Some thoughts on general education

General education is the core content of the reform in training model of China's high-level research universities and it is critical for training top-notch innovative talents.Starting with the nature of education,this paper intends to recognize the connotation of general education,the status and the role of training talents,analyzes the function and the value of their pursuit between the professional education and general education,reviews the development of general education in American universities as well as the concept,the practice,and the exploration of China's universities of general education,and discusses a number of general education issues,such as the implementation of the general education environment,the relationship between general education and professional education,the curricula and teaching methods of general education and so on.