American teacher professionalization was realized by the entrance of teacher education into universities,which resulted in a multi-component open system.However,it is questioned by both government and mass media for its quantity and quality.The rise of the alternative teacher preparation focusing on de-professionalization has led to the dilemma between professionalization and de-professionalization.By the historical analysis of its universitization,it is found that the underlying reason of the dilemma attributes to the basic characteristics of teacher education,which is also supposed to be taken into account in China's future teacher education reform.