Since he became the president of Tianjin Normal University, he has devoted himself to the construction of various undertakings in the school.
The first goal pursued by him and his colleagues, which has been lingering in his mind, is to implement the grand plan of Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, realize the long-cherished wish of several generations of normal university students, end the history of scattered and narrow campus, and make a modern, high-grade and brand-new campus of Tianjin Normal University rise in the southwest of Tianjin, with only 10 campus before 2005. It has been five years since the idea of building a new campus was put forward, during which there are numerous difficulties, but under the leadership of the municipal party Committee, the municipal government and the municipal education commission, he and his colleagues managed to overcome all these difficulties. When the roar of the pile driver echoes on this chilly land in spring, how can people not be excited? As a school principal, how can they not be emotional?
The second goal pursued by him and his colleagues is to inherit the fine tradition of Tianjin Normal University, conform to the trend of normal education in China, introduce new teaching concepts, and build a traditional normal university into a comprehensive university featuring teacher education. In his view, the parallel system of normal universities and comprehensive universities was once a major feature of higher education in China. However, it is an unavoidable fact that normal education is gradually moving from closed to open, and it is in line with the internationally accepted teacher training model. The great changes in the concept and practice of modern basic education, the limitations of the original majors in normal universities, the multi-channel sources of basic education teachers and the establishment of normal universities by comprehensive universities are undoubtedly important factors to promote the transformation of normal universities from traditional normal universities to new comprehensive normal universities in developed and relatively developed regions. This scientific judgment on the future direction of normal education prompted him and his colleagues to resolutely take promoting school transformation as the focus of strategic development. Nowadays, not only the concept of transformation has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, but also the phased goals of transformation are being realized one by one, and a new teacher education model is gradually taking shape.
The third goal pursued by him and his colleagues is to adapt to the popularization of higher education and establish a quality view of higher education that keeps pace with the times. He believes that the surge in the number of students in China University due to the expansion of enrollment will inevitably cause people to worry about the quality of education. However, the increase in quantity is not necessarily related to the decline in quality. Looking at quality with Scientific Outlook on Development's development view and the vision of keeping pace with the times, we may get another result. What is the quality of education and how to treat it is the key to solve the contradiction between quantity and quality in the development of China University. There are still many vague understandings about quality. For example, the requirement for the quality of high school education is usually the number of graduates entering key universities; Some experts believe that the quality of education in a university depends on its enrollment rate and so on. This understanding has led to the long-term exam-oriented education in middle schools to some extent, and also led to the courses set by some universities all corresponding to postgraduate entrance examination subjects. Even in the era of elite education, it cannot be said that this is a complete and accurate concept of quality. Therefore, measuring the real quality of higher education, especially in the era of popularization, is not limited to some brilliant figures. He especially advocated "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude" and advocated teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, so as to build a platform and provide opportunities for students with various qualifications to become talents to the maximum extent, so that most students can reach the training goals set by the school when they graduate and make higher contributions to society after graduation.
The fourth goal pursued by him and his colleagues is to stay with the masses forever, care about their sufferings, implement the important thought of Central Scientific Outlook on Development and people-oriented, lead the faculty of Tianjin Normal University and create a bright future. He worked as a worker when he was young and later became a university teacher. These experiences have deeply branded his character as closely related to teachers and students. He treats people with humility and regards the interests of the masses as trivial matters, which leaves a deep impression on people. Both teachers and students know that it is easy to contact him. His mobile phone is turned on 24 hours a day. Whoever calls him, he has to answer it. Even if he doesn't answer the phone, he has to reply one by one. Everyone likes to chat with him about work, study, life and the future of Normal University. When the masses sincerely regard the headmaster of a school as a bosom friend, they will consciously and voluntarily internalize the headmaster's goal into their own. So, what are the difficulties that the school can't overcome and what obstacles can't be overcome?
