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What is general education?
1, general education is the translation of English "general education", and some people translate it into "general education", "general education" and "general education". General education is an integral part of higher education and a non-professional education that all college students should receive. General education aims at cultivating people and citizens who actively participate in social life, have a sense of social responsibility and are fully developed; General education is an extensive, non-professional and non-utilitarian education of basic knowledge, skills and attitudes. Its basic principle is the infiltration of arts and sciences and the integration of various disciplines, so that students can expand their knowledge and improve their knowledge structure on the basis of learning professional knowledge well.

2. The core spirit of general education lies in cultivating students' appropriate cultural literacy, scientific knowledge, macro vision, life wisdom, analytical and speculative ability, communication ability and motivation for lifelong learning and growth.

3. General education and professional education are not antagonistic, but differ in the scope and degree of knowledge. The two are relative. General education is not completely without professional education, and professional education is not completely without general education. It can be said that there is "specialty" in "general education" and "general education" in "special education", which are integrated with each other and complement each other. Brubeck, an American educator, thinks that both professional education and general education are necessary, because one should be prepared not only for work, but also for changing jobs. General education (that is, general education) and vocational education (that is, professional education) must go hand in hand.