This thesis sets out by a theough analysis of the newly challenges and threads in higher education confronted by all disciplines of the teacher-training institutes, especially by the geography education. The thesis states that the conventional training target and standard in geography education, taking the newly situation into consideration, are out of date and impractical. For example, the span between targets for different education levels is too large; the training aim is too abstract; the quality-training target lacks concrete requirements on comprehensive quality oriented education; capac...