XJTLU Five-Star Education Model

Part I Challenges of New Era & Talent Training

Management in the complex world

• Rapidly changing environments + complicated problems

Challenges of survival in the complex world

• Integrity lacerate

• Quick reaction

• Elusive chain of causation

How to do next?

Coping strategy over the complicated problems in changeable environment - HeXie Management

Un

certain

ty

L

H

Execution

Design & optimization

Choice

Exploration

Time

Flexibility &

sophisticated action ？

Knowledge

Attainment

Capability

Development

trends

Note:

1.Line1: Time dimension signifying rapidly changing

environment.

2.Line2: Uncertainty showing the complexity of problems.

3.Line3: Problems with low uncertainty, which can be solved

through workflow design & optimization.

4.Line4: With the increasing uncertainties, choices have to

be made when solving problems.

5.Line5: With much more uncertainties, explorations are

needed to find solutions to problems.

6.Line6: When the uncertainties reach an even higher level,

flexibility and sophisticated action are needed.

7.Line7: Trend of development should be considered to

solve complicated problems in a rapidly changing

environment.

In sum, challenges of the new era raise higher demands on

talent training, i.e. if people want to lead the world

development in the future, they have to improve themselves

in the following three aspects:

1

2

3

4

5

Knowledge

Attainment

Capability

Part I Challenges of New Era & Talent Training

6

7

Part II Challenges Faced by Higher Education in the 21 Century

Higher education is facing

unprecedented challenges at

the beginning of 21st century,

under the impact of

Globalization

Knowledge-based economic

growth

The information and

communication revolution

(Salmi 2002)

Challenges faced by China’s Higher Education

• Elite education to mass education requires universities to

reform and adjust their functions & education philosophy.

• Planned economy to market economy requires universities

to reform and adjust their governance system & resource

allocation system.

• Bureaucratic & mechanistic organizations to knowledge

network organizations requires universities to reform and

adjust their management system & organization structures.

• The spread of knowledge to the implementation of new

university functions requires universities to reform and

adjust their educational model & education process.

• Theoretic education to pragmatic education requires

universities to strengthen their university cultures &

innovation spirit.

Part III Comparison & Integration of Eastern & Western Culture

Religion

宗教

Law

法律

Science

科学

Basis of Western Culture

西方文化的基础

Morality

道德

Art

艺术

Basis of Eastern Culture

东方文化的基础

Western Best

Practice Eastern Best

Practice

Religion

宗教

Morality

道德

Art

艺术

Science

科学

Law

法律

Exploring XJTLU Model

西交利物浦大学模式探索

Future Trends & Challenges

未来趋势与挑战

Learning From

Each Other

• Western culture stresses religion, law and science.

• Eastern culture stresses morality and art.

• XJTLU’s educational model seeks the integration of the two and

aims at the future trends & challenges.

Part III Comparison & Integration of Eastern & Western Education

Adult

成人

Self-realization

自我实现

Freedom &

Democracy

自由民主

Striking Balance:

Sharing Practice

from East & West

Kid

孩子

Feeding

传授

Basis of Western Culture & Education

西方文化与教育的基础 Basis of Eastern Culture & Education

东方文化与教育的基础

Young Adult

年轻的成年人

Freedom & Observation

of Rules & Regulations

自由与尊重规则

Active & Interactive

积极与交互

Service & Guidance

服务与引导

Individual Self

realization & Social

Responsibility

自我实现与服务社会

Western-Individualism/Capitalism

西方-个人主义/资本主义

China-Collectivism/Socialism

中国-集体主义/社会主义

Student Learning

Centred

Student Development

Oriented

以学生学习为中心

以学生发展为导向

• Affected by individualism, western culture & education treats

students as adults and advocates self-realization, freedom &

democracy.

• Affected by collectivism, eastern culture & education treats students

as kids and emphasizes knowledge feeding.

• XJTLU’s education model seeks a balance between the two and

treats students as young adults. Based on the future talent needs, it

provides students with service, support and guidance.

