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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> Adds Small Term and Leads<br />

Reform Trend<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004—06—16<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=87441783<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, June 16th, 2004: <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> starts small term in<br />

this summer and leads the reform trend among China higher schools. Xiamen<br />

<strong>University</strong>, Nanjing <strong>University</strong>, Fudan <strong>University</strong> and Shandong <strong>University</strong> also will<br />

carry out three-term system with two long and one short. After surprise, doubt and<br />

waiting, teachers and students come to realize that the habits <strong>of</strong> study they are used<br />

to for years will be changed a lot.<br />

Guan Haiting, the head <strong>of</strong> the education department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, introduced<br />

that International famous school such as Yale <strong>University</strong> took great interest at <strong>PKU</strong>‘s<br />

summer term. Yale and <strong>PKU</strong> have oral agreement that they will send twenty<br />

exchange students to each other for small term study. Guan said, before many<br />

foreign universities couldn‘t exchange students in summer because on that time all<br />

the China universities were on vacation. To join the international trend is one <strong>of</strong><br />

reason for this reform.<br />

Guan told reporter that how to arrange course in small term is the key problem. After<br />

careful consideration, <strong>PKU</strong> decided to put courses taught by foreign teachers,<br />

special courses, ability courses and practice course into small term, other than main<br />

basic courses and required courses. These courses need 6 to 9 weeks. <strong>PKU</strong> will<br />

adjust the courses according to students‘ reflection. Other problems such as the<br />

more using <strong>of</strong> classrooms and labs, the increasing working load and the required<br />

adjustment <strong>of</strong> teaching measurement (credit system, elective system and teaching<br />

plan) would also be taken into deep consideration.<br />

Edited By : Hu Xianhong<br />

Translated By : Hu Xiaoling<br />

Source : Chinanet.com<br />

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