In the post of principal, he never stopped thinking about the school and even the whole normal education system. As a doctor of history, he is used to looking for answers from the perspective of historical development when analyzing practical problems, and his eyes are firmly locked on the "structural defects" of the school. In his view, there were at least the following disadvantages in the normal education of the school at that time: teacher training was solved once every four years, which made professional learning and teacher qualification education ignore one thing; The education college under the school is not clear about the level and function division of training teachers; There are fewer education majors; The strength of education and scientific research is weak, and its influence on basic education is lacking; The development of disciplines is unbalanced, and so on. This kind of "structural defect" is widespread in China's normal education, which leads to the fact that the graduates of normal universities are obviously in a weak position in subject ability compared with those of comprehensive universities. Therefore, under the situation that basic education generally attached importance to teachers' quality at that time, the competitiveness of normal graduates declined rapidly and their inherent social roles were diluted. With the reform and opening up, the country's strength has been enhanced, and the basic education has developed rapidly, the social requirements for teachers have begun to change from "urgent need" to "choice", which provides an opportunity for the transformation of normal education.
He also believes that in order to seek leap-forward development, normal universities should first carry out reform and innovation in the teacher training system: pre-service education should be transformed from simple academic education to a training model combining academic education with teacher qualification education; On-the-job training should be included in the follow-up lifelong education system. Only in this way can we be in line with international standards, embark on the road of specialization of basic education teachers, and truly cultivate qualified and high-level teachers.
"Undergraduate education emphasizes academics, qualification education highlights occupations, and continuing education pays attention to timeliness". Jin Runcheng's three sentences, though said casually, are obviously well thought out.
His scholarship is as practical and rigorous as his scholarship. During my teaching in the History Department of Tianjin Normal University, I taught seriously and prepared lessons carefully, which was well received by students. He walked step by step on the road of academic research: he led students to inspect the completed scientific research report and restored the forgotten Qingyuan in Jixian County, Tianjin; His master's thesis takes the water body of North China in the historical period as the research object, which provides some new ideas for solving the water shortage problem in North China. His doctoral thesis "Research on Governor's Jurisdiction in Ming Dynasty" solved the key problems in the study of administrative divisions and local administrative management system in Ming Dynasty, which is one of the important achievements in the geographical study of administrative divisions in China. He is also the first chinese administrative division postdoctoral researcher in China. He has presided over many national and provincial social science research projects. He loves his major, and after busy school affairs, he still works hard in research.
The former president of Nankai University, a graduate student, always put the word "down-to-earth" in front of the goal he pursued and went on unswervingly. Jin Runcheng, director of the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission, said in an interview that the education system will focus on the coordinated and healthy development of education in accordance with the goals and requirements put forward by the Ninth Party Congress and on the basis of overall consideration of various factors. We should continue to increase the policy tilt towards rural education, fully implement the new mechanism of funding guarantee for rural compulsory education, and improve the overall level of rural education. Continue to adjust the layout of primary and secondary schools and accelerate the integration of urban and rural basic education. Vigorously develop vocational education, run the national vocational education reform pilot area well, and speed up the training of skilled practical talents. Promote the construction of high-level universities, grasp the three keys of key disciplines, key laboratories and key talents, and make them distinctive, brand-name and level. Actively develop various forms of continuing education. Improve the education funding system and do a good job in subsidizing students with financial difficulties. Fully implement quality education, promote the reform of education, teaching and entrance examination system, and strive to build a team of high-quality teachers.
Jin Runcheng said that in the next few years, the basic idea of Tianjin's education development is to highlight "one theme", focus on "one main line" and grasp "three major tasks" to promote sound and rapid development of education. "One theme" is to fully implement quality education; "One main line" is to strengthen public services, accelerate coordinated development and promote educational equity; The "three major tasks" are to promote the balanced development of compulsory education, accelerate the construction of experimental areas for vocational education reform, improve the core competitiveness of colleges and universities, and strive to achieve a new leap in the comprehensive strength and internal quality of education. By 20 10, a high-quality and balanced basic education system, a high-standard vocational education system, a high-level higher education system and an open, flexible and distinctive lifelong education system will basically be formed, and education modernization will basically be realized.