From the Confucius Six Arts to UIC's Liberal Education and Whole Person Education

From the Confucius Six Arts to UIC's Liberal Education and Whole Person Education

Year:    2019

Author:    Guo Haipeng

Innovative Teaching and Learning , Vol. 1 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 54–58

Abstract

This article introduces basic concepts of Liberal Arts College, liberal education, general education and whole person education. It points out that the traditional Confucius education can be regarded as a Chinese liberal education and it shares the same goal as that of the western liberal education tradition. It also describes the philosophical and cultural background of Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC)'s whole-person oriented new liberal education and introduces how the ancient Confucius Six Arts have been revived in the past years as whole person education learning courses and activities on UIC campus.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/itl.OA-2020-09

Innovative Teaching and Learning , Vol. 1 (2019), Iss. 1 : pp. 54–58

Published online:    2019-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    5

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Author Details

Guo Haipeng