College of higher education
The Institute of Higher Education was established in June 1980, then called the Higher Education Research Office. 1June, 985 13, the higher education research room was expanded and transformed into a higher education institute; After the establishment of the Academy of Educational Sciences in June 65438+February 65438+June 2000, the Institute of Higher Education was one of its subordinate institutes. At present, there are master's degree programs and doctoral degree programs in higher education, and higher education is a key discipline in Hubei Province. This institute mainly carries out research on the theory and policy of higher education, especially the research on university cultural quality education, university education thought, university management and development, which has important influence in China. At present, it undertakes more than 20 scientific research projects, including the Tenth Five-Year Key Project of National Education Science, the New Century Teaching Reform Project of Ministry of Education, the Tenth Five-Year Key Scientific Research Project of National Center for Degree and Postgraduate Education Development, the Key Project of Hubei Education Science and the Ford Foundation International Cooperation Project. In the near future, the key research directions are higher education discipline construction research, modern university system research, university cultural quality education research, research universities and world-class universities research, degree and postgraduate education research. The postgraduate courses offered by the institute mainly include: higher education, higher education management, Chinese and foreign higher education history, university moral education theory, comparative higher education, special research on higher education reform and development, and scientific research methods of higher education. The doctoral courses offered mainly include: special research on higher education, special research on higher education management, special research on moral education in universities, special research on educational philosophy, etc.
College research institute
University College, established in May 2003, is the core institution of the College Development Research Center, the key research base of humanities and social sciences in Hubei Province, and the president unit of the College Research Branch of China Higher Education Society, with Professor Liu Xianjun as the president. There are master's degree programs and doctoral degree programs in educational economics and management.
The Institute mainly carries out research on the theory and method of college research with China characteristics, college strategic planning and management, and college consulting research, especially on college management and development, which has an important influence in China. At present, he has undertaken more than one 10 scientific research project, such as major key projects of the Ministry of Education, the Eleventh Five-Year Plan of the National Social Science Fund, the Social Science Department of the Ministry of Education, and the New Century Teaching Research Institute of the Ministry of Education. In the near future, we will focus on building the research case base and database of the college.
The postgraduate courses offered by this institute mainly include: introduction to college research, strategy and planning of colleges and universities, research on educational organization behavior, education human resource management, education management information system, education policy analysis, education law, education statistical methods and so on. The doctoral courses offered mainly include: college research, educational policy and law research, research on frontier issues of educational management, advanced lectures on educational research methods, etc.
The current director is Professor Zhao Juming, and the deputy director is Professor Chen Min.
Institute of psychology
The Institute of Psychology was established in February 2000. The college always adheres to the principle of paying equal attention to teaching and scientific research. In personnel training, the focus is on master students and doctoral students, and the main courses undertaken are: educational psychology, psychological principles, management psychology, college students' psychology and cognitive psychology. In terms of scientific research, it has undertaken and participated in four projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation, and undertaken a number of scientific research projects funded by Hubei Province and schools. The main research directions of the institute are: the study of cognitive processes such as learning, memory and thinking, educational psychology, moral psychology of college students, and university management psychology.
Education research institute
The Institute of Pedagogy was established in 2000. The college adheres to the principle of paying equal attention to teaching and scientific research. In terms of personnel training, we focus on cultivating master students and doctoral students, and also offer public courses for the whole school. There are 5 teachers, 2 professors, 2 associate professors and 2 lecturers. With the exception of one professor, the other five teachers have obtained their doctorates in Peking University, East China Normal University, Central China Normal University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and other well-known domestic universities, and the two teachers have visited the United States and Britain for one year respectively. The courses offered by the college mainly include: educational principles, educational sociology, moral principles, Chinese and foreign educational history, curriculum theory, teaching theory, teacher education, family education and so on. In terms of scientific research, the institute has undertaken many projects, such as the key project of the tenth five-year plan of the national education science program and the Hubei sub-project of the tenth five-year plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
College development research center
Huazhong University of Science and Technology College Development Research Center was established in March 2000, which is a key research base of humanities and social sciences in Hubei universities. Professor Liu Xianjun, director of the center, is the president of the University Research Branch of China Higher Education Association. The center has a solid discipline platform and a high-level team of full-time and part-time teachers. Its research interests include college development and strategic planning, students' learning and development, teachers' appointment and development, and college data system design and analysis.
