On December 2nd , China Education Daily published a signed article entitled Teaching Week Takes Root in Undergraduate Education by Party Secretary Liu Deshun of HNUST.
In the article, insisting on the essential function of talent training in colleges and universities, taking root in undergraduate education and carrying out the fundamental task of cultivating moral talents are not only the original missions of universities but play a decisive role in the development of colleges and universities. As a regional university, HNUST has hosted creative “Teaching Week” theme activities since 2011, aiming to consolidate the core position of undergraduate education and improve the quality of undergraduate talents.
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Further Reading:
What is the “Teaching Week”? “Teaching Week” theme activity is carried out in the 10th and 11th week for each semester. HNUST spends two weeks in researching, reflecting, summarizing and rectifying education and teaching work in each semester with different themes in each academic year. In the past ten years, HNUST has continuously conducted 19 “Teaching Week” theme activities.
What has “Teaching Week” changed? The activity has been closely combined with conventional teaching management system, fostering the sound system of talent training with joint efforts; teaching quality standards have been strictly obeyed, promoting the long-term mechanism construction of investigation and rectification of teaching quality; the deepening of cultural connotation has been focused on, cultivating our campus culture of “Respect Teachers, Love Students and Value Teaching”.
What has “Teaching Week” brought to us? The continuous development of the activities has effectively promoted the construction of a high-level comprehensive university with distinctive features. In the past ten years, the quality of talent training and HNUST’s school-running strength have been continuously improved. In addition, the discipline construction achieved long-term progress with its international influence increasing. The activities are widely praised by the society.
(Translated by Zhou Yao)
