Culture Chosen And Culture Spirit Of Southwest Associated University

While encountering the tide of globalization, Chinese higher education is facing some challenges, which are how to keep the main statu of national culture, how to embody the feature of Chinese culture and how to make Chinese higher education with national characteristic so as not to be pushed to the orbit of being westernized by western culture hegemony. The goal of the thesis, through the research of the culture chosen in Southwest Associated University, attempts to provide a successful modal for the cultural development directed in Chinese higher education and for the modernization of reconstruction available to Chinese culture. Culture chosen in term of its nature is a sort of mechanism of adjustment and adaptation in culture, Culture chosen inevitably comes into being along with the contradictory movement between national culture and foreign culture, traditional culture and new culture as well. In university education, culture transferred, culture criticized and culture created are based on culture chosen. Culture chosen in Southwest Associated University is the product produced by culture activities of the university it own, meanwhile it is also the reflection from the conflict in social culture and from the culture trend at that age. The point of view in culture in China had greatly changed during the period of 1927-1937, which means from the simply and contradictory alternative of " Western or Chinese" to the absorption of western culture that is chosen based on Chinese culture, and then, to reconstruct Chinese culture in a general and broadened vision. The national crisis get more dangerous with the " 9.18" event broken out. The event, on the other hand, intensifies Chinese people's national consciousness, too. National crisis reinforced Chinese intellectuals' identification of nation culture with a positive attitude. In addition, the crisis urges Chinese intellectuals to reform national culture. The desire to keep Chinese national culture by means of education gradually goes stronger. The main stream of cultural viewpoint in Southwest Associated University apparently shows the changes which advocate to keep the main statue of national culture along with Chinese traditional culture and modern culture well digested; the viewpoint of culture chosen dealing with Chinese and western culture, the salvation of mother land by means of culture; obligation to revive national culture and the value of democracy, freedom and justice. Culture chosen in Southwest Associated University is developed and directed with the main stream cultural viewpoint mentioned above. The factors that restrict culture chosen in universities are cultural tradition, social reality and the main body to be chosen. Culture chosen always takes place with the interaction of the three above. The thesis, with the respectively analyzing the value of a university, education thought, teaching and research concerned and the activities of student organizations, attempts to reveal the influence from cultural tradition, social reality and the cultural viewpoint concerned with the main body chosen in the course of culture chosen and the value. The thesis also presents the contents of the culture chosen and its process. The traditional education in China greatly focuses on the cultivation of the personality of the object to be educated. The philosophy of social value from Confucianism directly affects the goal of humanism education based on the personality cultivation and the formation of the social value. The national crisis at that time, on one hand, makes Chinese intellectuals be of definitude about the social reality and intensify their obligation to maintain the tradition of national culture, which is to cultivate national spirit, to revive Chinese nation and to advocate the spirit of " Stouthearted, Persistent and Excellent" " Constantly Strive to Become Stronger", on the other hand, which also catalyzes the thought for the reconstruction of Chinese culture with the national culture as the main body. The professors of Southwest Associated University, with the great expectation of Chinese culture revival, actively cultivate people's national consciousness through cultural activities, spreading and creating national culture. It is the responsibility and the obligation that drive the students, staff and faculty members to devote themselves to the teaching, science research, study and social education with great passion and regardless hardship and difficulties. The responsibility and obligation play quite a key role in the activities mentioned above. The cultural point of view mixed with western and Chinese culture greatly influences the process of culture chosen in Southwest Associated University., the students, staff and faculty members, on one hand, firmly oppose "completely westernization", hold the view that national culture is the main part in the reconstruction of Chinese culture and believe that national culture is surely be revived and will coruscate brilliantly. They make great efforts to promote the social value based on the Chinese traditional value and establish the thought that the traditional theory of aim education in China is the guideline to develop personality of the objects. The national culture should cover a great deal part in theprograms designing and in teaching, hence, the main statue of national culture is prominently kept and the humanism concerned with Chinese culture is largely embodied in a Chinese university. This develops and reinforces students feeling to the nation. While constructing the education thought and management system, Southwest Associated University, furthermore, in its education theory and practice, actively adopts advanced management ideas from west higher education and latest science and knowledge in the west at that time, such as Freedom of Academy, University managed by professors, Students self-management all of which are regarded as the common principles in universities. A modal of education is established. The modal is a system mixed with Chinese and west culture, sticking to the principle of "Chinese culture and west one well digested", "Tradition well mixed with Modern", "Liberal art interacting with science", "University managed by professors", "Academic preciseness", "National culture inherited and Advanced western thought assimilated with different attention, "Adapting to the need of society while keeping the necessary independence of a university". The making of the general education modal in Southwest Associated University adopts not only the thought of "Liberal education" from the west, but also inherits Chinese tradition education thought namely " General education for perfect man". This is the embodiment of culture interaction in education. The university spirit is the result of the culture chosen by a university. University cultural spirit, furthermore, can be promoted to the level of university culture chosen and so can the quality and reputation of a university be promoted. The "Spirit of Southwest Associated University" is a sort of cultural spirit and a product from the culture chosen by the university. The spirit plays an important role in the promotion of the historical statue for Southwest Associated University. The former three universities combines themselves based on their traditional spirits, they forms a new Southwest Associated University spirit with some supplements from their own sources. A new spirit of Southwest Associated University comes into being. Those are" Stouthearted, Persistent and Excellent" " Constantly Strive to Become Stronger" "Devotion and dedication to the motherland" "Solidarity" " Freedom and democracy". " Stouthearted, Persistent and Excellent" " Constantly Strive to Become Stronger" is a psychological power mainly inspires the people of Southwest Associated University to struggle persistently, to pursue excellence. "The spirit of independence, freedom of thought" promotes academy prosperity of Southwest Associated University, keeps its independence of thought and makes it a centerof thought and culture across China. Because of its spirits of "Democracy and progress pursuing" , "Focus on society" , Southwest Associated University is the democratic fortress in the movement of opposing civil war, opposing dictatorship, and struggling for democracy and freedom, the university plays a role of the leader and takes the responsibility of the social progress as well. In the course of reconstructing main statue of national culture, embodying of the feature of Chinese culture and serving for the modern higher education system in China. The practice that SAU carries out provides a successful modal which pays attention to the interaction of the culture and ideas between China and the west while the main statue of national culture is strongly kept. Besides, the practice supplies a rich and profound source for us to learn, to study and to ponder.