暨伯学院

院长第一课开讲啦！

9月28日晚，暨南大学伯明翰大学联合学院王春超教授在暨南大学番禺校区教学楼401教室就“如何培养创新思维”为主题开展了“院长第一课”，受到了老师和同学们的一致好评。

暨伯学院李琼副院长首先致开场白并对王春超院长做简短的介绍。在此次演讲中，王春超院长从创新的定义入手，先为学生们解释了何为创新以及应当如何培养创新性思维。在解释创新的定义时，王春超院长将创新划分为四个部分来进行阐述：资料创新，视角创新，方法创新和观点创新。在讲座的每一个环节中，王春超院长都紧密地结合了自己的在大学本科学习中的经验，用自身经历作为例子给同学们解惑答疑，再结合同学们刚入学的生活实践，给新生们提供了具体可行的建议，也让这次演讲对新生而言有了更多的借鉴价值与实用价值。

演讲结束后，学生们踊跃发言提问，纷纷站出来提出了自己对于刚刚开始的大学生活的困惑和疑问。王院长都耐心地一一为学生们进行解答，期间也提到了“定位”，“设立小目标”等关键词，为提问环节增色不少。随后经济学专业班主任胡媛老师、经济统计学专业班主任尹静老师也为新生们分享了自己的学生生涯时期的奋斗历程，为学生们解答在开学两周多以来遇到的问题瓶颈。暨伯学院综合办公室主任方玲老师为新生提出了诚挚的建议和祝福，望学生们能够在迷惘和困惑中思考，在思考中学习和进步，把握好这四年的大学生涯。

尽管院长第一课已经落下了帷幕，但学生们对于创新性思维的思考不会停止。相信暨伯学院的新生们在这次精彩课堂中收获颇丰，希望能够吸纳本次讲座中的宝贵经验，为未来四年的大学生涯做好充足的准备！

J-BJI Dean’s First Lecture to Freshmen

On 28th September 2017, the Dean of the Jinan University – University of Birmingham Joint Institute, Prof. Wang Chunchao gave all freshmen a speech about How to cultivate innovative thinking as undergraduates. This was the Dean’s first lecture at the beginning of J-BJI’s inaugural semester.

There were three parts to this lecture consisting of the background introduction, the speech, and the Q&A section, which included experience sharing.

After a brief introduction of Prof Wang Chunchao by Li Qiong, Deputy Dean of J-BJI, the speech began. Dean Wang first explained the definition of innovative thinking and how to cultivate an innovative thinking habit. He summarized his views on innovation into four parts: data, research perspective, approaches, and opinions. In each section, Prof Wang delivered the speech with experimental samples combined with his undergraduates’ experience, which made this speech more practical for the students.

He quoted R.H. Coase, a famous British economist, who believed that economists should study real markets besides theoretical ones, to explain the case for the corporation as a means to pay the costs of operating a marketplace.

In the Q&A section, students from J-BJI expressed their doubts about the beginning of their university life. Dean Wang shared his opinions on these questions to students with great patience. He also mentioned some keywords like orientation and goal setting to foster curiosity in the students. Students also said that they gained a great deal from the experience sharing.

Although the Dean’s first lecture has come to an end, our thoughts of cultivating innovative thinking will never stop. The undergraduates learned a lot from the lecture, and they are very much looking forward to the Dean’s next lecture.