Modem Westem Philosophy in the Liberal Education in Current English Majors＇ Language Teaching in China

In recent years, liberal education has been a focus of English majors＇ education in China. Although it was wished and emphasized, there are many problems and difficulties when liberal education is asked to be achieved in the real sense. English majors＇ liberal education is yet at its primary stage. An analysis of the existing problems is made on the basis of the situation and characteristics of current English majors＇ education

Liberal Education: Useful as Its Own End

The question about whether schools should focus on liberal education or vocational education has been inquired about and explored for centuries.Many students and their parents nowadays tend to favor vocational education because they think it’s useful.However,the great Greek philosopher Aristotle and the famous 19th-century poet John Henry Newman argued that liberal education is useful as its own end.

Pathways to Enhance New Quality Productivity in New Liberal Arts Education Through Artificial Intelligence

This paper explores the pathways through which artificial intelligence(AI)enhances new quality productivity in new liberal arts education.By analyzing the role of AI in personalized learning,interdisciplinary integration,and the application of virtual reality/augmented reality technologies,it reveals how AI technology promotes the development of students’innovative capabilities and productivity in the context of new liberal arts education.The study shows that AI is not only a technical tool but also a driving force for transforming educational models and fostering knowledge innovation.Further exploration of the deep integration of AI and new liberal arts education is necessary to promote comprehensive social progress.

An Anti-traditional Tradition:The American Idea of Liberal Education

The American idea of liberal education does not have a consistent thread running through it. The tradition of liberal education pioneered by Thomas Jefferson emphasized liberal learning and the diffusion of knowledge, but its object was still elite education. However, the inheritance of its core ideas of ＂freedom of speech and useful skills＂ led to sustained ＂anti- traditional＂ changes in American thinking about liberal education. Targeting the excesses of American business culture, Ralph Waldo Emerson proposed focusing on reflection and experiential learning, injecting new life into the anti-traditional tradition. American liberal education is still making necessary adjustments to the latest trends of our new era, and will continue to do so.

The Implementation of Dewey's Pedagogical Ideas in Chinese Liberal Arts Education

It is hard for China to cultivate creative thinkers the present Chinese society needs,so the educational system has to reform.The paper analyses the dilemma in Chinese education,Dewey’s pedagogical ideas,and how Chinese educators can learn from Dewey’s ideas.Chinese higher education system and the examination system for admission to colleges and universities especially liberal arts colleges need to apply Dewey’s pedagogical ideas and reform themselves in order to conform to the whole society.

Cultivating Citizens with Confucian Cosmopolitanism:Defining the Purpose of Liberal Arts Education in the Asian Context

In contrast to the continued decline of liberal arts education in the US,there has been a revived interest in liberal arts education in Asian countries in recent years.Grounded in a comprehensive understanding of the central tenets of liberal arts education in the West,this paper looks into the struggles Asian countries face in their exploration of liberal arts education and provides a direction for Asian countries in their efforts to practice liberal arts education.This paper establishes the deep connections between humanistic approaches of the Confucian tradition and liberal arts education by pointing to a common ground for the education of humanity.Ultimately,the purpose of liberal arts education,in the East as well as in the West,should be the liberation of human beings from the constraints of ignorance,prejudice and traditional customs and through the cultivation of a cosmopolitan morality that emphasizes unity,solidarity and the fusion of humankind.Chinese universities should contemplate the purpose and value of higher education in the 21st century and tap into the rich resources of Confucianism in order to give its liberal arts education a“soul.”

Liberal Arts in China’s Modern Universities:Lessons from the Great Catholic Educator and Statesman,Ma Xiangbo

Ma Xiangbo was born in 1840 and became a pioneer of educational reform during the republican period.He was responsible for introducing the idea that science and humanities should be valued equally in liberal arts education,a concept that became key to the model of university education.Ma’s view of education combined Western humanism and science with classical Confucian humanism.His ideas still have a referential value for contemporary Chinese higher education and society.