Exploration and Practice of Teaching from the Perspective of New Liberal Arts The Case of the Course “Introduction to Cultural Industry”

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 3576-3585
Author(s):  
Hui Shao ◽  
Zhixian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
General Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
New Era ◽  
Specific Practice ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
The Times

The construction of new liberal arts brings new goals and challenges to the cultivation of liberal arts talents, while it provides new opportunities and approaches for the development of Humanities and Social Sciences. As one of the basic courses of Humanities, the course of Introduction to Cultural Industry must adapt to the changes and development of the times and carry out timely teaching reform. Based on the discussion of the connotation of the new liberal arts, taking the specific practice of the course “Introduction to cultural industry” of Ningbo University as an example, this paper addresses the teaching exploration and practice adapting to the new era from the following four aspects: General Education of Humanities and Social Sciences, student centered updating of teaching content, acceptance of online courses to enhance educational technology, and achievement oriented knowledge transformation.

Liberal arts in a new era

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne B. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Era ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
Adult Roles

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness and outcomes of liberal arts in preparing people for adult roles. Design/methodology/approach – Review of research and opinions about the liberal arts. Findings – Liberal-arts outcomes results have fallen short of expectations though this may be a short coming of higher education generally. A new era of the knowledge society will shrink liberal-arts departments in humanities, literature and philosophy. Research limitations/implications – Liberal arts need definition and clarity of expected outcomes. Practical implications – Jobs in liberal arts colleges will decrease given its weak effectiveness. Online education for liberal-arts areas will grow explosively. Originality/value – Liberal-arts critics have been active for decades. What is different today is world wide access to all information 24/7 and massive open online courses (MOOCs).

scholarly journals The Humanities and Social Sciences in Asia: Endangered Species?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
General Education ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Interdisciplinary Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
High Level ◽  
Science Disciplines

The humanities and to a lesser extent the social sciences are in crisis in many East Asian universities. Several key challenges are evident: to improve the image of the soft sciences at every university; to provide capacity in a country to educate scholars at a high level in the various soft science disciplines (all universities of course need not offer a full range of specialties); to integrate the humanities and social sciences into interdisciplinary programs in professional and other fields; and to have capacity in these fields to contribute to general education.

scholarly journals Constructing “New Liberal Arts” in China’s Universities: Key Concepts and Approaches

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailong Tian ◽  
Mingyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Structural Reorganization ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
Humanities And Social Sciences ◽  
Set Up ◽  
New Research ◽  
Undergraduate Programs

Inspired by the concept of “New Engineering” in China’s universities and considering the features and values of the humanities and social sciences, this paper discusses issues of constructing “New Liberal Arts” in China’s universities. Firstly it states the general characteristics of the humanities and social sciences that find their realization in “New Liberal Arts”, and the qualities of “New Liberal Arts” such as being strategically important, innovative, integrated and promising. Then it proposes that a cluster of first-rate undergraduate programs with Chinese characteristics and global competitiveness be set up. The paper finally suggests new ways in which “New Liberal Arts” are to be constructed, such as to recognize new research objects, new research paradigms and new social needs of the humanities and social sciences, to break through conventional thinking stereotypes, and to do well in five aspects -- concept reconstruction, structural reorganization, model regeneration, platform building and differential development. In so doing, the paper is hoped to provide useful considerations for universities elsewhere. Keywords: the humanities and social sciences; New Liberal Arts; construction; universities; China.

scholarly journals Buddhist Healthcare in Philadelphia: An Ethnographic Experiment in Student-Centered, Engaged, and Inclusive Pedagogy

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 420
Author(s):  
C. Pierce Salguero
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Asian American Students ◽  
Intercultural Competency ◽  
American Students ◽  
Inclusive Pedagogy

This essay describes the Jivaka Project, a pedagogical experiment undertaken at a public liberal arts college outside of Philadelphia. A multi-year ethnographic survey of Buddhist healthcare in the greater metropolitan area, this project has come to constitute a major part of my general education course on American Buddhism. As I argue, this project serves as a model for student-centered, engaged, and inclusive approaches to pedagogy. It is particularly notable for centering the intercultural competency of international and first-generation Asian American students. I discuss how this project was inspired by a bilingual Chinese American student; how it developed into a large-scale effort involving about a hundred students in ethnographic research in Philadelphia’s Asian American neighborhoods; how it was a transformational educational experience for a diverse group of participating students; and how in the process it pushed my pedagogy in a more relevant and personally fulfilling direction.

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