General Education in Chinese Universities:A Review on Connotation and Implementation Study

There exist two different understanding of general education from the broad sense and narrow sense,and which have a complicated relationship with liberal arts education,liberal education,and quality education etc.In the respect of the implementation of general education,researchers argue that there exist several problems in cultivation objective,curriculum,implementation channel,teaching evaluation mechanisms and institutional factors and so on.And these problems are analyzed from the perspective of history and reality.To deepen general education in universities,it is suggested to orientate general education equitably,reform curriculum and strengthen institutions and systems assurance.According to the requirements proposed by future social development for higher education,it is necessary to probe deeply into the nature of general education,make further clear of the connotation of general education,think over carefully how to reflect the spirit of general education in the practice of university education reform,and try to form a cognitive system of general education with Chinese Characteristics under the background of internationalization