Some Views on Training �Full-time Professional Masters�

Abstract

The current development about the education of professional master in China is analyzed. Due to the deficiency in cultivation for full-time professional master in China, the homogenization between the education plan for professional master and academic master's, the unreasonable arrangement of course credits and the unicity of assessment for teaching arise. Specific proposals and measures to solve these problems were put forward on the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the causes and the analysis of the foreign professional master training experience, to improve the professional master's practice ability and innovative thinking, and better the training mechanism for the full-time professional master in China. The goal of training professional master is to grasp solid theory and widen professional knowledge in a certain field, acquire strong ability to solve practical problems, so that they are able to undertake professional technology or Management jobs and highly-talented professionals with applied training skills (1). Although professional degree and academic degree are in the same level, they focus on different goals. The former set by disciplines is oriented towards academic research and stresses on theory and research, aiming at training high-level talents and researchers in scientific research institutions (2). However, the latter is oriented towards practice, stresses on practice, and application with the purpose of training high- level engineering talents who have received formal professional training. The prominent characteristic of the professional degree education is the tight combination between academy and profession. People who get professional master degree are not primarily engaged in academic research, but do jobs which have obvious professional background such as engineers and doctors. Therefore, it is necessary to carry on different teaching method, courses, as well as the standards and requirements of rewarding degree. The cultivations of Professional Master should pay more attention to practical ability and specialized skills.