Exploring XJTLU Model

西浦大学育人模式

Future Talent need

未来人才需求

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model

It indicates the five key elements of XJTLU Five-Star

Education Model.

With Global Citizen as our education goal, great

attention has been paid on philosophy and value

system, capability system and knowledge system by

the university. To help our students with the

developments from the three perspectives, XJTLU

employs comprehensive education strategy and

support systems of implementation.

The five key elements will be illustrated further in the

following slides.

Support Systems

of Implementation

支持系统

Education Goal Global Citizen

Philosophy & Value System

Capability System

Knowledge System

育人目标：世界公民

素养/能力/知识

Comprehensive

Education Strategy

综合的教育策略

Knowledge System

知识体系

Capability System

能力体系

Philosophy &

Value System

素养体系

Core Ideology

(Happy Life, Successful Career)

Core Purpose

(Improve living capabilities)

Core View

(Globalization and

Sophisticate)

Core Ethics

(Unity with

Diversity)

Core Value

(Innovation & Contribution)

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model Philosophy & Value system

There are still five core aspects of philosophy and

value system.

1. Core Ideology: Happy Life, Successful Career

2. Core Value: Innovation & Contribution

3. Core Purpose: Improve living capabilities

4. Core Ethics: Unity with Diversity

5. Core View: Globalization and Sophisticate

Philosophy &

Value System

素养体系

• Philosophy reflects one’s general attitude and fundamental viewpoint

towards the whole world and the relationship between the world and

human being.

• The value system is the basic viewpoint one holds during the

recognition & self-evaluation of his/her social status and role.

Capability System

能力体系

International Competitive

Capability

Initiative &

Rigorous

Executive

Capability

Capability to

Integrate &

Apply

Knowledge

Innovative & Lifelong

Learning Capability

Interactive Capability &

Teamwork Behaviours

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Capability system - International Competitive Capability

We are convinced that international perspective and global

competency exists when our students: 学生们具有国际化视

野和能力当他们：

•Are aware of their own cultural values and beliefs

能够意识到他们的文化价值和信仰

•Are knowledgeable about history and current world events

能够对历史上及当今的世界有所了解

•Are aware of and respect different cultural values and

beliefs

能够尊重各种文化观念和信仰

•Are equipped with communication and collaboration

capability

能够具备沟通交流和协调合作的能力

Capability System

能力体系

International Competitive

Capability

Initiative &

Rigorous

Executive

Capability

Capability to

Integrate &

Apply

Knowledge

Innovative & Lifelong

Learning Capability

Interactive Capability &

Teamwork Behaviours

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Capability system -Capability to integrate & apply knowledge

What’s wrong with curriculum?

1.Individual academic discipline

Paul DeHart Hurd: "Biology, chemistry, physics, and earth

science…no longer exist as they are portrayed in the simple

division of school science into subjects.“

2.The traditional general education curriculum

Robert Stevens: "We have lost sight of our responsibility for

synthesizing learning."

3.Relationship between curriculum and its real meaning

John Goodlad: "What students are asked to relate to in

school [is] increasingly artificial, cut off from the human

experiences subject matter is supposed to reflect."

What’s wrong with extracurricular activities

“We must rise above the exclusive association of learning with

book-learning. First-hand knowledge is the ultimate basis of

intellectual life. To a large extent book-learning conveys second-

hand information and as such can never rise to the importance of

immediate practice. Our goal is to see the immediate events of

our lives as instances of general ideas. What the learned world

tends to offer instead is one second-hand scrap of information

illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of

information. The second-handedness of the learned world is the

secret of its mediocrity.” (Alfred North Whitehead-1916 address to

the Mathematical Association of England)

Capability System

能力体系

International Competitive

Capability

Initiative &

Rigorous

Executive

Capability

Capability to

Integrate &

Apply

Knowledge

Innovative & Lifelong

Learning Capability

Interactive Capability &

Teamwork Behaviours

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Capability System - Initiative Rigorous Executive Capability

Being initiative

1. Making active attempts to influence events to achieve

goals.

2. Self-starting rather than passively accepting.

3. Taking action to achieve goals beyond what is

necessarily called for, originating action.

