How to choose art study abroad training institutions? In the face of the mixed market of overseas work collection training, it is not easy for students to select suitable institutions with guaranteed results. In the past, we used to objectively list the basis of the assessment organization from the perspective of "insiders". Among them, there is the most critical assessment point - teaching and research ability. In 2019, the National Teaching and Research Center of Natural Light was established. During this period, we constantly emphasized that teaching and research represents the core value of an educational institution, including many institutions in the market have also introduced the concept of teaching and research.

But for such a relatively professional concept, many people can't help wondering: what is teaching and research? Teaching and research in Art study institutions What are the roles of? What is the practical help for students to apply? What are the advantages of natural light in teaching and research? Today we will answer your many puzzles about teaching and research at one time!

Count how natural light has built a comprehensive framework of teaching and security system since the launch of the "National Teaching and Research Center", and continue to drive the continuous upgrading of product 4.0, giving students a comprehensive upgrade in all dimensions!

How to choose art study abroad training institutions? Key point of assessment - teaching and research ability

What is the understanding of "teaching and research" of studying in natural light art?

In general, "teaching and research" refers to the functional departments of educational institutions that summarize educational experience, research teaching and research issues, and develop professional courses. However, the training mode of art education is relatively special. In the face of more comprehensive, personalized and purposeful long-term teaching needs, we should also establish a more "powerful" teaching and research center.

National Teaching and Research Center of Natural Light

For natural light, "teaching and research" is a comprehensive framework covering all departments, which literally has two meanings:

"Teaching": practice+feedback

"Research": research+exploration

Natural light professional courses+teaching service system

From the service object to the task implementation, it is also two-way: internal output for the teacher team, external empowerment for the student group; Not only as a manager, but also as an executor; Through the teaching and research center, a solid network structure is established to cover the "production line" of the daily teaching and research work of the institution in an orderly, organized and sustainable manner.

The purpose of teaching and research is not only to provide students with a single dimension task of offer and collection of works, but also to do "art education" with scientific concepts and teaching systems, so as to cultivate students' art learning concepts and professional ability to connect with the future.

Correspondingly, the implementation method of natural light will also be realized through the two directions of "teaching method research" and "teaching management research". In specific practice, it will include three items: student education, tutor training, and the shaping of teaching atmosphere. The latter two are also the key points that distinguish us from most institutions.

In general, the understanding of natural light for teaching and research is not to make courseware, manage teachers, collect "information" A simple functional department is to establish an organizational structure covering the whole teaching framework, which can maintain the absolute competitiveness of natural light in the industry, and the key to the "original intention" and upward force of an educational institution.

What are the advantages of "Teaching and Research Center"?

The Natural Light Teaching and Research Center was officially launched in 2019 with the release of product 4.0. Our original intention was to establish a highly professional, cutting-edge and R&D capable coordinating department, which would organize, research, carry out, supervise and implement a series of teaching and research activities around product 4.0 as the outline and department as the unit.

Moreover, the teaching and research center is inseparable from the product research and development center, and both parties jointly decide the content of teaching and research and the research and development of products. Therefore, we also have very strict criteria when selecting members of the teaching and research center:

First of all, I have strong personal ability, average teaching experience of more than 3-5, and rich teaching experience;

Be interested in teaching and research, and have the ability to output systematic teaching content;

Have a forward-looking understanding of the control, research and application requirements of colleges and universities.

At present, the members of our teaching and research center, in addition to the elite team of professional tutors covering six major departments and different disciplines, have also extensively absorbed the professional support of the current admissions officers/professors of British and American universities, members of the Natural Light Overseas Alliance, and through phased training and review, we are fully integrated with the focus of foreign teaching and institutional assessment, Keep the team advanced and progressive at all times.

Through the understanding of the original intention, organizational structure, operation philosophy and audit requirements of the Teaching and Research Center, the core advantages of the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center in teaching are:

1. Wide professional coverage, full professional teaching and research, which is conducive to comprehensive interdisciplinary research;

2. The individual ability of the teaching and research tutor is outstanding, and the teaching and research team maintains good activity and competitiveness;

3. The concept of teaching and research becomes a system, the curriculum becomes a scale, and the comprehensive upgrading of teaching methods and management ability of the teaching team is fundamentally coordinated;

4. Connect with international standards, connect with natural light overseas resources, update the content in real time, and build a new model of comprehensive art quality training. BTEC art international preparatory course, to create a "straight up class" of British based famous school at home!

As follows, we will also explain how the teaching and research center reflects these core advantages through specific measures of both external and internal empowerment:

What can "Teaching and Research Center" bring to teachers?

Teachers are a crucial part of the teaching process. Teachers' professional ability is also the first element that students and parents attach most importance to when choosing institutions. However, in the view of the Teaching and Research Center, the graduation and high-level professional ability of overseas famous schools is only the most basic "threshold", which is not enough to prove that they have the most critical teaching ability of art instructors.

Therefore, the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center conducts comprehensive and systematic training and comprehensive ability improvement for the teaching team from various dimensions, such as entry review, phased training, control of teaching methods and content.

First of all, natural light 12 campuses, including New York and London, are unified by the teaching and research center to develop and assess the process standards for new teachers, and each new teacher has a high threshold from the start:

Usually, a new teacher will go through at least four levels of assessment from recruitment to teaching students. The first part is the resume screening before the interview. Our personnel will make a preliminary consideration of the candidate's learning background, work experience, teaching level, communication ability, etc. through communication. In this part, we may eliminate about 70% of the candidates.

