School-Based Research Report -- Investigation and Analysis on Undergraduate General Education of W University in China

Feng Huimin(Academy of Educational Scientific Research of Wuhan University)
Gan Xiong(Academy of Educational Scientific Research of Wuhan University)
Shen Ling(Academy of Educational Scientific Research of Wuhan University)
Huang Binbin(Academy of Educational Scientific Research of Wuhan University)

Abstract

As one of the national key comprehensive universities with a long history of China, W University has always been forefront in reforming general education. The implementation of general education has been started since 2003, at the same time some beneficial exploitations were conducted in W University, which thus was considered as one of the three modes of general education in mainland's universities and colleges[1]. In 2013, W University carried out the second round of reform of general education, and now the third wave is undergoing, that was based on a university-wide discussion on reform of undergraduate education in August, 2015[2]. The discussion focused on the reform of general education and stimulated people's interest on these changes. Therefore, this research team carried out two university-wide large-scale questionnaire surveys separately in May 2015 and November 2016 to find out undergraduates and instructors' opinions about the previous two reforms. Through analysis of status quo of implementation and undergraduates and instructors' questions and suggestions, this paper can provide references for new reforms.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26549/jetm.v1i1.294