The
Report of Review Committee on General Education (2003) reaffirms
the goals and expectations of the General Education (GE) Programme
at CUHK. According to the report:
"GE
as a key part of the curriculum nurtures students as educated
persons with the intellect and inclination to appreciate broad
issues of concern to humanity and modern society. GE targets the
growth of the whole person rather than specialists; specifically,
GE courses are not adjunct to the major subject."
[Paragraphs 2.1-2.5]
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| GE
aims at： |
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(a)
| Providing broad intellectual perspective
and to instill an understanding of the values of different academic
disciplines. |
(b)
| Developing sensitivity to the common concerns
of human existence especially from the perspective of Chinese culture.
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(c)
| Helping students develop their own judgment
and sense of values. |
(d)
| Cultivating awareness of the connections among
different fields of knowledge; to develop the potentiality for integrating
different fields of knowledge as needed. |
(e)
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Equipping students with life-long learning capacities especially
through understanding of the connections between academic pursuits
and life experience.
[Paragraph 2.6]
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| GE courses
should possess the following desired characteristics: |
- emphasize breadth and connectivity rather than depth alone;
- emphasize intellectual ideals rather than skills;
- give an overall perspective of the basic academic framework,
concept and methodology of the subject concerned;
- relate the subject matters to human experience and/or modern
life;
- require neither prerequisite nor specialized technical knowledge
beyond the basic aptitudes of a university student;
- preferably adopt an interdisciplinary approach, and be conducted
from the standpoint of multiple cross-discipline learning;
- preferably encourage both self-discovery and self-expression;
and
- provide the content and the intellectual depth expected of
credit-bearing university courses at the same level.
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