对高校公共选修课课程实效问题的反思——以东莞理工学院城市学院旅游英语选修课为例

Reflections on the Effectiveness of Public Optional Courses in Colleges and Universities: A Case Study on the Optional Course Tourism English in City College of Dongguan University of Technology

公共选修课是高校课程体系中的重要组成部分,开设的目的在于拓宽学生的知识面,提高学生的综合素质,促进学生的全面发展,培养社会需要的复合型人才。然而实际情况表明公选课的课程实效不尽如人意,并没有达到预期的目的与效果。笔者通过访谈上过公选课的学生与教师,总结自身上公选课经验,探究出公选课课程实效不理想的原因及改善的对策。

Public optional courses are an important component of the curriculum system in colleges and universities. The aim of opening them is to expand the scope of students＇ knowledge, improve their comprehensive quality, promote their comprehensive development and cultivate interdisciplinary talents needed by the society. However, practical situations show that the effectiveness of public optional courses is less impressive and has not achieved the anticipated aim and effect. Through an interview on students and teachers in public optional courses, the writer some personal experience in giving public optional courses, and explores the causes of the unfavorable effectiveness of public optional courses and the countermeasures to improve it.