The Ninth Young Faculty Teaching Competition of Yang-En University Concludes Successfully

To further stimulate young faculty's enthusiasm for teaching, foster the exchange of teaching experience among faculty, and enhance teaching standards, the Academic Affairs Office and the University Labor Union held the final round of Yang-En University's Ninth Young Faculty Teaching Competition in Classroom 402, Jilong Teaching Building, First Campus, on December 10. After selection and recommendation by various schools and departments, a total of 12 faculty members stood out to participate in the university-level final. After intense competition, Li Lei won the first prize; Zhang Yanhong and Li Xiang received the second prize; Chen Shaojiong, Chen Huayu, and Xu Lingling were awarded the third prize; and Chen Yun, You Zhen, Weng Jiayi, Huang Meiling, Liu Xiaoyu, and Li Yueyao received the Excellence Award.

President Wang Weiyue attended the event to offer guidance and delivered a speech. He emphasized that young faculty members are the future and hope of the university, urging all young faculty to stand firm on the teaching podium, consolidate their fundamental teaching skills, and continuously enhance their teaching wisdom. He also called on them to focus on student development, uphold the OBE (Outcome-Based Education) philosophy, emphasize the cultivation of practical abilities, and ensure that each and every lesson benefits students. Furthermore, he encouraged them to courageously explore and innovate in diversified teaching methods, restructure teaching content, experiment with new teaching approaches, reform teaching evaluation methods, and actively embrace emerging educational technologies such as artificial intelligence, thereby comprehensively improving their teaching and mentoring capabilities.

For many years, the university has adhered to the teaching philosophy of promoting teaching, development, and reform through competition. Through various measures such as the mentorship system, teaching capacity enhancement training programs, and the normalization of teaching competitions, the university has supported the growth and development of young faculty members. Since its launch in March this year, various teaching units have organized 11 school-level selection rounds for the Young Faculty Teaching Competition, involving a total of 177 young faculty members. These efforts have not only provided young faculty with valuable opportunities to showcase themselves and learn from one another but have also effectively inspired their enthusiasm for delving into and innovating teaching methods across the university. This has further fostered a strong campus atmosphere where everyone values teaching, dedicates themselves to the study of teaching, and courageously innovates in teaching.