A teaching team led by professor Lu Ye from the Department of Global Engagement at Central China Normal University (CCNU) has secured a national Second‑Class Award in the Curriculum‑Based Ideology and Politics Track (Mid‑career Faculty Group) at the 6th National University Teaching Innovation Competition. The on‑site national final was hosted at Nanjing University from July 20 to 23, under the guidance of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and organized by the China Society of Higher Education. The award recognizes CCNU's persistent efforts in teaching reform and faculty‑driven instructional innovation.
The winning course, Elementary Comprehensive Chinese I, is a core compulsory subject for international students in China. It adopts a dual‑dimensional teaching framework integrating Chinese‑language acquisition with immersive exposure to Chinese national culture, aiming to cultivate practical international Chinese‑language talents who understand, befriend and appreciate China. This course has earned multiple prestigious honors including high‑quality course accreditation from the China Scholarship Council, a “Golden Course” label from the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, and outstanding‑case recognition from national higher‑education associations. CCNU coordinated cross‑departmental preparation work for the competition under university‑level deployment.
Regarded as China’s top‑tier teaching contest for university educators, this edition of the competition centered on the theme “Advancing Teaching Innovation for Top‑Tier Talent Development”. It featured nine competition tracks and adopted a three‑tier selection mechanism covering university, provincial and national rounds. Drawing participants from all undergraduate institutions across 32 regional divisions, the contest saw 138,000 teachers take part in university‑level heats, with 45,000 advancing to provincial contests. Ultimately, only 2,694 teachers on 699 course teams qualified for the national on‑site evaluation, with nearly 200 nationally‑renowned high‑level scholars among finalists, reflecting fierce nationwide competition.
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