Contemporary Education Frontiers (CEF) is an academic journal focusing on contemporary educational theory and practice. It mainly focuses on the cutting-edge dynamics and hot issues in the field of education as well as the new achievements of educational reform and development; it emphasizes the combination of theory and practice, aiming to provide a platform for academic exchanges and sharing for educators, educational researchers, and those who are concerned about the development of education.
Research on the Transfer Path of Drum Circle Activities in Promoting Music Teaching Skills of Normal University Students
This study focuses on the cultivation of music teaching skills among normal university students, exploring the transfer pathways and mechanisms through which Drum Circle activities enhance teaching competencies. The research reveals that Drum Circle activities significantly improve rhythm perception, classroom organization, teaching innovation, and teamwork skills through both low-road and high-road transfer. The study identifies the facilitating roles of diverse musical style integration, reflective practice, and progressive training in skill transfer, while also recognizing obstacles such as resource limitations, instructor deficiencies, and evaluation gaps. Optimization strategies including diversified situational design, metacognitive intervention, and institutional safeguards are proposed. This research provides new pathways for the reform of music education pedagogy.
Translating Linguistic Metaphors in Documentary Subtitles: A Cross-Cultural Reconstruction Perspective
This paper examines the challenge of translating Chinese metaphors into English subtitles from a cross-cultural reconstruction perspective. Drawing on Eugene Nida’s functional equivalence theory and Peter Newmark’s metaphor translation strategies, it analyzes a Chinese documentary and its English subtitles as a case study. Under the constraints of audiovisual translation, the goal is to achieve an equivalent effect on the target audience. The findings indicate that effective subtitle translation of metaphors requires creative adaptation. Culturally shared metaphors can often be translated literally, while culture-specific or conceptually dense metaphors demand adaptation or brief explanation to preserve their meaning and impact. The study illustrates how theoretical principles of dynamic equivalence and metaphor translation are applied in practice, ensuring that translated subtitles remain faithful in spirit to the original yet accessible to international viewers despite spatio-temporal constraints.
The Application of Automated Image Processing Technology in Industrial Inspection
In modern industrial production, quality inspection and control play a crucial role in enhancing production efficiency and ensuring product reliability. Traditional inspection methods primarily rely on manual labor, which not only results in low efficiency but also introduces human error, leading to unstable inspection outcomes. With the advancement of science and technology, automated image processing technology has emerged, revolutionizing industrial testing. By leveraging computer vision and image analysis algorithms, automated image processing technology can rapidly and accurately identify and analyze defects and anomalies in images, significantly improving inspection efficiency and accuracy. This technology not only enables real-time monitoring of product quality on production lines but also provides data support for process optimization, driving industrial production toward intelligent and automated development.
Research on the Construction of a Moral, Intellectual, Physical, Aesthetic, and Labor Education System in Universities–A Case Study of Qingdao Binhai University
The Way of the Great Learning lies in manifesting clear virtue, in loving the people, and in attaining the highest good. President Xi has emphasized in the reports to the 19th and 20th National Congresses of the Communist Party of China the priority of developing education and implementing the fundamental task of cultivating virtue and talents. At the National Education Conference, President Xi pointed out that higher education must adhere to the Party’s strong leadership, fully implement the Party’s educational policy, uphold Marxism as the guiding principle, and follow the path of socialist education with Chinese characteristics, so as to cultivate socialist builders and successors who are well-developed in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor. This provides the correct direction for universities in the new era to cultivate talents. In accordance with the requirements of the Party and the state and following the Party’s educational guidelines, universities should strive to build a comprehensive education system integrating morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, in order to train the talents needed for the new era. Taking Qingdao Binhai University as an example, this paper examines the historical evolution of its education system, discusses the significance, methods, content, and measures of integrating moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education, and puts forward suggestions for the development of a “Five Educations, Five Transformations” talent cultivation model. The aim is to promote the high-quality development of Binhai University and cultivate talents required by regional economic development.
