美国大学课程国际化的实践与启示

Review on internationalizing the undergraduate curriculum in universities and colleges of USA

美国大学在课程国际化中采用了特殊课程和一些新的课程形式,如开发新的国际化通识教育课程,设定专业教育的国际化目标并安排国外实习等。大学课程国际化存在多方面深刻而特别的学习目的,各大学必须加强国际化意识,并考虑各自的历史及条件,通过全面的课程重构来实现课程国际化。

Some specific curricula and a number of initiatives of internationalization are used in US universities and colleges, such as developing general education curriculum of internationlination, setting the international target of specialty education, and arranging student internship at overseas. It shows that international education has been a leading imperative of curriculum reform. It concludes that every university should note the importance and specific purposes of internationalization, should reconstruct the undergraduate curricula.