Volume 10,Issue 8
The Practice of a Workshop-Model-Driven Think Tank Report Writing Course: Oriented Toward Serving the National Strategy through Country and Region Studies
Based on the talent-cultivation demand of Country and Region Studies for serving the national strategy, this paper discusses the application of the workshop model in the think tank report writing course. This approach directly solves the problems of traditional courses, which privilege theory over practice and fail to provide sufficient think tank writing training. The course takes real policy issues as its research subjects. It builds a collaborative mentoring mechanism involving theoretical mentors, practical mentors, and local mentors, and adopts a teaching approach that integrates knowledge instruction and practical discussion in parallel, guiding students through the full training cycle of topic selection, research, writing, revision, and defense. Teaching practice shows that this model helps improve students’ abilities in interdisciplinary analysis, field research, policy expression, and teamwork. Some of the outputs have been adopted by executive departments, and the training outcomes have been recognized by employers. However, the course development still needs continuous improvement in areas such as mentor collaboration, technical support, international cooperation, and results-reporting mechanisms.
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