The second round of review will be jointly conducted by the core members of our teaching and research center and personnel after successfully entering the interview process through resume screening. After rigorous consideration, it can basically ensure that the new teacher's personal ability in the professional field can bring substantive help to students.

After that, the Teaching Research Center and the Teaching Department will carry out unified and regular training to ensure the systematic absorption and mastery of teaching methods and teaching experience based on the guidance of the portfolio project, and finally can be put into teaching work after passing all reviews.

After entry, the Teaching and Research Center will continue to train and review every tutor:

In the view of the Natural Light Teaching and Research Center, it is not only students who need to supplement knowledge, but also teachers who need to constantly update themselves.

The teaching and research center is responsible for empowering every professional teacher, and needs to control teachers' teaching achievements at any time. The training mode of teachers is the same as that of students. In addition to the "big class" of regular monthly national training, phased teaching and research outputs are output.

In addition, each department and each campus conducts group discussion on problems every week, and teaching research answers departmental questions from a professional perspective to help teachers further supplement their learning. The teaching and research center will also review the training content from time to time through the offline 1V1 communication mode, find problems in time, and constantly improve the teaching team under certain pressure.

Finally, the Teaching and Research Center has developed a very rigorous internal screening system for the tutor team, providing teaching assistance to students on a selective basis, and setting up an elimination mechanism:

In order to avoid a formal review system, the teaching and research center's criteria for teachers' teaching evaluation are not written proofs such as examinations, but closely around students as the service subject, with students' work projects and phased learning achievements as the only review criteria. The teaching and research center conducts a unified evaluation from multiple dimensions.

For failed projects, the Teaching and Research Center will reply "No", and indicate the reasons and improvement plans, and carry out offline 1V1 communication with individual teachers to help teachers further improve the project. If there are more than two times of substandard phenomenon, teachers will be eliminated, and the Teaching and Research Center will take over students again to further help students complete their learning tasks, Until the expected standard is reached.

The purpose of the teaching system of Natural Light Teaching and Research Center is to ensure that every professional teacher has the professional degree that determines the advantages in the industry, so as to raise the level of the teaching team and directly drive the starting point of teaching and training from the professional dimension, career planning College resources provide all-round support for students.

What can "Teaching and Research Center" bring to students?

Just as natural light has always emphasized and worked hard to do, we attach importance not only to students' offers and collections of works, but also to the cultivation of students' future learning ability, correct learning methods and artistic quality of docking with top institutions.

As the core department of natural light leading teaching, the ultimate goal and appeal of the teaching and research center always revolves around the students' harvest. Whether it is the cultivation of teachers, the research of teaching plans, the construction of teaching methods, and the improvement of teaching experience, they are all different parts of our ultimate goal. Only through joint efforts can we accelerate the quantitative change of results.

In order to achieve this goal, the team of teachers and teaching methods are the key step. Studying abroad in the arts is a long-term learning plan. We want to ensure that students can Creation of art works for studying abroad When changing circumstances, first of all, make sure that the teaching team can have strong professional ability, teaching ability and necessary communication ability, so that students can truly have a sense of trust in teachers and establish a solid cooperative relationship in the learning process.

Therefore, in addition to improving the teaching quality and developing courses, the teaching and research center also needs to comprehensively monitor the teaching quality and create a good teaching atmosphere. In order to improve the quality of classes, the Teaching and Research Center is also responsible for collecting the collective wisdom of the teaching team, copying the successful experience and advantages, making up for the teaching shortcomings of teachers, and helping new teachers to improve rapidly.

In addition to the training of teaching methods for different majors and projects, it also includes every detail in the teaching process. From the tools, methods, rhythms, scripts, etc. of the class, the Teaching and Research Center will summarize and classify everything in detail to ensure the all-round improvement of teachers' teaching standards with accurate course content and stable course institutions.

Secondly. The teaching and research center also undertakes the task of two-way review of teachers and students. With students' learning achievements as the final review standard, it conducts comprehensive evaluation from the dimensions of creativity, professionalism, integrity, and expressiveness, and constantly polish and upgrade the content and accuracy of teaching plans in practice.

For students, we are both educators and service providers. What they perceive is not only a single dimension of professional training, but also a unified result of multiple levels, including back-end services, curriculum experience, teaching atmosphere, etc. Therefore, the Teaching and Research Center will also link all aspects of application, consultation, and back-end services to ensure all-round security and shape a comprehensive teaching experience.

This year's art study abroad market is a very challenging year for both students and institutions. However, the reason why Natural Light has always adhered to its original intention to lead the industry in curriculum research and development in cutting-edge areas, and in a difficult external environment, it has achieved many new and proud achievements in the 2019/2020 application season. The National Teaching and Research Center of Natural Light has both stabilized its internal morale and maintained its team's advanced nature; It also plays a very important role in helping students connect with advantageous resources and application opportunities.

Today, we introduced the significance and role of the teaching and research center for natural light and even the whole art education link in detail through four sections, and analyzed the evolution process of the teaching and research center from the original intention to the fruitful results now through the experience in the practical teaching of natural light. It is also because under the strong leadership of the Teaching and Research Center, Natural Light will continue to help the teaching team of Natural Light keep pace with the times and self renew through efficient response measures, high-energy curriculum reserves and reliable back-end services, so that every student and parent can gain considerable gains in this difficult application season!

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