Recently, the international academic conference Tradition and Innovation in Teacher Education, jointly organized by Central-Eastern European Languages School of JISU and Russia’s Ural State Normal University, was successfully held. The main venue of the conference was set up at the Academic Lecture Hall of Ural State Normal University in Yekaterinburg, adopting a hybrid online-offline format. The event attracted over 90 faculty members from both institutions. Zhou Shujuan, Dean of the Central and Eastern European Languages School, delivered an opening speech, while eight Chinese and foreign teachers presented thematic reports, sharing their teaching experiences and achievements.
Main Venue of the International Conference Tradition and Innovation in Teacher Education
During the conference, Yang Lifeng, Vice Dean of the Central and Eastern European Languages School, analyzed the integration of smart tools and traditional classrooms under the theme Technology-Enabled Teaching. Russian Department faculty members Chen Shuling, Yang Bailing, Deng Tao, and Wang Bing shared teaching research cases from perspectives such as “Language Teaching Methodology” and “Cultural Adaptability”. Foreign teacher Anna discussed strategies for designing multicultural classrooms, drawing on international experiences. The presentations, rich in content and unique in perspective, sparked lively discussions and received unanimous praise from participating scholars and educators.
The Central and Eastern European Languages School has consistently embraced educational innovation with an open mindset. This conference injected new momentum into JISU’s international development. The high-quality academic exchanges further elevated JISU’s visibility in the global academic community, providing faculty with insights into cutting-edge educational concepts and supporting the optimization of teaching resources and faculty structure. Moving forward, the school will continue leveraging academic exchanges and international collaboration to translate research outcomes into teaching practices, explore sustainable cooperation models with overseas institutions, and cultivate high-caliber, globally competent foreign language and international affairs professionals.
