Cultivating Innovation Amidst Dissonant Rhythms: Challenges and Implications for Curriculum Reform in Chinese Universities

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Abstract

Deepening the teaching reform of innovative courses is an inevitable requirement for improving the quality of training innovative talents. Based on Lefebvre's perspective of rhythm analysis, this study analyzes the occurrence and causes of rhythm disorders in the teaching reform of innovative thinking in universities under a specific time and space. It conducts interviews, observations, and questionnaires on 37 college students in innovative thinking courses. The results show that the teaching reform of college courses is a comprehensive practice in a complex situation and multiple rhythms. Tensions in time and space as well as the consumption of physical and mental energy will lead to the rhythmic dissonance of the courses and students.

Authors

• Siyi Huang, East China Normal University

• Hui Dong, East China Normal University