The need to attract students with better entrance qualifications

1. The need to attract students with better entrance qualifications ZENG Xiaodong Associate Prof. and Vice-Dean of School of Edu., Beijing Normal University

2. To attract students with better entrance qualifications • It is a will of policy makers and teacher educators; • In practices, some strategies have been accepted, e.g. free normal students project in China. • Question: Does the efforts lead to a satisfactory results? • Argument: The strategy maybe works in short-term, but it will lead to an unexpected results in long-term.

3. An analysis framework • No choice can be released without any costs. By the analysis framework, we can consider our wills in a real world. • This model is given by Peter Dolton in ‘The Economic Cycle and Teacher Supply’

4. An analysis framework

5. Factors influence the supply • Relative earnings in teaching and other careers; • Non-pecuniary factors • However, money matters • And also a friendly social surroundings

6. Options in attracting students with better entry qualifications • To allocate more resources in education; • To raise the pupil-teacher ratio • To build a friendly social surroundings • To give student teachers a good expectation for future by reforming teachers’ salary structure to enlarge the variation between start point salary and that for seniors with better professional records.

7. Options in practice • Teachers are in an increasing critique; • The expenditure on primary and secondary education keep steady. • The ratio of teachers salary from start point to top is about 1.5-2.7

8. Options in practice

9. Options in practice

10. Options I suggested • To communicate with the public to explain the dilemma we are in; • To reform the structure of teachers’ salary