The Influence of Smart Wearable Technology on the Functionality and Fashion of Casual Wear
The rapid development of smart wearable technology has put forward new requirements for casual wear design. Design is facing comprehensive innovation in multiple dimensions such as functional integration, material innovation, and user experience. Casual wear design is transforming from a single wearing function to "smart wearable", which requires design to consider the integration mode of electronic components and clothing structure. This article analyzes the role played by smart wearable technology and its impact on the clothing industry. It focuses on elaborating the balance between technological concealment and fashionable expression by smart wearable technology, and its influence on promoting the transformation of clothing from "passive wearing" to "active interaction" and achieving the industrial upgrading of "function as the body and fashion as the application". Provide certain theoretical basis for relevant practitioners to carry out their work.
Exploration on the Path of Innovative Talent Training Based on the Five-Dimensional Coaching Model under the Background of Emerging Engineering Education
In recent years, in response to the urgent demand for high-quality, interdisciplinary engineering talents under the emerging engineering education initiative, this paper presents the exploration and practice of Harbin Institute of Information Technology in advancing the "Five-Dimensional Coaching" model for Innovative Talent Training. It focuses on the five dimensions of the model: knowledge construction, practical application, engineering practice, Scientific and Technological Innovation, and job competency. Aiming to address the challenges in traditional engineering education—such as fragmented development stages, disconnection between education and industry, and insufficient job readiness—this study provides a practical, replicable, and scalable paradigm for innovative talent training in the context of Emerging Engineering Education.
Integrating the Production-oriented Approach into Blended College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking Courses
The growing emphasis on educational informatization and communicative competence highlights the need to reform college English viewing, listening and speaking courses. Traditional models often overemphasize input while neglecting output, limiting students’ engagement and intercultural competence. This study adopts the Production-oriented Approach (POA) as its theoretical framework and integrates it with the Xuexitong digital learning platform to design a blended instructional model. The model applies three core POA phases—motivating, enabling, and assessing—within a formative evaluation system. A unit from New Horizon College English Viewing, Listening and Speaking 1 (4th edition) is used as a case for implementation. The blended POA-based approach enhanced students’ learning engagement, autonomous study habits, language output, and collaborative skills. The study demonstrates the effectiveness of combining POA with digital platforms in English instruction and offers practical insights for future curriculum design and research on POA-based language instruction.
A Study of the Event-Based Idealized Cognitive Model of Japanese Passives
This study investigates Japanese passive sentences within the theoretical framework of the Event-based Idealized Cognitive Model (EICM). The analysis demonstrates that the Japanese passive prototype is the direct affected passive, characterized by an obligatory agent (ni-phrase) and a processual event structure (“Patient affected + Agent performs action”), diverging from the stative focus of English/Chinese passives. The extension of Japanese passives—particularly indirect passives—relies on metaphorical expansion of the “Affectedness → Influence” gestalt, enabling subjects to include indirect patients and predicates to incorporate intransitive verbs. Unlike stative-oriented English/Chinese passives, Japanese indirect passives emphasize processual events, requiring additional clauses to express resultant states. Neutral passives, influenced by Western languages, are excluded as non-native constructions. The findings highlight that Japanese passives align with Croft’s causative event view rather than the stative view, underscoring a fundamental cross-linguistic divergence in passive conceptualization.
Engaging AI in Business English Listening and Speaking Teaching: A Case Framework
Business English Listening and Speaking (BELS) is a core course for Business English majors, yet it has long faced dual challenges: students' low engagement and learning difficulties, alongside teachers' struggles with effective instruction. The growing application of AI in education offers new momentum and direction for reforming this course. Through concrete teaching cases, this paper demonstrates how AI can deeply participate in and enhance all phases of BELS instruction—pre-class, in-class, and post-class. Before class, AI assists teachers in generating tailored audio materials for preview and helps students overcome vocabulary barriers. During class, AI serves as a conversational partner, providing speaking practice and real-time feedback. After class, AI delivers personalized tutoring based on individual proficiency levels. Furthermore, AI transforms the course evaluation system, enabling multidimensional, comprehensive, and dynamic assessment.