Since its establishment, the center has made remarkable achievements after more than ten years of construction, leading the development direction of university research in China. The center has published more than 20 books and 200 papers in CSSCI source journals, of which 8 papers have been reproduced in full by Xinhua Digest. He has undertaken more than 30 scientific research projects, won more than 30 scientific research awards 10 at or above the provincial level, and won 4 teaching achievement awards at or above the provincial level; Since 2003, academic seminars on college research have been held regularly, with one domestic conference and two international conferences held every year. At present, five international conferences, eight domestic conferences and four international seminars have been successfully held. The center pays attention to the construction of university research case database, regularly publishes a series of university research cases, and provides a platform for domestic university researchers to communicate and publish. Center teachers were invited to give academic reports to more than 400 colleges and universities, provide management consulting, and help more than 40 colleges and universities make strategic plans, which was widely praised. The Center has sent teachers to the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Australia and other countries for visits and exchanges, hired many American scholars as part-time professors, and held international seminars in cooperation with American university research associations to train graduate students. 20 12,10 June, the center for international scientific research cooperation between Chinese and American universities was established. It will cooperate with American Institute Research Association, University of California, Florida State University, etc. , introduce research courses in colleges and universities, authorize translation and publication of works, and share data.
The development goals of the center are: focusing on promoting the construction of scientific research information system in colleges and universities in China, deepening the special research of scientific research in colleges and universities, exploring the theories and methods of scientific research in colleges and universities, and cultivating scientific research personnel in colleges and universities; The center will be built into a talent training center, a scientific research center, a management consulting service center and a foreign exchange center for the research of colleges and universities in China, so as to improve the information and scientific level of the management of colleges and universities in China and provide decision-making consultation for the national higher education reform; The center will be built into a national key base of humanities and social sciences, occupying an important position in the research field of international universities and enjoying a high reputation.
Center for International and Comparative Education Research
Founded in 2000, the Center for International and Comparative Education is an interdisciplinary research center with frequent international academic exchanges: Professor Shen Hong has studied or visited six countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, and two regions including Hong Kong and Taiwan Province; Associate Professor Bei Dunrong has studied or visited the United States and France. Associate Professor Zhang Xiaoming has visited Japan and Canada. Associate Professor Chen Min went to Japan to study or visit; Zhou Yan, an associate professor, went to study in England. The research topics of comparative education undertaken by this center mainly include: student loan-international comparison in Asia-Pacific region, international comparison between student aid and student aid in higher education, international comparison of multi-campus university management, international comparison of research universities, international comparison of higher education popularization, international comparison of women's participation in higher education, internationalization of higher education-comparative study of three places across the Taiwan Strait, comparative study of academic management in Chinese and American universities, research on the development of higher education in western countries, research on the professional socialization of teachers in China and Britain, and comparative study on the profitability of private universities.
National college students' cultural quality education base
Established in 1997 and approved by the Ministry of Education 1999, the college students' cultural quality education base has become a national college students' cultural quality education base. Huazhong University of Science and Technology took the lead in advocating strengthening the cultural quality education of college students, and took the integration of humanities education and science and technology education as one of the guiding ideology. After several years of exploration, a cultural quality education system covering three levels and six aspects, namely: 1, implementing the training plan for the first three semesters, strengthening basic education and cultural quality education regardless of majors; 2. Implement the minor system of humanities and social sciences; 3. Offering elective courses in humanities and social sciences, and holding the Chinese proficiency test once a year; 4. Hold lectures on humanities and natural sciences, and publish a volume of Humanistic Revelation of China University every year; 5. Carry out campus cultural, scientific and artistic activities with various forms and elegant and healthy contents; 6. Carry out social practice activities and incorporate them into the curriculum system. The base has an academic committee, a language testing studio in China, and an editorial department of China University.
College development research base
Huazhong University of Science and Technology College Development Research Base is the key construction base of liberal arts in Hubei Province and the key construction base of liberal arts in the school, and it is one of the key development directions of the college. The construction goal of university development research base is to build it into a scientific research center, talent training center, information center and foreign exchange center for the management and development of universities in China, so that the overall scientific research level and the ability to participate in major decisions of national higher education reform are in a leading position in China, and it will occupy an important position and enjoy a high reputation in international academic circles, and strive to become a national key research base. The center will be built into an umbrella network center connecting universities and off-campus research institutions across the country, play a window role in academic exchanges with foreign countries, and become an academic exchange and information base for the development research of universities across the country. Cultivate and bring up domestic first-class academic leaders and young and middle-aged academic backbones with outstanding academic achievements and excellent academic style, and turn the center into a talent training and training base for national university development research, a national research and consulting base and a think tank for university reform decision-making by the Ministry of Education.