Execution, a general word, and not easy to be defined

clearly, but briefly speaking, it can be referred as the

carrying out of an action, instruction, command, or

movement. And expertise and capabilities with regard to

execution capability usually exists in the following areas of

specialization: 1. strategic planning (objectives)

2. communication capability/interactive spirits

3. environment and natural resource

analysis/management

4. public relationship governance

5. administrative structure and management

6. information technology

7. human and financial resource development

8. partner consultation and participation

9. discipline

10.monitoring and evaluation

11.methodologies

Capability System

能力体系

International Competitive

Capability

Initiative &

Rigorous

Executive

Capability

Capability to

Integrate &

Apply

Knowledge

Innovative & Lifelong

Learning Capability

Interactive Capability &

Teamwork Behaviours

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model - Capability System - Innovative & Lifelong Learning Capability

"Innovation . . . is generally understood as the

successful introduction of a new thing or method . . .

Innovation is the embodiment, combination, or

synthesis of knowledge in original, relevant, valued new

products, processes, or services. Luecke and Katz

(2003)

Lifelong learning is the development of human

potential through a continuously supportive process

which stimulates and empowers individuals to acquire

all the knowledge, values, skills, and understanding

they will require throughout their lifetimes and to apply

them with confidence, creativity and enjoyment in all

roles, circumstances, and environments. (Longworth

and Davies, p. 22)

Capability System

能力体系

International Competitive

Capability

Initiative &

Rigorous

Executive

Capability

Capability to

Integrate &

Apply

Knowledge

Innovative & Lifelong

Learning Capability

Interactive Capability &

Teamwork Behaviours

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Capability System - Interactive Capability & Teamwork Behaviours

What is interactive capability?

of two or more persons, forces, etc. acting upon or in close

relation with each other

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/interactive

What is team work?

Teamwork is a joint action by two or more people or a group,

in which each person contributes with different skills and

expresses his or her individual interests and opinions to the

unity and efficiency of the group in order to achieve common

goals.

key points regarding being interactive and team work spirits

are:

1. Clarifying role

2. Taking initiative

3. Accepting responsibility

4. Supporting colleagues

5. Valuing different qualities and skills

6. Sharing information

And key skills are:

1. Team Building Skills

2. Communication Skills

3. Productivity Training

4. Teamwork Training

Philosophy

（Wisdom）

Art

（Technique）

Practice

（Experience）

Science

（Knowledge）

Technology

（Tools )

Knowledge

System

知识体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Knowledge System

Philosophy (Wisdom) here mainly refers to a deep

understanding and realizing of people, things, events

or situations, resulting in the ability to choose or act to

consistently produce the optimum results with a

minimum of time and energy. It is the ability to

optimally (effectively and efficiently) apply perceptions

and knowledge and so produce the desired results.

Wisdom is also the comprehension of what is true or

right coupled with optimum judgment as to action.

Synonyms include: sagacity, discernment, or insight.

Wisdom often requires control of one's emotional

reactions (the "passions") so that one's principles,

reason and knowledge prevail to determine one's

actions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom • Knowledge system refers to an open, dynamic and multilevel

system consisting of different knowledge with certain proportional

and combinational relationships.

Philosophy

（Wisdom）

Art

（Technique）

Practice

（Experience）

Science

（Knowledge）

Technology

（Tools )

Knowledge

System

知识体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Knowledge System

Practice (Experience) here is mainly interpreted

as a general concept comprises knowledge of or

skill in or observation of some thing or some

event gained through involvement in or exposure

to that thing or event.

The concept of experience generally refers to

know-how or procedural knowledge, rather than

propositional knowledge: on-the-real world

training rather than book-learning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience

Philosophy

（Wisdom）

Art

（Technique）

Practice

（Experience）

Science

（Knowledge）

Technology

（Tools )

Knowledge

System

知识体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Knowledge System

Art (Technique) is mainly regarded as skills, and

method used to accomplish a specific activity or task.

