The Research On The Educational Function Of The Univetsities/Colleges’ School Motto

The school motto of colleges,as an important part of the college spirits,rooted in school’s historic and cultural tradition,concentrating the mutual code of conducts and ethics of teachers and students,and signifying school’s goals to value history,live for today,and turn on tomorrow,is the culture card that the college or university is displaying.With the massive cultural bedrock and the distinct characteristics of the era, it plays the educational function,subtly and profoundly.Good school motto is the booster motivating students to constantly advance,is the window for people to comprehend college spirits,which points out the direction for college’s development.At first,the writer will analyze the current educational function of the school motto,systematically and cognitively,both at home and abroad,which locates the contents and novel points of the current research.By explaining the meaning and history of school motto,the paper defines the cultural connotation,evolution,basic characteristics,and the correspondence with college spirits of the school motto of colleges.After the further discussion of that of educational function,the writer has investigated the function of school motto to shape college students’ ideal personality in the process of growing, that is,to make college students internalize school motto in their minds and externalize school motto in their behaviors and to form the cultural atmosphere that all know and understand the school motto.The paper has made a detailed explanation to existing educational problems and current situation of college motto,and involed in some aspects,such as deviation on cognition to college motto,lack of practive and humanities and so on.For these aspects,the author specially puts forward some effective measures and ways to practice the educational function of college motto.Firstly,we should strengthen the force of propaganda to make motto deeply root among the people.Secondle,we also should develop the explicit education to let motto integrate into students’ life.Last but not least,teachers and students should clearly pinpoint the underlying meanings of motto to inspire the mental in the procession of teaching and learning.