Abstract—By means of practical case studies and site visits, this paper uses the Academic Week held in School of Architecture and Fine Art of Dalian University of Technology as the research objects and explores the organizational pattern of student-arranged activities in universities. The results demonstrate that during the activity, diversified contents and forms as well as academic platforms composed of multiple subjects can stimulate students’ academic competence, thereby improving the academic environment. Moreover, the paper has also revealed the problems in the activity and provided relevant suggestions in this regard. This aside, it provides a new method to explore research-oriented instruction and it also enhances the overall academic ambience, and the arrangement of this event has greatly promoted the research and academic level of the school, effectively improving its reputation in the field and sector.
Index Terms—Academic week, academic activities, academic environment, teaching research.
The authors are with the School of Architecture and Fine Art, Dalian University of Technology, China (e-mail: dywang@dlut.edu.cn, xiaoyan@dlut.edu.cn, taojie@dlut.edu.cn).
Cite: Dongyang Wang, Yan Xiao, and Jie Tao, "A Study on the Function of Academic Activities to Improve Academic Environment — Illustrated by the Academic Week of Dalian University of Technology," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 171-177, 2019.