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Abstract: Reducing the burden of compulsory education is not only a key focus of the central government's education reform but also one of the most pressing public concerns, so there are lots of studies on the quality of after-school services. Based on a survey concerning after-school services under the "Double Reduction" policy, this study employs statistical methods, including descriptive and regression analyses, to examine parental satisfaction with these services and its influencing factors. The main conclusions are as follows: parents exhibit a relatively high level of overall satisfaction with the after-school services provided by schools, indicating the significant effectiveness of the "Double Reduction" policy in enhancing the quality of these services. The primary factors influencing parental satisfaction include the volume of children's homework, their sleep duration, the enhancement of their comprehensive abilities, and the parents' level of understanding of the "Double Reduction" policy. In light of these findings, this paper proposes policy recommendations. On one hand, it is necessary to further strengthen the primary responsibility of schools in delivering after-school services. On the other hand, it is crucial to continue promoting refined and targeted policy implementation to further improve the satisfaction and sense of gain for both students and parents.Abstract: Reducing the burden of compulsory education is not only a key focus of the central government's education reform but also one of the most pressing public concerns, so there are lots of studies on the quality of after-school services. Based on a survey concerning after-school services under the "Double Reduction" policy, this study employs statistic...Learn More
Abstract: Inquiry-based small-class teaching is student-centered and problem-oriented. It takes group learning as the basic form, and promotes students’ knowledge construction and clinical thinking development through in-depth interactive learning in small classes. The flipped classroom relies on students’ self-study before class and high-level learning tasks in class. It has been proven effective in many disciplines, which can improve learning engagement, promote peer cooperation, enrich classroom interaction, and strengthen students’ clinical thinking. When applying the combined model of inquiry-based small-class teaching and flipped classroom in obstetrics and gynecology teaching, low student participation is a common problem. Taking the teaching practice of obstetrics and gynecology in West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University as an example, this paper introduces the implementation process and teaching effects of the integrated teaching mode, and puts forward targeted improvement measures to solve the problem of low student participation. The results show that this combined teaching model can obviously raise students’ participation and overall ability, and it is feasible and effective in the teaching of obstetrics and gynecology.Abstract: Inquiry-based small-class teaching is student-centered and problem-oriented. It takes group learning as the basic form, and promotes students’ knowledge construction and clinical thinking development through in-depth interactive learning in small classes. The flipped classroom relies on students’ self-study before class and high-level learning task...Learn More
Abstract: The year 2025 marksed the 40th anniversary of the implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China and the 25th World Intellectual Property Day. Intellectual property popularization has becoame an essential part of intellectual property education in universities. Taking the intellectual property week activities of Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2025 as a case, this paper adoptsed case analysis and statistical methods to explore the implementation effect and optimization strategies of online intellectual property popularization activities. Centering on the theme of "From Innovative Melody to Legal Protection: The Beating Rhythm of Intellectual Property", the activity released seven popular science articles and organized an online knowledge competition, which forminged an educational closed loop of publicity, consolidation and inspection. The results showed that the total page views of articles exceeded 6,000, and 312 teachers and students participated in the competition, with 56.5% of participants scoring above 80 points. Students and majors related to law and science and engineering showed higher participation, while the participation rate of faculty was relatively low. Although the activity possessed advantages including integrated themes, systematic content and interactive forms, it also had deficiencies such as insufficient hierarchical content design and imperfect long-term mechanisms. Accordingly, optimization suggestions awere proposed from content improvement, participant expansion, long-term mechanism construction and evaluation feedback. This study providesd practical references for university intellectual property publicity, and helpsed improve the educational system and normalize the construction of intellectual property culture.Abstract: The year 2025 marksed the 40th anniversary of the implementation of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China and the 25th World Intellectual Property Day. Intellectual property popularization has becoame an essential part of intellectual property education in universities. Taking the intellectual property week activities of Beijing Universi...Learn More
Abstract: The spirit of educators, as the fundamental principle and action guide for teacher development in the new era, provides a strong spiritual core for teachers' professional growth. This study utilizes the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to systematically construct a scientific knowledge map, sorting out and analyzing research results related to the "spirit of educators" from the CNKI database from 2023 to 2025. The study finds that since the concept was proposed in 2023, related research has rapidly increased, focusing on content analysis and practical exploration. At the conceptual level, scholars have systematically elaborated on six dimensions: ideal and belief, moral sentiment, educational wisdom, diligent attitude, benevolence, and the pursuit of enlightening the way, gradually building a relatively comprehensive theoretical framework. At the practical level, research has focused on exploring specific paths for integrating the spirit of educators into teacher training, teacher ethics construction, and educational and teaching reforms. The author-institution collaboration network has initially formed, but the network density is insufficient, and cross-institutional collaboration needs to be strengthened. Keyword analysis shows that research centers around the core keyword "educational power", balancing theory and practice, covering areas such as teacher education, ideological and political course reform, and rural education. Future research can still deepen micro-level empirical studies, combine artificial intelligence and digital transformation, expand interdisciplinary perspectives, enrich research methods, promote the deep integration of theory and practice, and assist the spirit of educators in guiding teachers' professional growth and high-quality education development.Abstract: The spirit of educators, as the fundamental principle and action guide for teacher development in the new era, provides a strong spiritual core for teachers' professional growth. This study utilizes the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to systematically construct a scientific knowledge map, sorting out and analyzing research results related to the "spir...Learn More
Abstract: Practical teaching is a key link in the training of application-oriented undergraduate talents and a core carrier for connecting professional theories with engineering post competencies and cultivating high-quality application-oriented engineering talents. At present, there are still prominent problems in the teaching of PLC courses in universities, which fail to meet the post training requirements of the intelligent manufacturing industry. There is a widespread disconnection between theoretical teaching and industrial on-site practice. Classroom teaching mainly focuses on basic textbook theories with outdated content, which is poorly adapted to the real equipment commissioning and production line operation scenarios of enterprises. In addition, the on-campus training projects are rigid in content and insufficient in comprehensiveness. Lacking systematic practical training, students generally have weak hands-on abilities and insufficient experience in handling engineering problems. Meanwhile, the existing school-enterprise collaborative education model remains superficial and is dominated by short-term cooperation. Enterprises are not deeply involved in curriculum construction and practical training guidance, which restricts the educational effectiveness of industry-education integration. Furthermore, the curriculum evaluation system has obvious deficiencies. The long-term assessment mode that emphasizes results over processes cannot comprehensively and objectively evaluate students’ practical operation abilities and comprehensive literacy. In view of the above problems, taking local enterprises in Fuling as the practical carrier and integrating the concepts of industry-education integration, situational teaching and outcome-based education, this paper constructs the two-stage teaching mode of "integration of theory and practice + on-site competency improvement". This teaching reform restructures the teaching content in line with the real commissioning needs of enterprises, builds a normalized school-enterprise collaborative practice platform, and optimizes and establishes a comprehensive evaluation system combining process assessment with enterprise participation. Teaching practice shows that the reform can effectively improve students’ abilities in on-site commissioning, fault troubleshooting and engineering application, realize the precise docking of teaching content and post requirements, and provide a replicable implementation path for the practical teaching reform of engineering majors in local universities.Abstract: Practical teaching is a key link in the training of application-oriented undergraduate talents and a core carrier for connecting professional theories with engineering post competencies and cultivating high-quality application-oriented engineering talents. At present, there are still prominent problems in the teaching of PLC courses in universities...Learn More