Research on the Integration of Ideological and Political Education in Semi-Flipped Blended Teaching
To meet the needs of social development, English majors in application-oriented universities are tasked with cultivating compound talents with moral integrity who possess solid English language knowledge and skills, an interdisciplinary knowledge system and the ability to flexibly use English to solve practical problems in diverse fields. The digital transformation of education has brought new opportunities and challenges to the innovation of teaching. Based on the Comprehensive English course, a blended teaching model is constructed under the framework of semi-flipped classroom from three key aspects: teaching content design, teaching method innovation, and teaching evaluation optimization, while ideological and political education is deeply integrated into course teaching and learning. It is aimed to improve the quality of talent cultivation and help students grow into high-quality English professionals with both moral integrity and professional excellence.
The Application of Metacognitive Strategies in College English Writing Instruction: An Exploration for Engineering Majors
The application of metacognitive strategies in college English writing instruction is explored, specifically for engineering majors with intermediate-to-low proficiency in English. Drawing from key theories in applied linguistics, particularly second language acquisition (SLA) and cognitive psychology, how metacognitive strategies—such as planning, monitoring, and reflection—can improve writing proficiency is examined. The study provides a framework for integrating metacognitive approaches within the writing process to help students manage both linguistic and cognitive demands. It addresses the benefits and challenges of these strategies in the context of preparing for the College English Test Band Four (CET-4) and offers practical pedagogical implications for English instructors teaching engineering majors in China.
A Study on the Institutional Compatibility of Education Liberalization in Free Trade Ports: An Analysis of the Governance Effectiveness of the “Large Sharing + Small College” Model in Lingshui, Hainan
Against the backdrop of profound adjustments in the global education governance landscape and the accelerated advancement of China's free trade port construction, institutional innovation in education openness has become a core issue for regional development. The “large-scale sharing + small-scale institutions” model explored by the Hainan Lingshui International Education Innovation Pilot Zone breaks down administrative barriers and resource segmentation in cross-border education, establishing an education governance system with free trade port characteristics. This paper, based on the institutional adaptability theoretical framework, systematically analyzes the internal logic of this model in terms of the flow of educational elements, the restructuring of governance structures, and the realization of functions, revealing its governance effectiveness and practical value in the education opening-up of free trade ports. The study finds that the “large-scale sharing + small colleges” model achieves dynamic adaptability with the free trade port's “4+12” industrial system through institutional flexibility design. Its governance effectiveness manifests in three dimensions: improved resource allocation efficiency, deepened cross-border education collaboration, and optimized precision in talent supply. This provides theoretical references and practical pathways for institutional innovation in education openness within China's free trade ports.
Strategies for Enhancing Organizational Support among Kindergarten Teachers
This study focuses on strategies to enhance organizational support among kindergarten teachers. Through literature review and field research, this paper deeply analyzes the connotation, influencing factors, and current situation of organizational support among kindergarten teachers, and proposes improvement strategies based on this. Research has shown that organizational support has a significant impact on teachers' job satisfaction, professional loyalty, and teaching engagement. Based on this, specific improvement strategies are proposed from multiple dimensions, including optimizing kindergarten management mechanisms, creating a positive working environment, strengthening support for teacher professional development, promoting cooperation and communication among teachers, and paying attention to teachers' mental health. The aim is to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for improving the work experience of kindergarten teachers, promoting their professional growth, and enhancing the quality of kindergarten education, in order to promote the healthy and sustainable development of kindergarten education.
