Normal education refers to the professional education to train teachers. Including pre-job training, initial assessment and on-the-job training. The teacher training institution was founded by La Salle in Rheinmes from 1684. The teacher training center was founded by A.H. Frankem (1663-1772) in Halle on 1695, and it is the earliest normal education institution. 65438+In 1970s and 1980s, many countries issued decrees to establish normal schools, and then normal education became institutionalized and systematic. In the mid-20th century, normal education began to open, from the closed training of teachers in normal colleges to the open training of teachers in colleges and universities.

Regarding the concept of "teacher education", Ma Li, former director of the Department of Teacher Education of the Ministry of Education, believes that teacher education is the general term for teacher training and training. Under the guidance of lifelong education, according to the different stages of teachers' professional development, the pre-service training, vocational training and on-the-job training of teachers are considered as a whole, and the overall design is carried out. Teacher education is the unity of "discipline" and "education", "academic" and "normal education", "discipline knowledge and educational ability", and it is the integration of discipline and education.