Abstract
The paper looked into concepts claimed to be essence of Chinese residential college, an on-going institution presumed to be a solution towards undergraduates’ issues in some pioneer universities in China. It’s analyzed that Chinese residential college today in China is not a Shuyuan that was ever striving as a unique education mode in ancient China, even if it’s named after Shuyuan in Chinese, concerning on its nature, function and goal, while it’s not a conventional residential college in English speaking countries neither. By investigation and comparison of its origin, function and features among Shuyuan and Chinese residential college, the spirit of development of a human with goodness and well-being through pursuit of knowledge and culture inherited and transmitted in Shuyuan is unearthed, which is supposed to be the resource of inspiration when the pioneer universities and educators designed and operate residential college on Chinese campus, though the effects couldn’t be accounted as appealing as what Shuyuan produced in ancient China. The research aims to depict a real Shuyuan, an education legacy every being alive in Chinese history, which were featured with paramount concepts and values that should be correctly recognized and implemented when there is great concern around undergraduates.
Highlights
Due to intensified communication and exchange between Chinese and western countries and the further globalization assisting by technology initiation and creation in an incredible speed, Chinese higher education actively gets involved into this huge transforming movement in all aspects
Addition to the current situation confronting towards undergraduates, it’s better to look into Shuyuan, its features, functions that truly inspired those pioneer ‘Shuyuan’ projects in Fudan University, HongKong Chinese University and those universities provoked by Shuyuan and establish Chinese residential colleges on their campus, with the purpose of interpretation of inquiries above
On concerning the most distinction of Shuyuan and Chinese residential college: autonomy on teaching and learning, Shuyuan was recognized an initiative on education in Chinese history, even in the world, where was run with high autonomy, freely exploring new knowledge, and dedicated for human and his/her well-being in life long process
Summary
Due to intensified communication and exchange between Chinese and western countries and the further globalization assisting by technology initiation and creation in an incredible speed, Chinese higher education actively gets involved into this huge transforming movement in all aspects. Under the pressure of higher education and concerns on undergraduates in the current situation of China, in order to assist undergraduates to adapt to the world successfully, Shuyuan (书院) with establishment of residential college in China, presumed a solution, comes back to vision of pioneer educators and universities highly developed. There are few new partners coming in, enlarging the concept constructing and implementing around China, though those very first pioneer universities (like HongKong Chinese University, Fudan University, ect.) still keep on operating Chinese residential colleges and considering the project its specialty on campus. On these questions, addition to the current situation confronting towards undergraduates, it’s better to look into Shuyuan, its features, functions that truly inspired those pioneer ‘Shuyuan’ projects in Fudan University, HongKong Chinese University and those universities provoked by Shuyuan and establish Chinese residential colleges on their campus, with the purpose of interpretation of inquiries above
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