Work-family Conflict and Job Burnout among Preschool Teachers: The roles of self-efficacy and resilience
The current study investigated the relationship between work-family conflict and job burnout in preschool teachers, with a focus on self-efficacy as a potential mediator and resilience as a moderator. We enlisted 42,412 participants (41,574 females; Mean age = 31.43 years, SD = 7.54 years), all of whom were preschool teachers completing self-reported scales. The findings revealed that increased work-family conflict was associated with higher levels of job burnout through reduced self-efficacy, particularly in individuals with lower resilience. These results highlight the importance of fostering harmonious work-family relationships, as well as enhancing self-efficacy and resilience, to improve job performance among preschool teachers. This has significant implications for early childhood education, as teachers with higher job performance and lower burnout are more likely to provide high-quality education, nurturing environments, and positive interactions, which are crucial for the developmental outcomes of young children.
Research on How the Youth Culture Affect Student’s Academic Achievement in the Rural Area of Malaysia
This study investigates the influence of youth culture on academic achievement among students in rural Malaysia, utilizing Conflict Theory to examine three key dimensions: marriage values, employment aspirations, and academic goals. A questionnaire survey of 130 students from the University of Malaya reveals significant associations between academic performance (measured by CGPA) and factors such as marital status, anticipated salary, attitudes toward studying abroad, and criteria for selecting educational institutions. The findings highlight that rural youth encounter distinct challenges—including adherence to traditional marriage norms, limited employment prospects, and disparities in educational resources—that collectively impede academic success. To address these inequities, the study recommends policy interventions such as community-based educational support programs, localized vocational training initiatives, and improved access to educational resources. Although the study is constrained by its sample size, it emphasizes the importance of culturally sensitive strategies in advancing educational equity in rural Malaysia.
Analysis of the Usage Behavior of AI-Assisted Tools in the Writing of Foreign Language Major Students: Taking Understanding Contemporary China as an Example
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, AI-assisted tools have gradually become important tools for students to improve their writing skills and efficiency in foreign language writing. This study analyzed the behavior of foreign language major students using AI tools to explore the types of tools, application scenarios, advantages, challenges, as well as students' attitudes and dependence on AI tools. Research has found that AI tools can effectively enhance students' writing quality, especially in grammar correction, translation support, and writing structure optimization. However, over-reliance on AI tools may restrict students' independent thinking and creative abilities, and affect the development of their autonomous writing. To maximize the effectiveness of AI tools, students need to balance the relationship between tool assistance and independent writing, and make reasonable use of the advantages of the tools.
An Analysis of the Practical Paths for the Integrated Development of Community Education and Community Governance
From the perspective of collaborative governance among multiple subjects and starting from the reality of current urban grassroots social governance, this paper attempts to grasp the inherent logic of the integrated development of community education and community governance, clarify the goals of community education in community governance, strive to build an educational system serving lifelong learning for all, and gradually develop community education into an important field for the innovative governance of grassroots communities. The paper holds that practical paths for the integrated development of community governance and community education at the current stage should be effectively explored by building a "one-stop" service platform for community residents, leveraging community education by virtue of the advantages of community organizations, and actively establishing a community education support system.
Theoretical summary and Practical Exploration of Hospital Party Building Management Work
This article analyzes the theoretical connotation and practical characteristics of hospital Party building management in the new era, and proposes four practical strategies: building a modern hospital governance system, establishing a professional Party affairs cadre team, innovating activity carriers and working methods, and improving the assessment and evaluation mechanism. It is hoped that this can provide theoretical guidance and practical reference for the construction of Party organizations in medical and health institutions. Promote the positive interaction between the Party building work in hospitals and the development of medical services.
