Analysis of Learning Habits of China’s Undergraduates from the Perspective of Compulsory Courses

Sai Ma; Xing Zeng; Zigen Li; Yanrong Li

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Analysis of Learning Habits of China’s Undergraduates from the Perspective of Compulsory Courses

Sai Ma, Xing Zeng, Zigen Li, Yanrong Li

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In the context of economic globalization, higher education pays more and more attention to the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents. Changing the inappropriate part of traditional teaching methods has become a challenge that China’s higher education must handle to maintain its competitiveness in the new era. Covid-19 makes the combination of online and offline teaching become the norm, which will also raise higher requirements for undergraduates’ learning self-discipline. This paper analyses the learning habits of undergraduates in China’s higher education institutions. Compulsory courses account for a large proportion of the curriculum, and they are the learning tasks that must be completed during undergraduate stage, and their credits directly corresponding to the classroom learning time, which can indicate some learning situations of undergraduate. The statistical data were collected from a comprehensive university, and its training disciplines were divided into five cases. The average weekly fixed class workload of undergraduates was obtained through the credits of compulsory courses in each case for many grades. The reasons for the formation of undergraduates learning status and the influence of learning quality were interpreted by the combination of the survey data with the corresponding teachers’ comments. The weakness of active learning consciousness of China’s undergraduates is mainly related to the learning habits formed under long-term exam-oriented education. In addition, teachers’ sense of responsibility plays a core role in the learning outcomes of undergraduates. At present, the concern of China’s higher education is gradually shifting from teaching to learning, focusing on the cultivation of undergraduates’ interest in their majors and independent learning ability after class.

Published in	Higher Education Research (Volume 6, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.her.20210606.18
Page(s)	195-206
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Compulsory Courses, Class Contact Hours, Workload, Independent Learning

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Sai Ma

Office of Education Quality Evaluation & Supervision, Communication University of China, Beijing, China
Xing Zeng

School of Journalism, Communication University of China, Beijing, China
Zigen Li

Beijing Dublin International College, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
Yanrong Li

Department of Laboratory & Equipment Management, Communication University of China, Beijing, China

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