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.