Education Quarterly Reviews
ISSN 2621-5799
Published: 22 April 2024
How Can Humanities Quality General Education Courses Help Cultivate Innovative Talents?
Yang Liao, Li Meng
South China Agricultural University, China
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10.31014/aior.1993.07.02.574
Pages: 34-51
Keywords: Integration of Ideological and Political Education in the Curriculum, Integrating General Education Courses with Professional Courses, Innovative Measures, Innovation Effect, China's First-Class Courses
Abstract
The development of the times and society has posed great challenges and requirements to the humanities quality general education curriculum. The analysis of the learning situation shows that this course mainly faces teaching problems such as the lack of integrated design of ideological and political education, weak student interest in learning, low integration of knowledge between general and professional courses, lack of ideological and political soul, Chinese spirit, humanistic spirit, and scientific spirit. The innovative measures of this course include: (1) innovating the educational and teaching philosophy and approach of "dual heart and four increases, integration of general and specialized education"; (2) Creating a teaching environment, multi-dimensional interaction, restructuring resource content, and mixing flipping to increase interest; (3) Demonstration, inspiration, and assessment of teaching content, process, and evaluation to enhance learning and integration; (4) Integrated design courses enhance the soul of ideological and political education; (5) The "three line drive" of humanistic spirit, scientific spirit, and Chinese spirit, as well as higher-order thinking, public value, and cross-border migration, enhance literacy. The innovative effects of this course include: (1) increased student interest in learning, participation rate in online discussions exceeding 70%, completion rate of online self-directed learning tasks exceeding 95%, and accuracy rate reaching 100%; The completion rate of offline tasks is over 96%, with an average score of 95 in the exam; Be able to draw mind maps effectively through specialized integration. (2) The course of ideological and political education cultivates the soul and enhances the soul. Students have a high sense of identity, participation, sense of achievement, and satisfaction. In the recent semester, the average score of student evaluations has exceeded 97, and their innovative consciousness and ability have been improved (enhancing their literacy). Three student teams have won provincial or above competition awards. (4) Relying on 7 provincial-level or above teaching projects for continuous improvement, won 7 provincial-level awards; Selected as a national first-class course and a super star "demonstration teaching package" (cited 11 times by 8 teachers from 7 units); Received recognition and praise from domestic peers; The electronic textbook "Anthropology and Modern Life (Revised Digital Edition)" will be published in July 2024, with significant demonstration and promotion value. The electronic textbook "Anthropology and Modern Life (Revised Digital Edition)" will be published in July 2024, with significant demonstration and promotion value.
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