The New Book of Chairman Wang Xianjun – Everything of Art Expounds the Essence of Theoretical Practice about Development of Non-governmental Art Colleges

via: 大连艺术学院 date: 08/12

        “The book of Mr. Wang Xianjun meets my expectations. He has done much, talked much and written much during the period as a president and secretary in Dalian Art College for 13 years. A book will be compiled sorted out from his speech and papers”.
        Zhu Entian, the original deputy director-general in Liaoning Province Education Department wrote a preface for the book. The book Everything of Art of the chairman Wang Xianjun was published in Liaoning People’s Publishing House in last December. In accordance with the education policy of the party and the state, combining the theory and practice and taking the disclosure of art education and teaching features and rules as the foothold, the book expounds from such aspects of college culture construction, characteristic development road, team construction and cultivation goals, and answer the fundamental problems about the reasons and methods to cultivate practical art talents. The book is the summary of a dozen years of school-running experience, the valuable spiritual wealth of college development and the explanation of art education and teaching rules.

        The book mainly focuses on five aspects: firstly, university culture construction: the contents about school motto, school-running concepts, spirit and campus culture activities in Dalian Art College; secondly, quality construction: the contents about “student first” ideology, cultivation goal and standard of practical art talents, art education and teaching reform, “four kinds of students” and student management; thirdly, characteristic construction: the contents about school-running characteristics, discipline and major characteristics and talents cultivation characteristics; fourthly, team construction: the contents about teachers’ team, management carders and staff construction; fifthly, system construction: the contents about leadership system in non-governmental colleges and modern system in universities. Wherein, the culture construction is the soul, the quality construction is the core, the characteristic construction is the route, the team construction is the key and the system construction is the fundamental. The five aspects above not only involve the methods, but also launch theoretical exploration and innovation.   
        As a book with views and comments, Everything of Art is prominent in the innovation. Looking through the whole book, each speech and paper includes new views, new ideas and new measures. For example, the chairman Wang Xianjun presented the school-running ideology “all for the students, all for the teaching and all for the college development” in the annual commending meeting in 2008. In addition, he presented his original opinion on the innovation construction and education when making a speech on the 5th submit forum ceremony of national art colleges in 2010. The chairman elaborately refined these ideologies and viewpoints from the 13-year deduction and suffering of Dalian Art College. 
       In addition, there is no lack of classic chapters in the book. For example, the classic elaboration of the chairman about school motto; the systematical research on the spirit of Dalian Art College; the deep understanding of culture of Dalian Art College; the book also mentions “paying attention to practical teaching as much as classroom teaching”; “practical teaching is the essence of characteristic teaching”; “motivating the subjective initiative of students and making the students apply their knowledge in line with the principle of “taking student as center”. The book presents the individualized education channel: motivating the top students, helping the students with learning difficulties; loving poor students and transforming “problematic” students. The book expounds as follows in the second half: ensure the coordinated and sustainable development of college taking the construction of “three projects” (enrollment, quality and employment) as the core; put the talent cultivation quality in first place and drive teaching quality project; improve the capacity and quality of leaders and establish the outstanding leading group; recognize the tendency and transform the modes and carry forward the college development”. 
                                    

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March 5, 2014