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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2025.03.005
Hohai University, Nanjing, China
General education, proposed in the early 19th century, has gone through four stages of development in China: initiation during the late Qing Dynasty and Republican period (1898-1948), disappearance during the early years of People’s Republic of China to the Cultural Revolution (1949-1977), resurgence from the Reform and Opening-up to the end of the 20th century (1978-1999), and comprehensive implementation since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (2000 to present). This study adopts a case study method, taking Hohai University as the research object, to discuss the practical model of general education in Chinese research-oriented universities. The 2024 Undergraduate Talent Training Program of Hohai University indicates that the current goal of general education at Hohai University is to cultivate talents with a “Chinese soul, global vision, and Hohai characteristics” who develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical education, aesthetics, and labor. General education in Hohai University embodies six main features: a “general education plus specialty” curriculum system, the cross-integration of multidisciplinary majors, the supply of high-quality educational resources for general education courses, an international curriculum system, the reinforcement of practical teaching, innovation and entrepreneurship education, and the innovation of teaching evaluation. The framework of general education courses includes general education courses for broad categories of major, labor education, quality development, and innovation and entrepreneurship education.
general education, Hohai University, The 2024 Undergraduate Talent Training Program
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