From Excellence to Responsibilities:Value Orientations in the Development of Top-Notch Students'Aspirations
The state-led mode for top-notch innovative talent selection and cultivation expects the talented students to consciously contribute their natural aptitudes and talent to the country and the people after their academic training.This talent-selecting system is oriented to"winning"in competitions,and the talent-training goal requires concurrent emphasis on the strong affection for both the family and the country.To this end,it is worth noticing what value orientations are owned by the students listed on the top-notch talent cultivation program,and how they prioritize the types of their value,shaped among individuals,families and the country,among honor,wealth and academic achievements,and among themselves,others and different cultures.Based on a survey of 1,543 top-notch students from 7 first-class universities in China,this study uses latent class analysis to identify four types of value orientations,namely the"leader"type,the"expert"type,the"utilitarianism"type,and the"alienation"type(showing ambiguous value orientations),along with their proportions,and uses such statistical methods as the Lanza method,the BCH method and the three-step approaches to reveal the similarities and differences between the students with these types of value orientations in academic performance,the time spent on research,and the family income.The results show the following:The students with the"expert"type,the"leader"type,the"utilitarianism"type,and the"alienation"type accounted for 48％,22％16％,and 14％,respectively;among them,the former three types of students did not show a significant difference in academic performance,but owing to their different value orientations they would develop different interests;and the"alienation-type"students,who passively shaped their values,were not in a good state,and did not yet develop genuine self-awareness.Therefore,the top-notch talent cultivation program needs to pay further attention to such problems as how to direct students to establish more mature values and beliefs,and how to cultivate the humanistic competencies and philanthropic character of those students selected as top-notch innovative talents.
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