通识教育是一种没有硬性专业划分、旨在提供给学生多样化选择.以帮助其得到充分成长的教育。本文从课程设置目标、通识教育课程体系、课程配置结构、学习要求、通识教育管理与评价等多角度对比分析了美国麻省理工学院和日本东京大学等国外著名的理工科院校在通识教育的成功的经验.并与我国理工科大学通识教育整体现状进行了对比。进而提出了兼顾吸收国外成功经验和我国教育系统特色的通识教育模式与重点。
the general education is a kind of education features by without rigid professional divisiQn, aiming at providing the student with diversified choices, and helping them getting full growth. Based on the analysis of curriculum target, general education curriculum system, course structure, learning requirements, and general education management and evaluation, the successfu~ experiences in general education of top universities including Massachusetts institute of technology and the university of Tokyo were concluded and compared with those of Chinese universities. The suitable mode of general education was proposed for Chinese universities in science and technology.