First National Teaching Innovation Contest for College Teachers concludes

首届全国高校教师教学创新大赛落下帷幕

The first national teaching innovation contest for college teachers concluded at Fudan University in Shanghai on Friday, with 198 teachers from across China reaching the final.

首届全国高校教师教学创新大赛于周五在上海复旦大学圆满结束，来自全国各地的198名教师闯入决赛。

Launched by the China Association of Higher Education, the contest lasted for nearly a year since it started on Sept 30, 2020. A total of 50,386 teachers from 1,071 domestic colleges and universities attended the first round.

此次大赛由中国高等教育学会举办，自2020年9月30日开始，历时开展近一年。共有来自国内1071所高校的50386名教师参加初赛。

"Fudan University has always been encouraging us to innovate in teaching to better serve students' academic needs. I believe this is the best way to move education forward," said Jiang Yulong, one of the 30 first prize winners and a professor in microelectronics from Fudan, at the closing ceremony held on Friday.

复旦大学微电子学教授蒋玉龙是本届大赛的三十名一等奖获得者之一，他在周五的闭幕式上说道：“复旦大学一直鼓励我们在教学上不断创新，更好地服务学生的学术需求。我认为教师创新大赛是促进教育发展的最好方式。”

Sixty-nine contestants were awarded the second prize, and 99 won the third.

此次大赛中有六十九名选手获得二等奖，九十九名选手获得三等奖。

According to Du Yubo, chairman of the China Association of Higher Education, the event will sharpen teaching skills, which would help stimulate students' holistic development and bolster the domestic talent cultivation system.

据中国高等教育学会会长杜玉波表示，此次活动能够提高教师的教学能力，有助于促进学生的全面发展，改善国内人才培养体系。

"The contest serves as an effective way to select outstanding teachers, and will motivate teachers who are focused too much on research to improve pragmatic teaching skills," said Zhang Renhe, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and head of the expert committee of the contest.

中国科学院院士，大赛专家委员会组长张仁和说：“此次大赛作为选拔优秀教师的有效途径，激励那些过于专注研究的教师提高实用教学技能。”

Li Yange contributed to the story.

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