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Education, Central China Normal University  \nPengcheng Wang  \nSchool of Education, Central China Normal University  \nThis study provides a comparative analysis of the pre-service education system for preschool educators in China and the United States. Based on collected data and materials (literature, policy documents, and statistical data), we compare two areas of pre-service training: (1) the formal system; (2) the informal system. In the formal system, most of the Chinese preschool teachers are trained in secondary education school but and the system is shifting towards higher reliance on associate degree programs in higher education, whereas the majority of American preschool teachers receive pre-service education in bachelor’s degree and associate degree programs. US has relied more on the formal system to cultivate preschool teachers, while China has to rely on some informal pre-service training to candidates without early childhood background, especially for places with preschool teacher shortages. Trends for possible reforms in the two countries and lessons for elevating preschool teacher preparation are discussed.  \nIntroduction  \nEarly childhood education (ECE) has garnered more attention in the past few decades. To ensure children receive real benefits of early childhood education, the need for improving the quality of preschool teachers becomes a central policy topic in both the US and China. The US has a longer history of formal early childhood education than China; the first US preschool (at that time, called “kindergarten”) opened in 1856 in Wisconsin, whereas China’s first preschool opened in 1903, in Hubei province. Although US scholars see the need to improve the quality of the American ECE teacher education system (Kagan, Kaurez, & Tarrant, 2008; Whitebook & Austin, 2015), China can still learn from their best practices and lessons learned. By comparing the two countries, the purpose of the present study is to give practitioners and researchers context into the conditions that had  \nundermined the quality of China’s preschool teacher education and also provide experience from China’s recent reforms.  \nA number of studies have compared preschool education practices in China and the US (Che, Hayashi, & Tobin, 2007), and compared teacher preparation and qualification (Ingersoll, 2007) . The present study will be the first English study to compare the two systems for early childhood education with a focus on teacher preparation. It is important to know the differences in teacher preparation system in order to understand the differences in the two countries’ pedagogical methods for young children. Some researchers have discovered that preschool education in China and the US have differences in teaching methods or concepts and cultivates different types of students (Tobin et al., 1991). Generally speaking, teachers in the US emphasize student autonomy while Chinese teachers pay more attention to skill development (Wang, Elicker, McMullen, & Mao, 2006). We show how differences in preschool pedagogy is accounted for by systemic differences in preschool teacher preparation. What distinguishes teacher preparation in China from the US? What can the two countries learn from their experiences in teacher education?  \nThis study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the contemporary pre-service teacher education system for preschool teachers in China, and how it differs or relates to the system in the United States. For the purpose of this study, pre-service teacher education is defined as any type of teacher education or training that happens before a person works as a preschool teacher. It can be also defined as teacher preparation or professional development activities before becoming a preschool teacher. 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