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Xu Aimei，Associate professor in the Chinese Teaching and Research Section of our college。As a member of the China Scholarship Council’s 2014 Young Key Teachers Overseas Training Project，Visited to Huron University College, University of Western Ontario, Canada in April 2015。
University of Western Ontario，UWO for short，Western University) is located in London, Ontario, which is known as the "Forest City"，Founded in 1878，Is one of the oldest schools in Canada，With Queen's University、University of Toronto、McGill University is collectively known as Canada’s fourth oldest university。There are 12 colleges and 3 university colleges，In Business、Remarkable achievements in medicine and liberal arts。Main campus area 1.6 square kilometers，75 buildings in total，The calm and wide Thames River passes through the school，There are simple and elegant Gothic castle buildings scattered in an orderly manner on the campus，The building is surrounded by large lawns、Low crabapple tree、Tall maple tree。Castle、Grassland、Begonia and maple trees change different scenery with the four seasons。
Huron University College is a four-year liberal arts university，Established in 1863，15 years earlier than Western University (University of Western Ontario)，It is one of the three major colleges of Western University。Huron College students and Western students may transfer into each other during their sophomore year of college，Enjoy all the resources provided by our hospital and Western University at the same time。So I took courses at Huron College and other colleges at Western University at the same time。
My co-supervisor Professor Fang Jun，Teaches in the History Department, Center for East Asian Studies, Huron College，Opened "Chinese History"、"Sex in Late Imperial China、Law and Society》、"Ten Days That Shocked the World" and other courses，Dedicated to the dialogue and exchange of history and culture between China and the West for many years。Encouraged by Professor Fang，In addition to auditing his classes，I also took three elective courses from other professors-"Introduction to Political Science"、"Introduction to Psychology"、《United States Constitution》。Professor Fang Jun's "The Sexuality of Late Chinese Empire"、Law and Society" and Professor Jim's "United States Constitution" are professional courses for fourth-year students in the History Department of Huron College，Small class teaching，There are about 15 students in each class；"Introduction to Political Science" and "Introduction to Psychology" are professional introductory courses for first-year students offered by the Department of Politics and the Department of Psychology of the School of Social Sciences respectively，At the same time, it is an elective general course for students from other departments in the school。These two courses have two classes per week，Classes are full，Up to 800 people in each class。This way，The elective courses have both large and small class bet365 online sports betting liveteaching，There are also differences between professional courses and general courses。Learn these different courses，It helps me fully understand the teaching of humanities at Western University。
I came here with the topic of "Teaching Investigation of Humanities Courses in Canadian Universities"，After auditing four humanities courses for one semester，Although we need to further understand the setting of humanities courses in Canadian universities，However, I have a concrete and deep impression on the teaching and learning of humanities classes at Western University，Now we will make a general introduction from the following three aspects。
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Professor Charles Jones’s “Introduction to Political Science” (referred to as “Political Science”) and Professor Mike Atkinson’s “Introduction to Psychology” (referred to as “Psychology”) courses，Teaching in Classroom 101 of the North Teaching Building with first-class teaching facilities and a capacity of 800 people，are two of the most popular humanities courses among the students in the school。These two courses are taught for one academic year，Two large classes are opened each school year，Each class has two lectures and one special report per week，There are 500-800 students in each class。For professors，Each class is taught twice a week，From the perspective of students choosing courses，Three times a week，Because I have to attend a special report guided by a teaching assistant once a week。In terms of study time，You must attend this course three days a week，Plus learning materials updated weekly on the online platform，The learning task is onerous。But these two courses are still full，In a large classroom of 800 people, there are often students sitting on the floor。
The reason why these two courses are so popular，After listening to a semester of lectures and communicating with students and teachers，I think there are three reasons:
First: These two general courses themselves are the signature courses of the School of Social Sciences，When introduced as an elective course，Equipped with a strong teaching team。Professor Andy who introduced me to these two courses used three best phrases to describe it: "The best professor，The best classroom，The best equipment”。Dr. Jones and Dr. Ackerson are now associate professors，The scientific research and teaching achievements are very outstanding。One of Professor Jones's books, "Global Justice" (published by Oxford University Press in 1999), won the Canadian Political Science Association Best Book Award，And the title of "Most Popular Book in the Past Two Years"，Translation published in my country in 2014。They also have a strong teaching team to deal with many problems in large class teaching，For example, Professor Jones’ teaching team also includes a teaching coordinator Nigmendra Narain，and 17 teaching assistants。Nimendra is a young teacher in the Department of Politics，In addition to operating the computer in class to cooperate with Professor Jones and answer students’ questions，Also responsible for regularly updating online content on the course online platform，Post the latest information，Synchronously upload the class summary of each class，Publish reading materials for special reports and the progress of each group，Issue notice in advance to urge students to prepare for midterm bet365 online sports betting liveexams、Submit final papers, etc.。17 teaching assistants are graduate students of Professor Jones，Group hosts and leads students to give weekly special lectures。Professor Exon’s teaching team’s operating model is also very similar。This ensures the transfer of professional knowledge in large class teaching，It also ensures smooth channels for after-class tutoring and teacher-student communication。
Second: The professor’s classroom teaching is very attractive。Small classroom teaching for senior grades and above generally no longer uses PPT method for intuitive teaching，Nor emphasize the fun in teaching，Instead, it directly enters the stage of teaching and discussion between teachers and students on teaching issues。But as an introductory and general course for freshmen，The teaching courseware of the two professors are carefully produced，Basing both professionalism and fun。For example, every classroom teaching has a 5-10 minute short video played，The content may be argued by authoritative figures in the field，Or a display of the latest achievements；The style may be humorous or spicy；Or carefully selected from the network，Or exclusively produced by the teacher。Text content of PPT courseware，Clear logic，Short and powerful argument。Dr. Jones is quick-thinking when giving lectures，Clear logic，Plus humor，The period from 11:30 to 1:00 noon is the most tiring period in class，There are often bursts of laughter from everyone。
For example, in the first class, he told everyone that they could go to him during office hours to ask any questions，But the humor of "I'm married" made everyone laugh。Such humor naturally makes the classroom atmosphere relaxed。
Third: Because of its strong practicality。Students who elect this course will obtain the required credits in addition to the required credits，I also learned a lot of knowledge that is beneficial to life and study，Can broaden horizons and expand ideas。Freshman，The understanding of college and life is often not clear enough，The teaching of these two courses has played a very good guiding role for students。For example, the "Psychology" class passes genetics、Dream、Subconscious、Lectures on nightmares and learning，Let everyone better understand themselves and others。The first lesson of "Political Science"，Professor Jones will tell you: four years of college，Not everything you have the ability to figure out，But the task of the university is to constantly revise itself based on the knowledge learned，It’s important to remember this。
I originally took this course with the attitude of learning teaching methods，But the semester is over，But I found that I had a new understanding of the course "Political Science"，Benefited a lot。A student from the School of Life Sciences who took both political science and psychology said: Among the optional humanities courses，These two subjects are very inspiring for my college life。
2. Problem awareness is the core of teaching and learning
During the lecture，Whether it is a large class teaching of 800 people or a small class teaching of 15 people，I found that every teacher attaches great importance to cultivating students’ problem awareness。This is reflected in the teacher’s problem teaching method and problem investigation method。
The problem teaching method is reflected in the fact that the teaching content of each class is designed around problems，bet365 games best slotsThe home page of the PPT played is always nothing more than five W and one H，For example: two central questions in politics: who gets what？Who are you talking about？Three questions about political ideology: How to integrate into the world？How the world works？What are we going to do？Question design about "Dreaming" in "Psychology" class: Why sleep disorder occurs？How to get high-quality sleep？What did we all dream about？"Nightmares and Learning": Is it normal to have nightmares？Why do you dream？What can be learned from typical dreams？"Sex in Late Imperial China、Law and Society" about the concubine system in ancient China: who can be a wife？Who are easy to become concubines？How to become a concubine？Why is polygamy？What are the differences between ancient Chinese and Western marriage systems？In this way, the task of teaching seems not to impart knowledge but to solve problems，In fact, the purpose of imparting knowledge is achieved by solving problems。