‌Implementation Strategies for Intelligent Sports Learning Environments
The academic circle has a general consensus on the composition of space under information technology. The network virtual space based on information technology has also been added. The increase of the space in the learning process will inevitably bring about the change of teaching and learning forms and the reconstruction of models. In terms of functional support, it is multidimensional. It is not only a physical space for free practice, but also a social space for learning-related interactive activities to pursue self-liberation. Naturally, it is also a psychological space [1]where the inner spirit can develop. Learning space in education is no longer just to meet the needs of knowledge transfer, nor exists only as a place for learning activities, but has changed from the demand and supply of things to the demand for human development, from the focus on the result to the focus on the process, enhancing the correlation between various elements, and becoming a learning space integrating the process and the result. The full understanding and reasonable setting of the learning space play an important role in the implementation of intelligent education, especially in the development of intelligent learning.
The Logical Interpretation, Practical Dilemma and Practical Path of Data Element Enabling the Transformation of Higher Education Governance
As a core production factor in the digital economy era, data elements are reshaping higher education governance systems through technological integration and institutional innovation. This study systematically analyzes the underlying logic of data-driven transformation in higher education governance, revealing practical challenges such as data silos, talent competency gaps, and rigid institutional efficiency. To address these issues, it proposes establishing a "data platform + scenario-based application" governance framework and enhancing institutional safeguards encompassing "governance architecture + security ethics + incentive mechanisms". Furthermore, building a talent pool combining "specialized teams + faculty-student collaboration" is essential for ensuring the sustainable advancement of data-driven governance reforms in higher education.
Enhancing EFL Learner’s Achievement through a SPOC-based Blended Teaching Model
This study investigates the effectiveness of a SPOC-based blended teaching model on the English proficiency of 193 Chinese non-English major freshmen. Through a 16-week quasi-experimental design, participants were divided into an experimental group taught via a SPOC-blended approach and a control group receiving traditional instruction. Post-intervention assessments measured overall achievement and subskills including vocabulary, reading, translation, and writing. Results indicate that the SPOC model significantly improved students’ overall English performance and writing skills, but showed no statistically significant effects on vocabulary, reading, or translation after Bonferroni correction. The findings suggest that while SPOC-enhanced blended learning promotes general language achievement and output-based competencies like writing, its efficacy may depend on instructional focus and the nature of the target skill. This study provides empirical support for the integrative use of SPOC in EFL contexts and highlights the need for skill-specific instructional design in blended learning environments.
Evaluation and Optimization Research on the College Student Entrepreneurship Policies System in China
Based on the current state of China's college student entrepreneurship policy system, this paper focuses on analyzing policies related to guidance and coordination, science-technology and education, public services and support, and market-based financial support. Through an analysis of the characteristics of China's college student entrepreneurship policy system, particular attention is paid to the scope of policy content, the targeting of policies across various dimensions, and the coordination within the policy system. Consequently, relevant policy optimizations are proposed, including optimizing the multi-stakeholder participation mechanism within the college student entrepreneurship policy system, improving the coverage of the college student entrepreneurship policy system, and refining market-based support policies for college student entrepreneurship.
Research on Therapeutic Landscape Design Strategies and Practical Paths of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals Based on the Concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection
Against the backdrop of the new era, integrating the concept of intangible cultural heritage protection into medical landscape design holds great promise. This article expounds the therapeutic landscape design strategies and practical paths of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals based on the concept of intangible cultural heritage protection from five aspects: First, shape the cultural atmosphere of traditional Chinese medicine by using multi-sensory experiences; The second is to apply the Five Elements theory to guide spatial layout. The third is to integrate traditional craftsmanship into the design of landscape ornaments. The fourth is to create a complex sensory experience by using Chinese herbal plants; The fifth is to create a dynamic display space for intangible cultural heritage. Through systematic planning and meticulous design, intangible cultural heritage is passed down in therapeutic landscapes, and the charm of landscapes is highlighted in the revitalization of intangible cultural heritage, achieving a perfect integration of medical care, landscapes and culture. This provides a new idea for creating medical landscapes that combine therapeutic functions with cultural connotations.
