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Pathways for Enhancing College Students’ Holistic Competencies through the “Second Classroom+” Collaborative Education System

Author(s)

Hao Qin*, Lijun He

Affiliation(s)

Hebei University of Technology, Beichen, Tianjin, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

Higher education is changing from scale expansion to connotative development in new era. We should use institutional innovation to enhance students' holistic competencies and this is a pressing issue. Second classroom initiatives often have insufficient coordination and limited educational effectiveness. We examine the construction pathways and practical value of a "Second Classroom+" collaborative education system. Based on policy evolution and institutional practices, we examine the key problems in current second classroom operations where resources are fragmented and coordination is difficult, and then we propose a framework that can address these structural issues from multiple perspectives including collaborative mechanisms, curriculum structuring, and we also consider digital platform development. It is worth noting that results show second classroom initiatives still face constraints. These include conceptual understanding, institutional support, and there are also problems in collaborative implementation. In fact, we can establish multi-stakeholder coordination mechanisms and develop modularized curriculum systems that are flexible enough to meet diverse student needs, and also using data-driven platforms can help the transition from fragmented activities to systematic operation in a way that improves overall educational outcomes. The "Second Classroom+" collaborative education system can provide a feasible approach. It can help optimize talent cultivation models and has good performance in improving the effectiveness of competency-based education in the higher education.

Keywords

Second Classroom; Collaborative Education System; Holistic Competencies; Higher Education

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