Also reflects asking questions to students、Examination of problem-solving ability。The freshman courses are mainly special lectures in large classrooms，Different topics and questions are jointly designed by the teaching team，Arrange teaching assistants to lead students in groups。There are as many as 12 questions for discussion each time，Participating students must sign in，Teaching assistant scores after answering。The same student cannot answer the same question repeatedly，After answering, leave the opportunity to others。Trained through such special reports，Senior Division Courses，Students can and must give special lectures independently，For example, "Sex in Late Imperial China"、Law and Society" and the "United States Constitution"，Almost half of the time in class is reserved for students to make special reports。Although the special lectures are given by students，But teachers also have a lot of work to do，Determine the topic of the lecture series at the beginning of the semester、Keynote speaker，Provide students with relevant and weighty papers、Latest results。And participate in the questions and comments of each theme lecture。The speaker should send his outline to other students，Ask at least three questions for other students to answer；The listeners should also ask at least three questions to the speaker，The quality of the questions must be high，Does not include overview summary, etc.。This way the problem will be clear every time，Lively discussion or debate。
3. Strict learning requirements and multi-faceted assessment standards
The "Instructions for New Students" on the website of the Department of Political Science quoted a report from Maclean's magazine as saying: University professors and students generally believe that，High school life does not fully prepare freshmen for college。About one in six freshmen never completes their studies，The number of people who dropped out of school because they could not complete their homework accounted for 14%。Information reminder，If anyone plans to drop out of school, please do so as soon as possible。
Instructions for Freshmen also provides 14 suggestions for freshmen on how to successfully spend their freshman year，One of them is: Expect to complete more learning tasks than before。It is recommended that college students spend 3 per day for this purpose.8 hours to do Bet365 gameshomework，And "Please plan to spend 2 to 3 hours studying the professor's one-hour lecture"。In addition to previewing and reviewing class content，You also need to complete relevant reading materials provided by the teacher and participate in or give special reports，No matter elective courses or professional courses，Almost as much time spent。
For classroom discipline，The syllabus of each course has been strictly explained。Before the start of the semester, teachers will upload the syllabus to the online platform for everyone to download and study。In addition to the teaching content, the syllabus also provides detailed explanations of classroom discipline and performance assessment。
For example, the description of classroom discipline in the psychology syllabus:
“NCB101 is a classroom that uses new technology to teach classes，800 people in one classroom，It’s easy to get confused。Simple rules can keep confusion to a minimum，Also helps to provide a reasonable and quiet teaching environment for all students。
Class time is 1:30 to 3:30，The front door of the classroom is closed during school hours，Latecomers enter through the back door。No early departure，Because leaving early will distract other students。No whispering，The speaker will be asked to leave the classroom。Please turn off your mobile phone when entering the classroom。”
Although the wireless network covers the entire campus and all classrooms，But mobile phones are completely disabled。Because of the protection of teachers’ intellectual property rights，Students are not allowed to take pictures or copy teaching courseware。Hardly whisper in class，If you have any questions, please raise your hands and ask questions in an orderly manner。In large and small classrooms where the lights are turned off because PPT is being played，My eyes are often filled with flickering laptop screens，Everyone is busy typing and taking notes。I was used to taking notes by hand at first，And use the electronic dictionary on your mobile phone to check new words at any time，Later I found that using mobile phones in class was incompatible with the surroundings，And violates classroom discipline，So I worked hard to improve my typing speed and switched to using a computer to record notes and look up new words。
Other course syllabuses are similar in terms of classroom discipline and performance assessment，The business school’s “Global Strategy” syllabus even explicitly prohibits bringing mobile phones and computers into the classroom。Anyway，To get good grades，It can’t be completed by taking a surprise exam。
There is no fixed method for teaching，Learning without standards。Understanding the classroom teaching of Western University’s humanities courses is to better improve yourself。The new semester will start on January 4th，I plan to audit a course at the business school，Because Western University Business School and Harvard Business School are the two birthplaces of case teaching method in North America，It’s a pity not to listen。I also want to take an English literature class that I like。The weekend English learning class will start on January 9th of the new semester。For me，There is no end to teaching students and learning from others。