Research on the External Communication Paths of Hainan's Local Culture
Rooted in the tropical island ecology and diverse historical accumulation, Hainan's local culture encompasses a rich array of forms such as folk customs, historical relics, and intangible cultural heritage. Under the construction of the Free Trade Port and the "Belt and Road" Initiative, its external communication is supported by both the uniqueness of resources and external opportunities. However, there are still problems such as fragmented content, traditional channels, and insufficient cross-cultural adaptation. This paper explores the external communication paths of Hainan's local culture by combining cultural communication theories. By refining core cultural symbols, developing hierarchical content, integrating official, folk, and offline multi-dimensional platforms, implementing targeted communication for the Southeast Asian Chinese community as well as the Asia-Pacific and European and American markets, and at the same time strengthening policy support and talent cultivation, it provides a practical direction for Hainan's local culture to break through communication bottlenecks and enhance its international influence, thereby contributing to the construction of the cultural soft power of the Free Trade Port and the implementation of the national cultural going-out strategy.
Research on the Dual-Track Integration Reform Mechanism of Ideological and Political Education-Competition and Training in Basketball Teaching in Private Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of National Fitness
This article aims to effectively enhance the educational effectiveness and social service function of basketball teaching in private colleges and universities, and to achieve the organic unity of sports skills training and ideological and political education. Based on the national fitness strategy and the Healthy China strategy, it focuses on the problems existing in basketball teaching in private colleges and universities, such as "emphasizing skills over moral education" and "separation of competition and training". Combining the significance of ideological and political education in basketball teaching and the implementation principles of integrating competition and training in basketball teaching, from the perspective of national construction, this paper studies the creation path of the "ideological and political- competition and training" dual-track integration reform mechanism for basketball teaching in private colleges and universities, aiming to effectively promote the reform of basketball teaching in private colleges and universities and truly establish a long-term mechanism for the coordination of the dual-track.
Comparative Distribution of Interpersonal Meaning in Official and Fansub Chinese Subtitles: A Case Study of Zootopia
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of interpersonal meaning in both official and fansub Chinese subtitles for the animated film Zootopia. Using Systemic Functional Linguistics on a parallel corpus of six subtitle versions, we measure the density of key interpersonal resources. Paired tests and mixed-effects models reveal a clear stylistic divergence: fansubs contain higher densities of discourse particles (Hedges’g = 0.41), yielding a more oral, affectively engaged tone in humor and conflict scenes; official subtitles exhibit a substantially higher density of rhythm markers (Hedges’g = -0.74), emphasizing formal consistency and syntactic clarity. Modality markers show no significant difference. We argue these patterns reflect distinct production ecologies—professional standardization versus community-driven adaptation—and challenge single, universal notions of subtitle quality. The findings support a scene-sensitive style prototype and present a reproducible, quantitative method for analyzing interpersonal style in audiovisual translation.
A Practical Study on the "Three-Integrations" Model of Chinese Language Teaching in Higher Education Based on Flipped Classroom: A Case Study of Beijing Union University
With the acceleration of the internationalization of Chinese education, the education of international students in China has encountered multiple challenges, including national policy requirements, institutional demands for international development, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking Beijing Union University as an example, this paper explores the rationale and outcomes of a comprehensive reform in Chinese language teaching for international students based on the flipped classroom model. By implementing a "three-integrations" approach—combining online and offline learning, integrating classroom instruction with self-directed study, and bridging formal classroom teaching with extracurricular activities—the university has achieved significant improvements in Chinese language education for international students. These improvements include enhanced performance in the HSK examination, strengthened institutional branding, a refined curriculum system, and elevated quality in talent cultivation. The findings indicate that the integration of the flipped classroom model with cutting-edge pedagogical theories offers innovative solutions to the challenges in Chinese language teaching for international students.
