Students who are more sophisticated in cross-school electives can be more pleasantly surprised
Recently, the Education Department of Liaoning Province, Jilin Province, Heilongjiang Province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region jointly issued a document, proposing to strengthen educational exchanges and cooperation, and promote the opening of education and open education in universities in three provinces and one district. One of the important contents is to promote the reform of the credit system in colleges and universities, improve the inter-university credit recognition and conversion system, and 300,000 college students can study 1,000 high-quality courses across provinces and universities.
"Cross-provincial elective" feels very new, but it is not the first time. As early as 2012, the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi signed an education cooperation agreement, which also mentioned similar attempts. "Cross-school electives" among colleges and universities in the same city are becoming more and more popular. At Fudan University where the author is located, many students who love sports will take the physical education courses of the Shanghai Institute of Physical Education. Many universities, including Peking University and Tongji University, also allow students to study for second majors or even double degrees across schools.
"I really want to take this course, but unfortunately it was from someone else's school." We often hear similar emotions and ridicules. The original intention of "Cross-School Elective" is to make up for this regret. On a larger scale, this is also conducive to breaking down inter-school barriers, achieving complementary advantages and resource sharing between schools, promoting the reform and development of higher education, and improving the overall education level. This time the education departments of the four places proposed inter-provincial cooperation among universities, precisely to meet the needs of economic and social development, to further optimize the structure of disciplines, to create cross-disciplines with regional characteristics, and to realize the sharing of high-quality teaching resources.
However, if a policy wants to fulfill its original intention, it must not only have a good starting point, but also a corresponding focus, that is, refined and humanized supporting management. Many schools have various problems with "inter-school electives", such as too few subjects to choose from, and it is not possible to choose the courses you really want; the identification and conversion of credits is very troublesome, and it is very likely that you have taken a semester of courses But I can’t get credits; the distance between schools is too far and online courses are not open; it conflicts with the school's subject examination time, but there is no re-examination delay mechanism; the grading scales of different schools are different, and the conversion of results is difficult and inconsistent... many problems, It is the direct reason why many students' attitude towards "cross-school electives" has changed from surprise to hesitation, and it also tests the school's service awareness and service ability.
From "inter-school elective" to "inter-provincial elective", these questions may be further magnified. Only "fineness" can hold "surprise", and the popularity of "cross-school electives" is inseparable from the follow-up of management. "Cross-school electives" involve all aspects of classes, examinations, grades, credits, etc. The more complex it is, the more precise and meticulous and inter-connected, so that students can really learn more conveniently and at ease. It is necessary to stand more from the standpoint of the students, listen to the opinions and voices of the students widely, and be flexible, actively solve the problems encountered by the students in the course of study, and inject humanized wisdom and temperature.
In addition, it is necessary to break stereotyped thinking and explore richer and more diverse forms for cross-school and cross-provincial electives, such as opening MOOCs and establishing a common learning platform; adopting more flexible course assessment and credit recognition methods, and some schools still Allowing students to use "inter-school study" to offset practical credits, extracurricular learning tasks, etc., these can be a useful attempt to promote "inter-school elective".
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