Science (Knowledge) here refers to an enterprise

that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of

testable explanations and predictions about the

natural world, by which to help human beings to solve

various problems in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

Technology (Tools) here can be most broadly

defined as the entities, both material and immaterial,

created by the application of mental and physical

effort in order to achieve some value. In this usage,

technology refers to tools and machines that may be

used to solve real-world problems.

Learning &

Teaching

International

Interaction

Internship &

Social Practice

Extracurricular

Activities

Career Planning &

Entrepreneurship Training

Comprehensive

Education Strategy

综合教育策略

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model - Comprehensive Education Strategy

1. Career Planning & Entrepreneurship Training

• Students are expected to consider your career

planning at the beginning of university life, and you

will get professional guidance from career office

• Entrepreneurship Training provides the platform

for those who are interested in staring own

business after graduation

2. Learning & Teaching

• XJTLU has explored its unique Learning and

Teaching Strategy on the basis of integrating the

essences of both western and eastern Higher

Education.

3. Extracurricular Activities

• Extracurricular activities are so important in that we

are convinced that informal and first-hand learning

plays a critical role in students comprehensive

development.

4. International Interaction

• To interact with international world and culture, to

develop international perspectives, to master

international language and cultures, to be a global

citizen

5. Internship & Social Practice

• To learn the real world, to know ourselves fully, to

know how to adapt and even lead the world,

students are expected to do internships and social

practices

• Comprehensive education strategy here refers to the all-around

and multilevel strategies XJTLU offers student, the implementation

of which helps students to develop their philosophy, knowledge

and capability system.

Support Systems

of Implementation

实施支持体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model - Support Systems of Implementation

Campus Culture

Learning

Support System

Infrastructure Platform & Community

Academic

Support System

Campus culture – Drift

1. Diversity: to develop our students as global citizen, the

international university highlight diversity and harmony.

2. Regularity: it’s expected that all university staff and

students follow the spirits of “rules are rules”.

3. Innovation: students staff and the university are

expected to be innovative to adapt to and even lead

the fast-changing world.

4. Freedom: is highly valued at XJTLU

5. Trust: is the basis to build a diverse but harmony

campus culture

Diversity

Innovation

Trust Freedom

Regularity

• Culture here refers to the set of shared attitudes, values, goals,

and practices that characterizes the university.

• Culture is the centripetal and cohesive force.

• Culture is the leading and promotional power.

• Culture is the soul of the university and the guarantee of its

success.

Support Systems

of Implementation

实施支持体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model - Support Systems of Implementation

Campus Culture

Learning

Support System

Infrastructure Platform & Community

Academic

Support System

Academic Support System

1. Internal QA system

• CPS: the training program for all new staff

• Peer Review system: the system for academic

staff to review and help with one another in terms of

their teaching and research

2. External QA system

• Liverpool annual accreditation

• External Examiner System

• University Industry Advisory Board

• UK QAA and Professional Agency support

• MoE & DoE Quality Assurance

3. MITS

Learning Support System

• One stop student service centre

• Buddy system

• Internal tutoring system

• External tutoring system

• Class tutoring system

• MITS support

More information could be referred to the diagram left hand

Support Systems

of Implementation

实施支持体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model -Support Systems of Implementation

Campus Culture

Learning

Support System

Infrastructure Platform & Community

Academic

Support System

Platform & Community

Buddy

Internal tutor

External mentor

• Buddy promotes cross-grade exchanges by encouraging seniors

to share experiences with and offer guidance to juniors, freshmen

and overseas students.

• Internal tutor, also known as personal tutor, mainly gives students

necessary advice in academic aspects.

• External mentor, who has been successful in career and rich in life

experience, mainly offers advice and assistance in terms of

internship and career plan when students enter their third year.

Support Systems

of Implementation

实施支持体系

Part V XJTLU Five-Star Education Model - Support Systems of Implementation

Campus Culture

Learning

Support System

Infrastructure Platform & Community

Academic

Support System

Infrastructure

Excellent Campus with excellent facilities

• Open campus

• Advanced laboratories

• Sound academic environment of HET

• Shared libraries, entertainment venues, sports centre and

accommodation.

Thank you!