美国军官学校通识教育探析

An Exploration of General Education at the U.S. Service Academies

通识教育是美国高校普遍采用的教育模式和最为显着的特色，以培养初级军官为使命、实行大学本科学历教育的4所美国军官学校同样也不例外。文章考察了通识教育理念在职业性、技术性较强的军官学校接纳、认同的历史轨迹，并从通识课程内容的选择和组织、学分比重、教学实施等方面分析了美国军官学校通识教育的特征。

General education is a widely adopted educational mode at the undergraduate level in American universities and it is recognized as their prominent feature. The four U.S. Service Academies that provide undergraduate education and training of junior officers for the United States armed forces, are no exception. This paper explores how the idea of general education has been accepted in these originally professional and technical academies, and further analyzes the characteristics of their general curriculum from several aspects including the contents, structure, credit proportion and instruction.