University General Education Curriculum Draft

Author: Zhang Shousong
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book has the following characteristics: , it is comprehensive. Comrade Shousong starts from the basic concepts, nature, characteristics, and tasks of general education, and conducts a relatively comprehensive review of the theoretical foundations of general education and general education courses. On this basis, he further analyzes the practical issues of general education courses, such as objectives, content, and implementation. The characteristic of Comrade Shousong is his attention to detail. When analyzing the theoretical foundations of general education and general education courses, he not only analyzes the liberal education tradition but also specifically analyzes the three major American educational trends—progressive education, essentialism education, and perennialism education—as well as their impact on general education. This research, combined with the analysis of humanistic education, comprehensive development education, and quality education in the book, constitutes a comprehensive understanding and basic interpretation of the theoretical foundations of general education and general education courses by the author. In terms of the current research on the theoretical foundations of general education courses in China, Comrade Shousong's research is relatively outstanding. Second, it is in-depth. Comrade Shousong's research on the types of general education courses is quite in-depth. He carefully dissects several famous types of general education courses, and not only that, he specifically selects the general education course models of universities in mainland China, Chung Yuan University in Taiwan, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong as typical cases for analysis. The selection and analysis of the above course types and cases not only demonstrate the author's extensive knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the innovative practices of general education courses but also reflect the effort the author has put into handling specific materials from the delicacy of his treatment of the material.