Empowerment: The Teacher Training Model in Primary and Secondary Schools—A Case Study of Singapore

Abstract

Singapore’s education has trained numerous high-quality talents for the country’s economic development, and the teacher education policy and model play a significant role in the entire education system. From the view of the empowerment theory, Singapore’s teacher training policy has a clear orientation and systematic contents. Besides, Singapore has established a state-dominated and decentralized teacher training system, and it has also formed a teacher training alliance to promote the shaping of teacher training culture. What’s more, it has constructed diversified and individualized curriculum resources, platforms and the systematic “training-promotion” performance feedback system etc.. All of these form the teacher training model that is in the line with Singapore’s national conditions, which sheds lights on the teacher training reform of primary and secondary schools in China.