This book systematically explores cultivation policies for normal university students from a comparative perspective. A normal school or normal university is an institution created to train teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum. The book investigates the cultivation policies for normal university students of nine countries, including Russia, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Japan, France, Australia, the USA, and the UK. It provides an in-depth understanding of a global landscape of normal university student cultivation policy development. In addition, this book also offers specific suggestions and strategies to address various challenges and problems faced by policymakers.

This book serves as a useful reference for scholars and researchers who are interested or working in the normal university student education policy field, as well as administrators and stakeholders involved in teacher education system construction, and graduate students who major or minor in the subject of teacher education.

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Jian Li is Associate Professor in the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China. She received her Ph.D. degree in educational leadership and policy studies (ELPS) from the School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington, the USA. Her research interests include education policy studies, globalization, and the internationalization of higher education. Dr. Li currently also plays the role of a 'think tanker' at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Beijing Normal University. She has published more than 100 papers in Chinese and English in multiple Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) indexed journals, such as Higher Education, International Journal of Education Research, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Educational Research, Comparative Education Research, and China Education Journal.