Core Functions and Applications of Generative AI in the Intelligent Integration of Curriculum Ideology and Politics
Against the dual backdrop of educational digital transformation and the deepening advancement of curriculum ideology and politics, college foreign language teaching faces the challenge of integrating language skill cultivation with value guidance. Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI), with its capabilities in intelligent content generation, deep interaction, and precise assessment, offers innovative pathways to address long-standing problems in traditional curriculum ideology and politics, such as limited resources, weak interaction, and vague evaluation. This paper focuses on the three core functions of Generative AI in the intelligent integration of curriculum ideology and politics—intelligent content generation and optimization, intelligent interaction and personalized tutoring, and intelligent assessment and feedback. Drawing on real teaching practices from Liaoning University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, the study systematically analyzes the application scenarios and ideological-political values of each function, demonstrating how AI enables seamless integration between ideological-political elements and language teaching. Findings suggest that Generative AI, through customized resource provision, individualized reflective guidance, and process-based evaluation, facilitates a transition from mass infusion to precise infusion, providing technological support and practical models for the high-quality development of curriculum ideology and politics in foreign language teaching.
A Study of Wang Zuoliang’s Style of Verse Translation: A Text-typology Approach to His Chinese Version of My Heart’s in the Highlands
This study examines Wang Zuoliang’s style of verse translation through Peter Newmark’s text typology theory, with a specific focus on his Chinese version of Robert Burns’ My Heart’s in the Highlands in comparison with that of Yuan Kejia. As the original text belongs to the expressive type, Wang’s style is marked by musicality and readability, linguistic conciseness and refinement, poetic sensibility and cultural images. While he primarily adopts communicative translation to enhance reader engagement and emotional resonance, he also incorporates semantic translation to preserve the original formal and cultural elements. His translation maintains the same length as the source text and employs colloquial expressions and reduplicated words to achieve musicality and auditory beauty. The comparative analysis reveals that Wang’s approach balance fidelity to the source text with readability and poetic elegance in the target language, offering valuable insights for poetry translation practice and theory.
Research on the Strategies for Empowering Education Reform and Innovation of International Students in China with Digital Education
In the context of the rapid development of information technology, digital teaching has emerged as a crucial element in driving educational innovation for international students in China. This paper examines the challenges faced during the digital transformation of education for international students in China. It puts forward strategies and suggestions for digital education to support the educational reform and innovation of international students in China from three perspectives: the in-depth integration of digital technology into the entire process of international student education, the digital literacy of teachers, and the cross-cultural communication skills of international students.
Pathways to Advancing the Discipline of Social Security in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The advent of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era is reshaping the theoretical paradigms and implementation models of social security, necessitating the advancement of its academic discipline. The discipline confronts outdated curricula, a lack of interdisciplinary faculty expertise, and a significant gap between theoretical research and technological application. Addressing these challenges requires systemic reform focused on three objectives: cultivating interdisciplinary professionals with both theoretical foundations and advanced data literacy; integrating computational social science with traditional social security theories; and championing the synergy between technological ethics and social governance to ensure technology serves the common good ("technology for good"). Key strategies include modernizing course content and pedagogy, innovating collaborative education models that bridge academia and industry, and building interdisciplinary faculty teams. This transformation is not a mere technological adaptation but a fundamental imperative for the discipline to achieve principled innovation while upholding its core values of equity and justice.
