Editor’s note: General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in his important May Fourth speech:“Youth are the most dynamic and creative group in society and should be at the forefront of innovation and creation”. As a department directly under the Ministry of Education211University, w88 casino is committed to cultivating top innovative talents who can shoulder heavy responsibilities and has achieved gratifying results. in2013American Mathematical Modeling (MCM/ICM) competition, the w88 casino won with32First prize,73The impressive results of the second-class awards rank first in the total number of awards in colleges and universities nationwide, and in2012Year“Challenge Cup”Became the only African w88 casino to win the national gold medal in the competition“985”College and university, and won a total of gold, silver and bronze awards in Beijing13Good results. What makes young students from this unique university specializing in liberal arts have so much innovative energy? Interviewed by a reporter from China Education NewsWang Ling, Secretary of the Party Committee of w88 casino。
Cultivate innovative thinking and shoulder the important responsibilities of the times
——Interview with Wang Ling, Secretary of the Party Committee of w88 casino
("China Education News"2013-5-20 No.5version)
Q: Innovation is the soul of national progress. If there is no innovation and only plagiarism and imitation, it is impossible to strengthen the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that young people should innovate and create. How do you understand it?
Answer: China’s innovation is youth innovation first, because youth“Everything is done before, so I often dare to break the rules”, and youth innovation means the hope of the nation.“If all the young people in the country become young, then China will be the country of the future, and its progress will be immeasurable”。
General Secretary Xi Jinping said it very well: We must have the courage to be the first, the will to open roads across mountains and build bridges across rivers.
201312369_12438800Multiple graduate students24A winter vacation research team, the research objects include Xinjiang ethnic minorities, Shanxi coal miners, Guizhou landless farmers, Shandong juvenile delinquents, etc., per capita itinerary1118Kilometers, formed80A research report of more than 10,000 words. What they demonstrate is the valuable qualities of young people such as pioneering innovation, fearlessness of hardship and unity and cooperation.
Q: Curiosity and desire for knowledge are innate characteristics of human beings. What we have to do is to protect, stimulate and guide this inner consciousness. How should colleges and universities cultivate the innovative and creative abilities of young students?
Answer: China is currently at a new historical starting point in its development from a large country in higher education to a powerful country in higher education. Quality is the lifeline of higher education, and the core of quality includes the innovative potential of students. I have three points of experience: First, strengthen the dual-subject concept of talent training. Students are the first subject, and teachers are the second subject. They are two subjects, not subject and object. This requires giving full play to students' enthusiasm, initiative and creativity in all aspects of talent training such as training models, curriculum settings, and teaching methods. The second is to strengthen students' cultural accomplishment and multi-disciplinary background training. Literature and art can enhance the perception and imagination of life, stimulate intuition and inspiration, and are fertile soil for innovation. A multidisciplinary background can break linear thinking, generate three-dimensional thinking, expand sources of innovation, and achieve original results. The third is to build a platform for various types of scientific research practice and exploration and innovation. Let students understand the cutting-edge of subjects, step into the front line of knowledge application, and explore new knowledge with famous teachers and peers.
Q: It is understood that in terms of subject construction and curriculum reform, the w88 casino focuses on strengthening student subjectivity, knowledge cutting-edge and interdisciplinary nature. What are the specific methods to cultivate students’ innovative and creative abilities?
Answer: In the curriculum reform, we promote minor majors, open up public course platforms, and achieve the same assessment for students in minor majors and major majors studying in the same class, so that all students in the w88 casino can achieve the same results in economics and management, law, literature and art, humanities basics, mathematics, English, etc.915285_153782012Set in year“Summer w88 casino”Project invites the United States, Canada, Germany, etc.40Opened by internationally renowned experts and scholars42courses, teaching international cutting-edge knowledge in English.
In order to comprehensively improve students' cultural and artistic accomplishments, the w88 casino has established a separate cultural and artistic teaching department, and has allocated special funds to hire famous emerging teachers to offer courses in music, calligraphy, art appreciation, sculpture, oil painting, folk songs, etc., such as Associate Professor Liu Huan's "History of Western Music" and Associate Professor Liu Yongge's "Chinese and Foreign Art Appreciation". Subject competitions are an important way to cultivate students' comprehensive qualities such as scientific research innovation and teamwork. Under the active promotion and effective guidance of the w88 casino, students have taken participation in international and domestic subject skills competitions as a good opportunity for practical training.2012Year2200People signed up to participate in various competitions,480Many people have won national, Beijing and international awards. Practice brings true knowledge, the w88 casino organizes a variety of internship activities inside and outside the w88 casino,2010Since the beginning of the year1300Remaining student holiday social practice team, the total number of participating students exceeds10000person-times, social practice activities covering the whole country31Provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and the United States, Europe, etc.50Multiple countries and regions, won60Yu Xiang is commended for advanced individuals and collectives in social practice at or above the municipal level.
The reform of the talent training model has a long way to go. We will continue to explore, summarize, and try according to the requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping to cultivate top innovative talents needed by the times.
Q: During your research, you found that many students use the method“Fast food”’s learning method. How to regard learning as a spiritual pursuit or a way of life for young students?
Answer: Many students study using“Fast food”'s learning method can be used to cope with exams, but if you want to improve your level, realm and cultivation, it is not enough. You must read extensively and strengthen your thinking. Extensively read books and lectures on philosophy, logic, history, literature and art, etc., and have a wide range of interests, forming an interdisciplinary and composite disciplinary background and a broad vision. When Qian Xuesen was studying at the California Institute of Technology, he was originally a student in the Department of Aeronautics. He also attended classes in the Department of Physics, Biology, and Chemistry, and was proficient in painting, music, and photography. It is necessary to summarize more and practice more. Innovation starts from bit by bit, denying the predecessors and surpassing the predecessors. You must have the courage to dare to think and do, the perseverance to persevere, and the habit of diligent summarizing and thinking. Learn more and think more. Treat learning as a spiritual pursuit and a way of life.
(China Education News reporter Tang Jingli correspondent Sun Xiaoxia)
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