Regional higher education development research center
The Research Center for Regional Higher Education Development is the earliest inter-institutional research institution established in China to investigate and study the development of regional higher education. Established in 2008, it was officially approved as the key research base of humanities and social sciences in Hubei universities in 2009. It belongs to the Institute of Educational Science of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
The center consists of five sub-centers, among which the regional higher education investigation and evaluation research center, the regional higher education theory and comparison research center and the regional higher education policy and regulation research center are subordinate to the center headquarters; The Regional Industry-University-Research Cooperative Development Research Center is affiliated to Wuhan Institute of Technology, and the Regional Higher Vocational Education Development and Innovation Research Center is affiliated to wuhan polytechnic.
Higher education research editorial department
Higher Education Research is the journal of the National Higher Education Research Association, co-sponsored by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the National Higher Education Research Association. Founded in 1980, the magazine is located in Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The purpose of higher education research is to prosper higher education science and promote the reform and development of higher education. As a comprehensive academic theoretical journal of higher education research, the magazine pays attention to academics, foresight and the times. In the long-term practice of running a journal, it has formed the characteristics of paying attention to reflecting the frontier academic trends of higher education research, vigorously advocating academic contention of different viewpoints, paying special attention to supporting young and middle-aged authors, and actively strengthening contact with overseas experts and scholars. The magazine now has main columns such as higher education reform and development, basic education theory, higher education system and structure, college research, teaching theory and teaching reform, moral education and aesthetic education, higher vocational and technical education, degree and postgraduate education, higher education history, international and comparative higher education, exploration and contention, and higher education discipline construction. Organize various special studies from time to time, and the published papers have the characteristics of wide topics, novel viewpoints, strong pertinence and courage to explore. Higher Education Research is the source periodical of China Social Science Citation Index (CSSCI). According to Guangming Daily in March 1, 200 1 1, China Social Science Research and Evaluation Center of Nanjing University ranked 1998 national social science journals according to their impact factors, and our journal ranked 19, making it the only educational journal to enter the top 20. In 2000, "Research on Higher Education" was selected as the national Chinese core periodical for four times in succession, namely 1994, 1996 and 1998. In 2000, it was rated as the outstanding periodical in Hubei Province for three times in succession. With the care and support of experts, scholars, readers and authors in higher education, the quality and academic influence of the magazine are among the best among similar journals in China, and it is recognized by the academic community as one of the most authoritative academic journals in the field of higher education.
Editorial Department of Higher Engineering Education Research
The magazine Research on Higher Engineering Education was founded by the Party Group of the Ministry of Education, 1982, 1983. For more than 20 years, the journal has always adhered to the purpose of discussing educational laws, conducting academic discussions, reflecting research results, exchanging educational information, promoting educational reform and promoting international exchanges; With its distinctive characteristics of engineering application and academic frontier, it has won unanimous praise from higher education and engineering circles in China-it has been rated as "National Chinese Core Journal" 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 for four consecutive years. 1998165438+10. In October, China Institute of Engineering set up the Education Committee, which is responsible for guiding and coordinating the consulting research and academic activities of the Academy of Engineering in engineering education (including industry, agriculture, medicine and other fields), and put forward central and local suggestions on the reform and development of engineering education. In the same year, it was decided to take Research on Higher Engineering Education as the periodical of the Education Committee of the College of Engineering. According to the arrangement of the Education Committee of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, this journal, as an important research material, has one copy for each academician, thus further expanding its influence in the national higher education and industry.
Research on Higher Engineering Education is the first and only national authoritative academic journal of engineering education research in China. Standing columns include: Academician Forum, President Forum, Frontier of Engineering Education, Higher Education Economy and Policy, Higher Education Management, Discipline and Specialty Construction, College Development Research, Entrepreneur Forum, National Defense Higher Engineering Education, Postgraduate Education, International Higher Engineering Education, Higher Vocational Education, Teaching Research, and National Excellent Teaching Achievements are set regularly as needed.
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