Examining the Cultivation Policies for Normal University Students in Germany

This chapter involves exploring the cultivation policies for normal university students in Germany. German teacher education originated in Prussia at the end of the seventeenth century, after two centuries of development, to the end of the nineteenth century basically formed a system of relatively strict teacher education system. In this period, teacher education adapted to the needs of German production, science and technology, and education development, showing a high level, diversified, and open development trend. For the further improvement of teacher education in Germany, it mainly includes the following aspects: the unification of teacher education in Germany, the development of teacher specialization, and the integration of teacher education in Europe. From the seventeenth century to the eighteenth century, teacher occupation began to specialize in Germany, various teacher training institutions also began to emerge in large numbers, and teacher license qualification examinations also began to sprout. Therefore, this period can be called the specialized development stage of teacher education in Germany. The nineteenth century was the institutionalized period of the development of teacher education in Germany, such as the establishment of teacher qualification certificate examination system, the increase in the number of normal schools, and the institutionalization of teacher training system. Since the twentieth century, before the merger of East and West Germany, the development of teacher education in Germany has experienced multiple events such as reform, regression, reconstruction, reform, and development. Entering twenty-first century, based on the former development result, the German teaching education enters the stage of deepening reform and all-around development.