A Study on Countermeasures to the Problem of Lonely Deaths According to the Increase of Single-person Households
The issue of lonely deaths has become a significant challenge in today’s society. It refers to dying alone without assistance from others on account of social isolation, and it is one of the serious problems that elderly people are facing, especially in rapidly aging societies. Along with the acceleration of population aging in today’s world, the problem is no longer regarded as an individual issue but rather as a societal one. The core causes of this phenomenon include the absence of a social safety net, isolated living environments, and weakened family ties. According to the United Nations, Japan currently has the highest proportion of elderly people in the world. Police data show that in the first half of 2024, a total of 37,227 people were found dead alone at home in Japan, with more than 70% of them aged 65 and older. About 40% of these lonely deaths were discovered within a day, but approximately 3,939 bodies were found more than a month after death. Among these cases, the largest group was those aged 85 and older (7,498 people), followed by those aged 75–79 (5,920 people). The number of lonely deaths among people aged 70–74 was recorded as 5,635. In 2024, the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research of Japan projected that by 2050, the number of elderly people (aged 65 and older) living alone will reach 10.8 million. In the same year, the total number of single-person households is expected to reach 23.3 million, suggesting that society must prepare for various problems stemming from the rise in single living. Although the Japanese government has long sought to respond to population aging, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage these changes at the national level. Similar demographic challenges are also being faced by China and South Korea as well. In 2022, China’s population declined for the first time after 1961, while South Korea has repeatedly recorded the world’s lowest birth rate. The problems of low birthrates and population aging are becoming even more serious social issues, yet policies to address them remain ineffective. While many people hope to experience a happy and natural death in their later years, the reality is that an increasing number of individuals end their lives in miserable circumstances due to various reasons. Lonely deaths are not confined to the elderly. The problem has already emerged as a social issue across different groups in society. This study will focus on the case of Japan, a country known for its longevity yet facing a severe lonely death problem, and examine the types and causes of lonely deaths and also potential countermeasures for it.
A Study on the “Three-Stage” Blended Teaching Model of Ideological and Political Education in College Foreign Language Courses Empowered by Generative AI
With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, college foreign language teaching is undergoing profound transformation. Traditional approaches to embedding ideological and political education (IPE) into language courses have often relied on teachers’ experience and one-way lecturing, which limits depth and interactivity. This study explores a three-stage blended teaching model empowered by Generative AI, focusing on pre-class preparation, in-class engagement, and post-class reflection. By integrating AI-driven personalized learning, interactive discussions, and reflective extension, the model enables deeper ideological and cultural integration while enhancing students’ critical thinking and cross-cultural competence. The findings demonstrate that Generative AI offers significant potential in unifying knowledge transmission and value guidance, providing both theoretical and practical insights for the innovative development of IPE in foreign language teaching.
Exploration on the Construction of Comprehensive English Courses Empowered by Artificial Intelligence
The cultivation of foreign language talent currently faces a paradoxical situation: a scarcity of highly skilled professionals coexists with an oversupply of individuals with limited proficiency. In light of external skepticism regarding the value of foreign language education, this paper explores pathways for the development of English majors—particularly translation specialists—in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). Comprehensive English, a core course for translation majors, aims to develop students’ five core language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation, thereby laying a solid foundation for advanced professional study. This teaching reform experiment considers how to align classroom instruction with national development strategies, facilitating a harmonious integration of smart and traditional teaching. The instructional focus extends beyond vocabulary and grammar to incorporate cultural underpinnings, methodological awareness, conceptual depth, and affective dimensions—prioritizing national identity within a global vision to build a knowledgeable and empathetic learning environment.
Research on the Dynamic Update and Intelligent Governance Mechanism of Legal Corpus
With the widespread application of artificial intelligence and big data technology, legal corpus plays an increasingly important role in legal intelligent systems, rule of law research, and judicial informatization. As a fundamental resource for processing legal texts, the quality and timeliness of legal corpus directly affect the training effectiveness of artificial intelligence models and the level of intelligence in legal services. However, the rapid update speed of legal texts, the complex content structure, and the variability of legal definitions have led to significant challenges in the updating and governance of existing legal corpus. How to achieve dynamic updates and intelligent governance of legal corpus has become an urgent issue that needs to be addressed. This paper conducts a systematic study on the dynamic updating and intelligent governance mechanisms of legal corpus, proposing a multi-dimensional, multi-level, and scalable updating strategy for legal corpus, which combines privacy computing and blockchain technology to construct an intelligent governance framework that supports compliance across multiple legal domains and monitors the use of legal text data. The research results indicate that this mechanism can effectively enhance the timeliness and controllability of legal corpus, providing a safer and smarter legal text data system for legal AI applications.