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SanWenYu

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China has quietly kicked start the "101 project", a massive plan to reform the undergraduate education of basic sciences, including math, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, TCM pharmacy, philosophy, economics, etc.

Here is an update on the progress of tasks in computer science since they started in April:
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一项名为“101计划”的浩大教学改革工程,正在低调实施中。

《中国科学报》获悉,这个计划中最早实施改革的计算机学科的组长由北京大学计算机学院院长胡振江担任,数学、物理、化学、生物学、医学、中药学、哲学、经济学等各学科专家组负责人也都是顶尖学者。

何为“101”?在计算机语言中,二进制数由“0”和“1”组成,是计算机语言的基础;在数学语言中,十进制的“101”是由“0”和“1”组成的最小的素数;在英语中,“101”用来指代“一个学科中最为基础的知识”。“101计划”就是关注基础学科本科教育的计划,它不仅着眼于计算机学科。

今年4月19日,教育部在北京大学召开基础学科“系列101计划”工作启动会,多个学科领域的牵头人依次介绍了本领域“101计划”的实施方案。

目前,最早实施改革的计算机领域的计划时间表已经过去近3/4,其成绩如何?探索出了一条怎样的道路?对此,《中国科学报》采访了胡振江和计算机学科工作组秘书长、北京大学计算机学院副院长郭耀。

集中全国优势力量

计算机领域的“101计划”分两步走:第一步,33所计算机类基础学科拔尖学生培养基地建设高校为首批改革试点;第二步,在总结成效和经验的基础上,在全国高校分类分步进行推广。

通过国内外专家评估,工作组选择了12门核心课程,每门课程分别组建一个由一所学校牵头、10所到15所学校参与的课程建设团队。在这个方案中,北京大学负责其中的3门课程,清华大学负责两门课程,北京航空航天大学、上海交通大学、南京大学、中国人民大学、国防科技大学、浙江大学、哈尔滨工业大学各负责一门课程。

每门课程成立了教材编写组,以近100位作者为主体的教材编写团队将合作编撰31本主教材。这些教材的规划和样章,目前已经通过了由院士专家组成的委员会的评审。

在中国科学院外籍院士、图灵奖得主约翰·霍普克罗夫特的建议下,每门课程将以知识点的形式组织课程教学。每门课程将分解出50个左右的关键知识点,课堂教学、教材编撰和课程实践按这些知识点进行迭代和改进。

该计划的重要任务是改进课堂教学方式和教学效果,也就是通过课堂观察,引导老师更加注重教学及教学问题研究,发掘组建能听课、会讲课、懂课堂的高水平教学师资团队。

每所学校都设立了课堂观察专家组。北京大学计算机学院教授李晓明担任第一年度课堂观察负责人,北京大学计算机学院副研究员陆俊林担任第二年度课堂观察负责人。

据悉,在计划开展的第一年,共有209位教师(446人次)参与了142门课的240场听课活动,总共完成了443份听课记录。 有一个变量是,受新冠疫情影响,2022年春季和秋季学期的绝大多数课堂观察活动都是线上进行的,这客观影响了课堂观察效果。

胡振江说,举国体制正是“101计划”的最大中国特色,而这种运作模式在美国等其他国家是不可想象的。

最有价值的部分

2022年9月,《计算机教育》期刊发表了12篇“101计划”课堂提升教学论文。其中,南京大学计算机科学与技术系教授刘奇志谈到,正是因为“101计划”与评奖、评优和申请项目无关,这种非功利的多向度平等交流的课堂观察才可能是最有价值的部分。

刘奇志总结说,课堂观察在于鼓励听课教师发现并记录教学中值得借鉴和推广,或可能需要改进之处,这些记录将成为“101计划”的宝贵资源,是课堂提升的重要参考。

课堂提升正是霍普克罗夫特看重的地方。他在“101计划”白皮书——《高等学校计算机类专业人才培养战略研究报告暨核心课程体系》序言中提到一个例子:在一位优秀年轻教师执教的有30名学生的课堂上,上课初始每名学生都投入其中,但大约30分钟后,有一半学生开始心不在焉。这时候教师刚刚提出了一个数学定理,并花了20分钟去证明。课后霍普克罗夫特与这位教师讨论认为,也许花20分钟证明定理的意义并不大,如果她能直观地解释定理为什么重要以及如何使用定理,可能效果会更好,至于定理本身,只需要给出关键证明步骤即可。

中国人民大学对“101计划”极为重视。该校信息学院副院长张孝在《计算机教育》教学论文中介绍,中国人民大学组织并成立了“101人大-课堂提升组”,包括17位课程教师。他们还实行了月例会制,即每月召开一次课堂观察进展暨经验交流会。

中国人民大学仅2022年上半年的课堂观察就达30多人次,涉及的院校包括清华大学、北京大学、北京航空航天大学、北京理工大学。其中该校副教授张静参与了数据结构的课程组,在第一周就线下观摩了清华大学教授邓俊辉的课程,随后还旁听了该课程整个学期的课。

对于教材编撰,按照计算机学科整体计划,今年上半年将完成教材出版,并组织试读使用以及专家审稿,征集教材修订意见。今年底教材将正式出版。

郭耀说,从知识点建设到教案建设,“101计划”的最终目的是提升课堂教与学整体效果,而教材只是副产品,毕竟教材在更多时候起参考书的作用。
 

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Lol that is purely dependent on sandstorms and happens a few days every year. Just like how some western countries experienced large fires in the last few years. You only ever see these pictures from Beijing, as its one of the few well known city that borders deserts. Never from cities like say Hong Kong or Guangzhou, despite these being major power hubs.

99% of the time you see a picture like that from US owned media, it's not even from one of the few days there is a sandstorm, but just a filter, an edited photograph.

US has fully no excuses left anymore now, when China has a life expectancy above them. The pollution level in China was always in line with other developed countries, not significantly above average nor significantly below average. A lower life expectancy vs US was because of less developed healthcare, not some "pollution" (which level never exceeded that of the EU).

But the healthcare situation has been reversed in the last decade, and now it is US which has the worse healthcare, worse pollution and worse life expectancy.
 

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A total of 1,279,000 guests checked in
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's hotel establishments in July, leaping 335.0% YoY. Guests from the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong SAR jumped by 318.0% and 1,257.3% YoY to 946,000 and 200,000, respectively.

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coolgod

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Here's some wacky news/rumor you can share with 4chan.

A while ago China accused managers and directors related to China's mint of misconduct. I came across this Weibo post today and did a little research.
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1999 Yuan on top, 2019 Yuan on bottom. Notice the six sided star was removed.
This other post I found claimed the Yuan coin use to have a Masonic Eye of Providence on the side.
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Guess the corruption in China's system goes deeper than we thought.
 

In4ser

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Here's some wacky news/rumor you can share with 4chan.

A while ago China accused managers and directors related to China's mint of misconduct. I came across this Weibo post today and did a little research.
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1999 Yuan on top, 2019 Yuan on bottom. Notice the six sided star was removed.
This other post I found claimed the Yuan coin use to have a Masonic Eye of Providence on the side.
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Guess the corruption in China's system goes deeper than we thought.
Lmao but please keep these shitposts to the funny thread.
 
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