Specialty is "all specialized fields for higher and secondary specialized education to train students", which is an academic category divided by colleges and secondary specialized schools according to the needs of social division of labor. It is an activity carried out by colleges and secondary specialized schools to meet the needs of social division of labor. Such as: drama, dance, music, acrobatics, performance, performance, basic music theory, Quyi creation, education and other majors.
To some extent, this reveals the essential connotation of specialty, and shows the scope, object and function of specialty. "Professional field" is one of the characteristics that distinguish university education from other types of education.
Universities in modern society undertake three functions: talent training, scientific research and social service, and disciplines are the carriers for universities to effectively complete these functions.
Burton Clark, an American scholar, put forward in his book A New Theory of Higher Education that disciplines contain two meanings: one is the discipline as knowledge, and the other is the organization established around these "disciplines".
It is generally believed that the meaning of discipline can be expounded from three different angles: from the perspective of knowledge creation and scientific research, discipline is an academic classification, which refers to a certain scientific field or branch and is a relatively independent knowledge system; From the perspective of imparting knowledge and teaching, discipline is the main body of teaching.
Judging from the personnel who undertake teaching and research in universities, disciplines are academic organizations, that is, institutions engaged in scientific research. These are the three basic connotations of this discipline, which have manifested different connotations on different occasions and in different periods.
The level of disciplines directly affects whether universities can cultivate outstanding talents, produce fruitful scientific research results and provide high-quality social services. The level of discipline is not only reflected in the contribution to promoting the development of discipline, but also in the contribution to cultivating talents and studying and solving practical social problems by applying the achievements of discipline development.
Every university can improve the quality of personnel training by constantly improving the level of disciplines, produce more scientific research results and provide better services to the society.
Discipline undertakes the function of talent training through specialty. Generally speaking, the consistent view is that the major is "a specialized field for cultivating students in higher secondary specialized education" and is an activity carried out by universities to meet the needs of social division of labor.
To a certain extent, this reveals the essential connotation of specialty, and shows the scope, object and function of specialty. "Professional field" is one of the characteristics that distinguishes colleges from other types of education.
The majors in colleges and universities are determined according to the division of labor in society, and there are clear training objectives. The need of social division of labor, as an external stimulus, has contributed to the emergence of majors. Some scholars have suggested that specialty is at the intersection of discipline system and social professional needs. This view basically reflects the essence of professional concepts.
Therefore, there are two key concepts in the definition of major: social needs and subject foundation. To accomplish the task of cultivating talents, a major should first organize the curriculum system according to the social demand for talents, and then implement the teaching process to achieve teaching results.