艺科融合背景下高校艺术通识教育改革的探索与实践——以清华大学美术学院《视觉思维》课程为例

Exploration and Practice of General Arts Education Reform in Universities under the Integration of Arts and Science—A Case Study of the “Visual Thinking” Course at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University

摘要: 文章以清华大学美术学院教学改革项目中的《视觉思维》课程为具体案例，系统探讨了一次面向艺术通识教育的教学改革探索与实践。研究首先从国家战略、学科发展及学生成长三个维度，剖析了当前高校艺术通识教育进行“艺科融合”改革的必要性与紧迫性。其次，论文详细阐述了《视觉思维》课程作为一项教改尝试的整体设计思路，重点解析了其如何通过顶层设计、内容重构与模式创新，将“艺科融合”理念具体化为一套可操作的教学方案，并深入分析了“视觉思维”作为核心培养目标在艺术通识教育中的独特价值。再次，基于课程实施的真实反馈，研究客观总结了其在提升学生综合素养、积累教学资源等方面的初步成效，并坦诚反思了在内容时代性、个性化教学、跨学科协同及评价体系等方面遇到的实际困境与挑战。最后，在事实陈述与深度分析的基础上，论文提炼出此次教改尝试带来的启示，并对未来高校艺术通识教育的改革方向进行了展望，认为应坚持理念引领、内容重构、方法创新与评价多元的协同发展路径。本研究旨在为新时代我国高校艺术通识教育的系统性改革，提供一份基于实践探索的、理性客观的参考文本。

Abstract: This paper takes the “Visual Thinking” course, a teaching reform project at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, as a case study to systematically explore an educational reform initiative aimed at general arts education. The research first analyzes the necessity and urgency of promoting the “integration of arts and science” in university-level general arts education from three dimensions: national strategy, disciplinary development, and student growth. It then elaborates on the overall design of the “Visual Thinking” course as a pedagogical experiment, focusing on how the concept of “arts-science integration” is translated into an actionable teaching framework through top-level design, content reconstruction, and pedagogical innovation. The study also provides an in-depth analysis of the unique value of “visual thinking” as a core educational objective in general arts education. Based on actual feedback from course implementation, the research objectively summarizes its initial achievements in enhancing students’ comprehensive literacy and accumulating teaching resources, while also candidly reflecting on practical challenges related to content timeliness, personalized instruction, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evaluation systems. Finally, grounded in factual presentation and in-depth analysis, the paper distills insights from this reform attempt and offers an outlook on the future direction of general arts education in universities, advocating for a synergistic development path that integrates conceptual leadership, content restructuring, methodological innovation, and diversified evaluation. This study aims to provide a practical, rational, and experience-based reference for the systematic reform of general arts education in China’s higher education system in the new era.