| （School of Physical Education，Soochow University，Suzhou 215021，China） Abstract: The author analyzed the development of degree programs for postgraduates majoring in the science of physical education in China from 1979 to 2009. Through the approval of 10 batches of degree programs for postgraduates majoring in the science of physical education, there have been 120 institutes of higher learning which were qualified for recruiting master postgraduates and 257 degree programs in China, while since the science of physical education was qualified for recruiting doctor postgraduates in 1986, there have been 29 degree programs for doctor postgraduates in 19 institutes of higher learning which were qualified for recruiting doctor postgraduates majoring in the science of physical education. With the setup of physical education master degree in 2005, the science of physical education had formed a comprehensive structure of cultivation of students studying for a scientific degree or a disciplinary degree of the science of physical educa-tion, which opened up a new channel for the cultivation of postgraduates majoring in the science of physical education in China, solved such problems as that the mode of cultivation of high level professionals for physical education in China were undiversified, in the education of postgraduates majoring in the science of physical education in China, there are still the following problems: the setup of research directions of doctor and master postgraduates is incomplete; the development of 4 level 2 disciplines is unbalanced; the distribution of postgraduate cultivation units and regions is in disequilibrium, while few of them are distributed in the southwest and northwest regions. xample, on of postgraduate cultivation units and regions is e; the development of 4 level 2 diciplines ience of physical.
Key words: science of physical education；postgraduate education；degree program |
