The credit system is one of the educational modes, and it is also called the three educational modes together with the class system and tutorial system. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, the credit system was first established in Harvard University. 19 18 Peking University took the lead in implementing the "course selection system" in China. 1978 some qualified universities in China began to try out the credit system, and now the credit system reform has been fully promoted in domestic universities.
What exactly is a credit system? Figuratively speaking, the credit system is like an education supermarket. Students attending classes are like buying things in the market. Students arrange their studies independently according to their financial capacity, hobbies and learning potential. It is up to students to choose whether to study for one degree or two degrees, graduate early or late, and whether to take elective courses across majors and departments, so as to finally realize educational equity.
Why should China's colleges and universities implement the credit system reform? The main reason is that the "one-word-for-all" system has become increasingly unsuitable for the development of higher education in China.
Mainly reflected in: what courses to study? Which teacher's class? How many years is the academic system? Don't you have to pay tuition? What if I graduate early? .. such problems were decided by the school before the implementation of the credit system reform. In an era of transparent information and the pursuit of fairness and harmony, the "one-word-for-all" teaching system is obviously out of date. The present situation of higher education requires students to enter the era of "self-ordering".
What are the benefits of the credit system reform?
First of all, the credit system is of great benefit to improving the quality of higher education. Students choose classes and courses according to their actual situation, so as to achieve real success in their studies. At the same time, students' and teachers' course selection makes teachers' income "creation" clear at a glance, prompting teachers to constantly update their knowledge and improve teaching quality.
Liu Dongmei, a student of Wuhan University, got a diploma and a degree certificate in his junior year. She told reporters that she can graduate as long as she completes the credits of this major. Liu Dongmei said, "I took many senior courses in my freshman and sophomore years. I completed the required credits in my junior year and spent the rest of my time doing papers and looking for a job. "
More students enjoy the benefits of choosing their own majors and courses brought by the credit system. Jiang, a journalism student at Wuhan University, said: "I have been taking classes everywhere in the school with my credit card since my freshman year, taking courses such as literature, philosophy and law that I am interested in. The credit system gives me the opportunity to learn what I want to learn. "
Second, the credit system integrates educational resources. Guilin University of Electronic Technology is an early pilot school for credit system reform in Guangxi. Teacher Lu Juan said that the credit system is conducive to the integration of educational resources. In the past, some schools offered repeat courses. Even if the same content is repeated in similar courses, educational resources are wasted to some extent. After the implementation of the credit system, repeat students have no choice.
Third, the credit system reform has improved the transparency of charges and standardized the charging behavior. In the past, schools usually only gave students a total tuition fee every year. No matter how many courses students choose, they all pay a unified academic year tuition, and students who graduate early still have to pay tuition. After the credit system reform, each credit is clearly marked, and students can choose according to their own economic situation. Such a "clear price tag" makes students feel confident, and also overcomes the unreasonable charges in colleges and universities to some extent.
Fourthly, the credit system in colleges and universities is of positive significance to alleviate the current tuition problems of poor students. If a student from a poor family chooses to complete all the credits in three years, it is essentially equivalent to reducing the total cost of receiving higher education. Similarly, some poor students can solve the tuition burden by extending their graduation years, taking fewer credits and taking part-time jobs. Liu Dongmei calculated an account for the reporter: graduating one year in advance can save 3,600 yuan in tuition fees, and the net income after working for one year is about 20,000 yuan, thus saving 23,600 yuan for the family. "This money is not a small sum for poor students."